[Bug 579761] Re: install of bootloader failed without RAID or LVM

[Anoop Katti]

I replaced MS XP with Ubuntu 12.04. While installation, the above error
came that bootloader cannot be installed on the selected device and
asked me to select a different device. The error appeared with every
device I selected. This was reported as fatal error and installation
failed.

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Title:
  install of bootloader failed without RAID or LVM

Status in “grub-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: ubiquity

  hardware: DELL T300, 4 SAS physical disks building 2 logical disks, 2Gb RAM, CPU X3363 at 2.83GHz
  software: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS live DVD for amd64 architecture

  I partitioned the first logical disk with only one partition of 5Gb as /dev/sda1, then complete the install forms and waited. After a few minutes I got a popup window displaying and error while installing bootloader and prompting about a new device to install bootloader on, or continue without booloader, or cancel the installation.
  Of course I selected first option using the suggested device name /dev/sda, but I got the very same problem.
  Second time, I selected option 2: continue without a bootloader.

  This is a relevant part from /var/log/messages:

  May 13 04:31:07 ubuntu 40grub: debug: parsing menu.lst
  May 13 04:31:07 ubuntu 40grub: result: /dev/sdc1:/dev/sdc1:Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS, kernel 2.6.24-16-server:/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-server:/boot/i
  nitrd.img-2.6.24-16-server:root=/dev/cciss/c0d0p1 ro quiet splash
  May 13 04:31:07 ubuntu 40grub: result: /dev/sdc1:/dev/sdc1:Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS, kernel 2.6.24-16-server (recovery mode):/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-1
  6-server:/boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-server:root=/dev/cciss/c0d0p1 ro single
  May 13 04:31:07 ubuntu 40grub: result: /dev/sdc1:/dev/sdc1:Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS, kernel 2.6.15-54-server:/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-54-server:/boot/i
  nitrd.img-2.6.15-54-server:root=/dev/cciss/c0d0p1 ro quiet splash
  May 13 04:31:07 ubuntu 40grub: result: /dev/sdc1:/dev/sdc1:Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS, kernel 2.6.15-54-server (recovery mode):/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-5
  4-server:/boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-54-server:root=/dev/cciss/c0d0p1 ro single
  May 13 04:31:07 ubuntu 40grub: result: /dev/sdc1:/dev/sdc1:Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS, kernel 2.6.15-53-server:/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-53-server:/boot/i
  nitrd.img-2.6.15-53-server:root=/dev/cciss/c0d0p1 ro quiet splash
  May 13 04:31:07 ubuntu 40grub: result: /dev/sdc1:/dev/sdc1:Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS, kernel 2.6.15-53-server (recovery mode):/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-53-server:/boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-53-server:root=/dev/cciss/c0d0p1 ro single
  May 13 04:31:07 ubuntu 40grub: result: /dev/sdc1:/dev/sdc1:Chainload into GRUB 2:/boot/grub/core.img::
  May 13 04:31:07 ubuntu 40grub: result: /dev/sdc1:/dev/sdc1:Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS, memtest86+:/boot/memtest86+.bin::
  May 13 04:31:07 ubuntu 50mounted-tests: debug: /usr/lib/linux-boot-probes/mounted/40grub succeeded
  May 13 04:31:08 ubuntu linux-boot-prober: debug: linux detected by /usr/lib/linux-boot-probes/50mounted-tests
  May 13 04:31:11 ubuntu ubiquity: grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sdc1.  Check your device.map.
  May 13 04:31:11 ubuntu ubiquity: grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sdc1.  Check your device.map.
  May 13 04:48:14 ubuntu grub-installer: info: architecture: amd64/generic
  May 13 04:48:21 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Identified partition label for /dev/sda1: msdos
  May 13 04:48:23 ubuntu grub-installer: dpkg: attenzione: viene ignorata la richiesta di rimuovere grub poiché non è installato.
  May 13 04:48:23 ubuntu grub-installer: dpkg: attenzione: viene ignorata la richiesta di rimuovere grub-legacy poiché non è installato.
  May 13 04:48:23 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/sda'
  May 13 04:48:23 ubuntu grub-installer: info: grub-install supports --no-floppy
  May 13 04:48:23 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install  --no-floppy --force "/dev/sda"
  May 13 04:48:25 ubuntu grub-installer: Installation finished. No error reported.
  May 13 04:48:25 ubuntu grub-installer: info: grub-install ran successfully
  May 13 04:48:31 ubuntu ubiquity: grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sdc1.  Check your device.map.
  May 13 04:48:31 ubuntu ubiquity: grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sdc1.  Check your device.map.

  please note /dev/sdc is an external usb storage I plugged in while
  installing the system on /dev/sda1

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.2.24
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu May 13 06:41:17 2010
  ExecutablePath: /usr/share/ubiquity/install.py
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   LANGUAGE=it_IT.UTF-8
   LC_COLLATE=C
  SourcePackage: ubiquity

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