Ubuntu
grub-installer package

will not install grub on gpt file table. Installed fine just no grub but will try installing older os 11.10 after install to install grub.

Bug #964961 reported by justin curtis mathews
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This bug affects 6 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
grub-installer (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

Doing a MultiOS setup with gpt. Will use an older OS as my last OS so that I may install grub.
Will Be installing the following:

Lubuntu 12.04 AMD 64
Ubuntu 12.04 AMD 64
Kubuntu 12.04 AMD 64
Ubuntu Studio 12.04 AMD 64
Ubuntu Server 12.04 AMD 64
Lubuntu 11.10 AMD 64

My PC Specs:

AMD Athlon XII 640 3.6GHz 64-bit
16 GB DDR3 PC3-14900 G.SKILL RAM
2 Optiarc DVD+Writers
500 Watt PSU
Encore Wi-fi
Gigabit LAN
750 GB Segate HDD
Saphire Radeon 5670 ATI Graphics Card
5.1 Surround Sound

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubiquity 2.9.23
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.93-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.305
Date: Sun Mar 25 21:54:13 2012
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120301.1)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=unknown
 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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justin curtis mathews (jmate31) wrote :
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Jürgen Sauer (juergen-sauer) wrote :

This bug crashes also early test servers.
after upgrading a server from release date feb 2012 (precise alpha) to now (April 2012) a installed (test) server is unusable!

Get real!

Test the stuff bevfore putting it into open Repositories!

This Bug breaks release schedule for precise, it's critical!

Systems with an GPT Partitiontable are real, those are live. Such szenario shoult be tested. It worked before precise, should work after!!!!

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Jesús M. Navarro (jesus-navarro) wrote :

An example: the following preseed snippet works on Debian "Squeeze" but stops on Ubuntu "Precise" with "The partition format in use on your disks requires you to create a separate partition for boot loader code [...] Go back to the menu and correct this problem? Yes/no. Answering "yes" enters a loop; answering "no" makes the installation continue but fails when trying to install the boot loader.

d-i partman-auto/method string regular
d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
d-i partman-md/device_remove_md boolean true
d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \
    boot-root :: \
        1 1 1 free \
            $iflabel{ gpt } $reusemethod{ } \
            method { biosgrub } \
        . \
        20000 1 20000 ext3 \
            $primary{ } $bootable{ } \
            method{ format } format{ } \
            use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 } \
            mountpoint{ / } \
        . \
        1 100 1000000000 ext3 \
            method{ format } format{ } \
            use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 } \
            mountpoint{ /delete-me } \
        . \
        64 10 32000 linux-swap \
            $primary{ } \
            method{ swap } format{ } \
        .
d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
d-i partman/confirm boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true

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Jesús M. Navarro (jesus-navarro) wrote :

I forgot adding the disk is a 3TB SATA one.

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