[Bug 1891324] Re: Groovy Gorilla GRUB won't install to MBR

[Gerald Rozner]

I've tried to install Ubuntu 20.10 MBR several times and it fails. It
only will install legacy boot using a GPT partition with bios-boot, EFI,
and root. Legacy boot using MBR and one root partition works on 20.04.

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Title:
  Groovy Gorilla GRUB won't install to MBR

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Tried 3 different daily builds, multiple distributions on /dev/sda.
  Can't install GRUB to /dev/sda or /dev/sda1 which is my / pqrtition,
  either. Errors out and usually messes up the previous GRUB install.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10
  Package: ubiquity 20.10.9
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46-generic 5.4.44
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu44
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CasperVersion: 1.452
  Date: Wed Aug 12 08:01:22 2020
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/xubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Xubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Alpha amd64 (20200811)
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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