[Bug 1054323] Re: Installer fails at 'grub install dummy' on PowerEdge Hardware in EFI mode

[Brian Murray]

Here is the full error:

Sep 21 15:29:52 grub-installer: info: Installing grub on 'dummy'
Sep 21 15:29:52 grub-installer: info: grub-install does not support --no-floppy
Sep 21 15:29:52 grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install  --force
Sep 21 15:29:53 grub-installer: source_dir doesn't exist. Please specify --target or --directory
Sep 21 15:29:53 grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install  --force failed.

** Tags added: quantal

** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

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Title:
  Installer fails at 'grub install dummy' on PowerEdge Hardware in EFI
  mode

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

Bug description:
  
  Release: Ubuntu 12.10 Server amd64 Edition, September 21st daily build

  grub2-common_2.00-5ubuntu3_amd64.deb
  grub-efi-amd64-bin amd64 2.00-5ubuntu3 [746 kB]
  grub-efi-amd64 amd64 2.00-5ubuntu3
  grub-efi amd64 2.00-5ubuntu3 
  grub-installer 1.78ubuntu2

  The 12.10 server installer crashes at what appears to be the grub-
  install phase on PowerEdge hardware running in EFI mode.   This is
  seen on both 11G and 12G systems.

  Steps to Reproduce:

  1) Kick off an installation of 64-bit Ubuntu 12.10 server in EFI mode

  2) Follow all the installation steps and prompts.

  
  Actual Results:

  At the grub-install phase, the system attempts to install the
  bootloader, but, fails to do so claiming that "grub install dummy" has
  failed.

  Expected Results:

  grub installation completes along with the rest of the server OS.

  Non-EFI installations work fine.

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