Confirming:

# grub-install /dev/md1
grub-setup: warn: Attempting to install GRUB to a partition instead of the MBR. 
 This is a BAD idea.
grub-setup: error: Embedding is not possible, but this is required when the 
root device is on a RAID array or LVM volume.


# cat /proc/mdstat 
Personalities : [raid1] [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] 
[raid10] 
md1 : active raid1 sda1[0]
      184640 blocks [2/1] [U_]


The is 7 MB unused space available before sda1. (I am currently booting from 
sdb2 since booting from md1 is not possible.)

** Also affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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error: Running 'grub-install  --no-floppy "/dev/md0"' failed.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/462171
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