[Bug 990558] Re: fresh install of 12.04 failed

[Gary M]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 774217 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774217

Extract from UbiquitySyslog :

Apr 28 13:34:11 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/sdb'
Apr 28 13:34:11 ubuntu grub-installer: info: grub-install supports --no-floppy
Apr 28 13:34:11 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install  --no-floppy --force "/dev/sdb"
Apr 28 13:34:14 ubuntu grub-installer: /usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Your core.img is unusually large.  It won't fit in the embedding area..
Apr 28 13:34:14 ubuntu grub-installer: /usr/sbin/grub-setup: error: embedding is not possible, but this is required for cross-disk install.
Apr 28 13:34:14 ubuntu grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install  --no-floppy --force "/dev/sdb"' failed.


Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 774217, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find. 

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 774217
   btrfs, core.img too large

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Title:
  fresh install of 12.04 failed

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

Bug description:
  The update from 11.10 left my system useless, so I tried a fresh
  install over the previous one, I selected btrfs for the / file system
  this time, maybe this has annoyed grub2.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.10.16
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.315
  Date: Sat Apr 28 16:59:01 2012
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
   TERM=linux
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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