[Bug 1206952] Re: Fresh install 13.04 from Live usb stick to SSD (with 2 x RAID0 HDD)

[Rob Hills]

Hi Phillip,
Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, I didn't choose to have grub installed anywhere. Unless I missed something, that's not an option you're given in the basic install process. Neither should it be, asking the average punter where they'd like grub installed would confuse them mightily!

Phillip Susi <psusi at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>According to the logs you selected /dev/sda, which is the default.  Do
>not confuse the selection of where to install the system to with the
>selection for where to install grub to.  The two can be different.  If
>your bios is set to boot from the ssd ( /dev/sdc ) then you need to
>make
>sure to select that drive from the drop down list for where to install
>grub, not just assign the root filesystem to a partition on that disk.
>
>Yes, I am saying it is not a real raid controller and you are better
>off
>using Linux SW raid instead, unless you must dual boot with Windows,
>which does not understand Linux SW raid, but does understand the fake
>raid.  See http://wiki.ubuntu.com/FakeRaidHowto for more information.
>
>
>** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
>       Status: New => Invalid
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>Title:
>  Fresh install 13.04 from Live usb stick to SSD (with 2 x RAID0 HDD)
>
>Status in “grub-installer” package in Ubuntu:
>  Invalid
>
>Bug description:
>  Trying to install fresh 13.04 onto a machine with a 128G SSD and 2 x
>  1TB HDD in hardware RAID0.  I'm trying to get the OS onto LVM
>  partitions on the SSD (just using the generic LVM install from the
> checkbox on the relevant dialog in the Install Wizard) and plan to use
>  the HDDs for data etc, but I keep getting this Grub error.
>
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
>  Package: ubiquity 2.14.6
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
>  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64
>  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
>  Architecture: amd64
>  CasperVersion: 1.331
>  Date: Wed Jul 31 22:59:17 2013
>InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent
>file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz
>quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
>LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64
>(20130424)
>  MarkForUpload: True
>  SourcePackage: grub-installer
>  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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Cheers,
Rob Hills
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Title:
  Fresh install 13.04 from Live usb stick to SSD (with 2 x RAID0 HDD)

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

Bug description:
  Trying to install fresh 13.04 onto a machine with a 128G SSD and 2 x
  1TB HDD in hardware RAID0.  I'm trying to get the OS onto LVM
  partitions on the SSD (just using the generic LVM install from the
  checkbox on the relevant dialog in the Install Wizard) and plan to use
  the HDDs for data etc, but I keep getting this Grub error.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.14.6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.331
  Date: Wed Jul 31 22:59:17 2013
  InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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