[Bug 958535] [NEW] GRUB2 installation fails (4k sector ext. HDD)

[nk8215]

Public bug reported:

The installation of Precise Pangolin fails at the last step - GRUB
refuses to install itself in the MBR of the external HDD. In Oneiric
Ocelot I tried to work that around by selecting a 512-byte-per-sector
USB flash disk instead to install GRUB to, but in vain, the installation
failed again. The one and only effective workaround was to install the
entire system to that USB flash disk. Interestingly enough, the rest of
the "GRUBless" system on the ext. HDD was fully accessible from there...

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubiquity 2.9.29
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-19.30-generic-pae 3.2.11
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-19-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.311
Date: Sun Mar 18 14:14:15 2012
InstallCmdLine: initrd=/casper/initrd.lz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper  quiet splash -- BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120318)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_DE.UTF-8
 TERM=unknown
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise ubiquity-2.9.29

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Title:
  GRUB2 installation fails (4k sector ext. HDD)

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

Bug description:
  The installation of Precise Pangolin fails at the last step - GRUB
  refuses to install itself in the MBR of the external HDD. In Oneiric
  Ocelot I tried to work that around by selecting a 512-byte-per-sector
  USB flash disk instead to install GRUB to, but in vain, the
  installation failed again. The one and only effective workaround was
  to install the entire system to that USB flash disk. Interestingly
  enough, the rest of the "GRUBless" system on the ext. HDD was fully
  accessible from there...

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.9.29
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-19.30-generic-pae 3.2.11
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-19-generic-pae i686
  ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.311
  Date: Sun Mar 18 14:14:15 2012
  InstallCmdLine: initrd=/casper/initrd.lz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper  quiet splash -- BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120318)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=de_DE.UTF-8
   TERM=unknown
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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