[Bug 879109] Re: Grub install failed on sda and sda3-btrfs

[filip]

i experience this bug in quantal 12.10 daily (7/7/12).
i've installed quantal, as a test, on a 8 gb stick formated btrfs as / and there everything works.
Then because this worked, i decided to install it to my internal harddrive and got most likely this problem.
I have seen these messages:
ubuntu grub-installer: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged.
ubuntu grub-installer: cannot read `/@/boot/grub/core.img' correctly"
in the window below of the installer.

(see duplicate 800840)
Also as above, i reinstalled from the same live envirement (didn't reboot) and used ext4 and the installation finished without a problem.

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Title:
  Grub install failed on sda and sda3-btrfs

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

Bug description:
  I saw the btrfs file system choice and decided to see how it went. Not
  sure if its a problem with that or what, but grub failed to install on
  sda and sda3(the btrfs partition) .

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.8.7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.287
  Date: Thu Oct 20 17:25:06 2011
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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