[Bug 855871] Re: Grub install fails after manual xfs partitioning

[Colin Watson]

The bios_grub partition is not automatically created simply by virtue of
leaving some blank space.  If you're using manual partitioning, you do
need to set it up by hand.

That said, it's still a bug that GRUB is failing hard in this case, just
a less serious one.

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Colin Watson (cjwatson)

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Title:
  Grub install fails after manual xfs partitioning

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

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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