Ubuntu
grub-installer package

Cannot install grub on any partition

Bug #1555726 reported by Douglas Gillett on 2016-03-10

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	grub-installer (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Installing alongside existing 14.04 and 15.10 - encountered grub install error on every partition.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: ubiquity 2.18.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.340
Date: Thu Mar 10 10:38:37 2016
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Douglas Gillett (douglas-v) wrote on 2016-03-10:

Casper.txt Edit (1017 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (6.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UbiquityDebug.txt Edit (21.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UbiquityPartman.txt Edit (2.1 MiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UbiquitySyslog.txt Edit (298.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Phillip Susi (psusi) wrote on 2016-03-21:

You attempted to install grub to /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root. It must be installed to a disk drive, like /dev/sda, not a logical volume. Also once the first attempt fails, all subsequent ones will as well.

Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Invalid

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