[Bug 1347405] Re: Atempting 14.04 install into LVM striped drives 'grub-install /dev/sda' failed

[Phillip Susi]

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

Actually we do support installing grub directly on the disk without a
/boot partition.  The failure here is simply that the grub core image
that has lvm support does not fit in 62 sectors.  All modern
partitioning tools start the first partition at sector 2048, leaving
plenty of room, but it seems this disk was partitioned using an ancient
partitioning tool.  The solution is simply to repartition the disk.


** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1059827
   Non trivial grub2 installs no longer fit in small embed areas

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Title:
  Atempting 14.04 install into LVM striped drives  'grub-install
  /dev/sda' failed

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

Bug description:
  May need better support for LVM during instilation.. (please)
  Adding a LVM option line in teh installer might be all it needs

  Set up I need is Full disk encryption+LVM+striped across 2 SSD drives....  on a laptop(2 drive max)
  mdadm raid 0 is not the same as the disk will not match as one will dual boot gaming platform Win7 for planetside2

  What I was doing... 
  sudo pvcreate /dev/sda1
  sudo pvcreate /dev/sdb1

  sudo vgcreate Stripe2SSD /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1
  sudo lvcreate -i 2 -I 8 -L 420000M  Stripe2SSD
  sudo mkfs.ext3 -m 0 /dev/Stripe2SSD/lvol0

  Install ubuntu and manually config disk.
  Install went fine but 
       'grub-install /dev/sda' failed
  said put the boot loader in the LVM when a while and it crashed.

  Since I cant patition inside the LVM from the installer either so I made each partition match and created 3 LVMs, /, /home,swap...
        pvcreate /dev/sda1
        pvcreate /dev/sda3
        pvcreate /dev/sda5
        pvcreate /dev/sdc1
        pvcreate /dev/sdc3
        pvcreate /dev/sdc5
       sudo vgcreate Stripe2SSD /dev/sda3 /dev/sdc3
       sudo vgcreate Stripe2SSDboot /dev/sda1 /dev/sdc1
       sudo vgcreate Stripe2SSDswap /dev/sda5 /dev/sdc5
       sudo lvcreate -i 2 -I 256 -L 247000M  Stripe2SSD
       sudo lvcreate -i 2 -I 256 -L 18000M  Stripe2SSDboot
       sudo lvcreate -i 2 -I 256 -L 15000M  Stripe2SSDswap
  manual install and Asigned the /,/home, swap + format
  Install went fine but 
       'grub-install /dev/sda' failed
  # said install the boot in /dev/sda ...   worked a bit.. then it crashed before finishing the install 

  Description:	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  Release:	14.04
  - expected grub to use the location the boot location it used before.. 
  - It would be really nice to have the LVM options in the simple partition choice, or add it to the menu in the advanced installer. 

  Love Ubuntu, Thanks for all the work,

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.18.7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.340
  Date: Wed Jul 23 01:30:51 2014
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=(loop)/casper/vmlinuz.efi root=UUID=3285-93B5 debian-installer/language=en keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=us iso-scan/filename=/ubuntu-14.04-desktop-amd64.iso boot=casper file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed noprompt quiet splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
  ProcEnviron:
   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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