Comment 12 for bug 8027

Sorry I guess I missed the date on that one.

On Oct 13, 2016 9:01 AM, "Phillip Susi" <email address hidden> wrote:

> Please don't reopen bugs that have been closed for a decade.
>
>
> ** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Invalid
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> Title:
> Grub doesn't want to get installed on / partition
>
> Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
> Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> Grub does not want to get installed on the / partition of Ubuntu. I have
> Ubuntu installed on /dev/hdb1 and I have Slackware's LILO on /dev/hda
> and I
> want to keep it that way. So, when Grub told me to install it instead on
> the
> / or Ubuntu (so I can load it later), I did so, but then Grub spat out an
> error saying it can't write there. I went back to the main ubuntu menu
> during
> installation, selected LILO, and LILO got installed on /dev/hdb1 just
> fine.
> That seems to be a Grub bug (reiserfs was used btw).
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