[Bug 916077] Re: grub-install - /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: cannot find a device for /boot/grub (is /dev mounted?).

Brian Murray brian at ubuntu.com
Tue Jan 17 18:44:35 UTC 2012


Jan 13 15:39:46 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/mapper/vgrp000-boot64'
Jan 13 15:39:46 ubuntu grub-installer: info: grub-install supports --no-floppy
Jan 13 15:39:46 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install  --no-floppy --force "/dev/mapper/vgrp000-boot64"
Jan 13 15:39:48 ubuntu grub-installer: /usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Attempting to install GRUB to a partition-less disk or to a partition.  This is a BAD idea..
Jan 13 15:39:48 ubuntu grub-installer: /usr/sbin/grub-setup: error: embedding is not possible, but this is required when the root device is on a RAID array or LVM volume.
Jan 13 15:39:48 ubuntu grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install  --no-floppy --force "/dev/mapper/vgrp000-boot64"' failed.

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Title:
  grub-install - /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: cannot find a device for
  /boot/grub (is /dev mounted?).

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

Bug description:
  /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: cannot find a device for /boot/grub (is
  /dev mounted?).

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.9.5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-2.5-generic 3.2.0-rc3
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-2-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.292
  Date: Fri Jan 13 15:41:42 2012
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20111129.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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