[Bug 1433414] Re: grub-install /dev/sda failed

[David Britton]

Thanks, in this case, it was whole-disk LVM.  Changing to a partition
indeed fixed it.

On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Phillip Susi <psusi at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> You tried to install grub to a blank drive, which can not be done.  You
> either need to partition sda, or choose to install grub to another drive
> ( and make sure your bios is set to boot from that drive ).
>
>
> ** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
>        Status: New => Invalid
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Title:
  grub-install /dev/sda failed

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Not sure what is unique in this case, simply going through snapshot of
  vivid install, new disk, many other disks on the system.  grub-install
  to /dev/sda failed.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.21.13
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-7.7-generic 3.19.0
  Uname: Linux 3.19.0-7-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.16.2-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.352
  Date: Tue Mar 17 21:56:42 2015
  InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --- BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Alpha amd64 (20150306)
  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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