[Bug 953559] Re: 12.04 install failed to install bootloader using btrfs for root file system

[Jean.c.h]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1059827 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1059827

I tried installing both 12.04 and 12.10 using BTRFS for both / and /home
and Grub failed to install with each of them. Tried on both my Netbook
as well as my test rig(P4). When I dig a little deeper, it seems Grub
complains about core.img being "unusually large".....

An interesting observation I made today though.
On my test rig I have a number of installations of numerous distros. Havent fired this up in a couple of years mind you so I still had the Lucid development install as the latest on here....lol.
On the box I had a install of Fedora 13(which was the latest stable at the time IIRC) on BTRFS. Installed as both / and /home. Fedora 13 still had legacy Grub and I remember Lucid with Grub2 not being able to boot Fedora 13.
Well last night I replaced the Lucid install with 12.04 on Ext4(since BTRFS wounldn't work) and then today decided to check if Fedora would boot. Sure enough it boots! So I KNOW they can play nice.

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Title:
  12.04 install failed to install bootloader using btrfs for root file
  system

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

Bug description:
  When installing Ubuntu 12.04 nightly, I used btrfs for my 50 GB root
  filesystem, along with a 4 GB swap partition. The boot files were
  contained within the btrfs root ( / ) partition (I didn't create a
  separate boot partition), so I'm fairly certain this is a btrfs grub
  configuration issue. Good luck :-)

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.9.27
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.29-generic 3.2.9
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.307
  Date: Mon Mar 12 16:47:27 2012
  InstallCmdLine: initrd=/ubninit file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash -- BOOT_IMAGE=/ubnkern
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120311)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=unknown
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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