[Bug 1027363] Re: grub-install fails with "out of disk" error

[Rarylson Freitas]

Hi Carlos,

Could you check the output of this grub-probe command (with three times
'v'):

    /usr/sbin/grub-probe --device-map="/boot/grub/device.map"
--target=fs -vvv /boot/grub

If your LVM where /boot is instaled is large, it's possible that its bug
(with a proposed patch) is your same case:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1475337.

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Title:
  grub-install fails with "out of disk" error

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  grub-install (GRUB) 1.99-21ubuntu3.1 in Ubuntu 12.04 32 bits

  # grub-install --recheck /dev/sdb
  /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: out of disk.
  Auto-detection of a filesystem of /dev/mapper/vg-striped failed.
  Try with --recheck.
  If the problem persists please report this together with the output of "/usr/sbin/grub-probe --device-map="/boot/grub/device.map" --target=fs -v /boot/grub" to <bug-grub at gnu.org>

  Output of grub-probe command above is attached. Everything was fine
  until I installed another OS in a pre-existent partition. Now I can't
  put grub back in the MBR and I must use a usb stick to boot. My root
  partition is an ext4 3-disk LVM volume and has /boot.

  # fdisk -l /dev/sdb
  Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
  255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
  Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
  Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
  I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
  Disk identifier: 0x000571a2

     Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
  /dev/sdb1   *        2048    62916607    31457280    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
  /dev/sdb2        62916608  1953525167   945304280   8e  Linux LVM

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