[Bug 873392] Re: / (so /boot) on btrfs : GRUB could not be installed on /dev/sda

[Gary M]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 842247 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/842247

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** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 842247
   fatal error grub failed to install on root partition

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Title:
  / (so /boot) on btrfs : GRUB could not be installed on /dev/sda

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

Bug description:
  I set manual partitioning :
  sda1: fat16 255MB
  sda2: ntfs 786MB
  sda3: ntfs 124.5GB
  sda5: btrfs on / 25GB
  sda6: btrfs on /home 98GB
  sda7: swap 1.5GB

  When completing the installation, I had a message telling that GRUB could not be installed to /dev/sda.
  Nothing prevented me from doing such partitions.

  I retried the same installation with the following manual partitioning :
  sda1: fat16 255MB
  sda2: ntfs 786MB
  sda3: ntfs 124.5GB
  sda5: ext3 on /boot 500MB
  sda6: btrfs on / 24.5GB
  sda7: btrfs on /home 98GB
  sda8: swap 1.5GB

  It succeeded.

  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 i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.287
  Date: Thu Oct 13 16:27:40 2011
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (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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