[Bug 253323] Re: no grub installed when installing ubuntu 8.10 alpha3

[Fabio Marconi]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 995116 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/995116

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 995116
   Grub fails to install during fresh installation

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Title:
  no grub installed when installing ubuntu 8.10 alpha3

Status in Bootloader Manager for Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “grub” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When installing Ubuntu desktop 8.10 alpha3 (gnome) on my computer, I had chosen to install grub on a particular partition (sda10).
  I did not noticed any particular issues during the install process.
  Then I modified my personal grub partition (on sda12) to chainload with the new grub expected to be installed on sda10.
  When rebooting to boot onto my new intrepid ibex distribution, I could not boot on sda10.
  Then, I checked the sda10 partition :
  I have a /boot folder, but there is no /boot/grub in there.

  the hard disk is a sata2 disk, and it is the first time I noticed that
  kind of issue when installing a linux distribution (stable or not).

  update :
  this "bug" has been reproducted on the same machine twice :
  once using the exact same process
  once using (hd0,9) instead of /dev/sda10 to indicate the expected grub location (step 7/7 / menu advanced)

  in both cases, no /boot/grub folder is created, so I cannot boot on my
  installed ibex.

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