Comment 102 for bug 568050

I had that same screen, but chose to continue on and tried fixing it in the
advanced tab and the end of the installer questions.

On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 7:13 PM, Herbert Roitblat <email address hidden> wrote:

> Phillip,
> sorry, I need a bit more help. Using your ppa:
>
> After waiting for the keyserver to finally connect, I am trying to
> reinstall the system as a single boot Ubuntu 10.04 with raid mirroring.
> I got to this screen
>
> ──────────────────────────┤ Configuring grub-pc
> ├──────────────────────────┐
> │
> │
> │ The grub-pc package is being upgraded. This menu allows you to select
> │
> │ which devices you'd like grub-install to be automatically run for, if
> │
> │ any.
>
> ...
>
> And I said OK.
>
> Then I get here:
>
> ────────────────────────────┤ Configuring grub-pc
> ├────────────────────────────┐
> GRUB install devices:
> │
>
> │
> [ ] /dev/sda (750156 MB, ST3750528AS)
> │
> [ ] /dev/sdb (750156 MB, ST3750528AS)
> │
> [*] /dev/mapper/isw_bifgdfbbc_Volume0 (750153 MB, isw_bifgdfbbc_Volume0)
> │
>
> │
>
> │
> <Ok>
>
> Again, I select OK. I just want the /dev/mapper one, I think, because
> the other two are the raw disk drives for the raid.
>
>
> I then get:
>
> ┌──────────────────────────┤ Configuring grub-pc
> ├──────────────────────────┐
> │
> │
> │ GRUB failed to install to the following devices:
> │
> │
> │
> │ /dev/mapper/isw_bifgdfbbc_Volume0
> │
> │
> │
> │ Do you want to continue anyway? If you do, your computer may not start
> │
> │ up properly.
> │
> │
> │
> │ GRUB installation failed. Continue?
>
> What do I do?
>
> Thanks,
> Herb
>
> --
> Ubuntu 10.04 can't create partition on fakeraid
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/568050
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> Status in “parted” package in Ubuntu: In Progress
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: dmraid
>
> Fresh install of Ubuntu Server 10.04 Beta 2 using Sil 3124 fakeraid
> controller card. Ubuntu install successfully detects fakeraid set (Raid1)
> and activates it, but after creating my partition layout using all default
> options with "Guided Partitioning",when I click finish to apply it, it fails
> stating it could not create a filesystem.
>
> Architecture: i386
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
> LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release Candidate i386
> (20100419.1)
> Package: ubiquity 2.2.20
> PackageArchitecture: i386
> ProcEnviron:
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
> Tags: lucid
> Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
> UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
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