[Bug 855871] [NEW] Grub install fails after manual xfs partitioning

[Chad A. Davis]

Public bug reported:

I chose the manual partitioning option.
I first created a new partition table.
Then I created a 5 GB swap at the beginning of the disk (RAM is 4GB)
I left a 1 GB gap in the middle of the disk, unpartitioned, to not use up the entire disk.
Then I created a 300-something GB XFS partition at the end of the disk.

Installation continues until grub tries to install and fails. Grub says
that it has failed. I opted to continue without installing the
bootloader. Upon finishing the installation, ubiquity also crashed,
which is what this apport report caught. The real problem appears to be
with grub/partman though.

This is ubuntu-oneiric-desktop-amd64+mac.iso from 2011-09-21

This is a MacBookPro6,2

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: ubiquity 2.7.34
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.284
Date: Wed Sep 21 21:34:42 2011
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64+mac (20110921.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_DE.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug iso-testing oneiric ubiquity-2.7.34

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Title:
  Grub install fails after manual xfs partitioning

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I chose the manual partitioning option.
  I first created a new partition table.
  Then I created a 5 GB swap at the beginning of the disk (RAM is 4GB)
  I left a 1 GB gap in the middle of the disk, unpartitioned, to not use up the entire disk.
  Then I created a 300-something GB XFS partition at the end of the disk.

  Installation continues until grub tries to install and fails. Grub
  says that it has failed. I opted to continue without installing the
  bootloader. Upon finishing the installation, ubiquity also crashed,
  which is what this apport report caught. The real problem appears to
  be with grub/partman though.

  This is ubuntu-oneiric-desktop-amd64+mac.iso from 2011-09-21

  This is a MacBookPro6,2

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.7.34
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.284
  Date: Wed Sep 21 21:34:42 2011
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64+mac (20110921.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=de_DE.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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