Public bug reported:
I'm using Kubuntu Oneiric Daily amd64 alternate iso for installation,
date of 15. Sep.
Partitioning setup is complex:
/dev/sda1 -> /boot for Kubuntu 11.04
/dev/sda2 -> /boot for (to be installed) Kubuntu 11.10
/dev/sda3 -> Extended partition
/dev/sda5 -> Crypto partition (LUKS)
/dev/mapper/sda5_crypt -> LVM PV, only PV in VG system
/dev/mapper/system-root1 -> / for Kubuntu 11.04
/dev/mapper/system-root2 -> / for (to be installed) Kubuntu 11.10
/dev/mapper/system-swap -> Swap partition for any Linux
/dev/mapper/system-home -> /home for any Linux
Crypt partition and LVM are already set up by Kubuntu 11.04. During
installation of Kubuntu 11.10, the crypt-partition in /dev/sda5 gets
activated and every partition gets listed. Installation works until
GRUB installation.
The installer identifies Kubuntu 11.04 as already installed and suggests
to install GRUB into the MBR. Following that suggestion, the installer
runs "grub-install /dev/sda", then "update-grub". Then the installer
shows a red error screen, indicating that some process during GRUB
installation ended with exit code 1. Retrying leads to the same result.
Choosing "Continue without boot loader installation" from the main menu
concludes the installation.
After reboot, GRUB reports as version "1.99-12ubuntu3" (from Kubuntu 11.10) and
offers to boot Kubuntu 11.10 (Linux 3.0.0-11-generic) as well as Kubuntu 11.04
(Linux 2.6.38-11-generic).
So from my point of view, GRUB installs correctly and reports a false negative.
Actually, this error is older and occurred in Natty (Maverick?) too, but I
didn't bother to report it as I had to use some workarounds (cryptsetup,
lvchange, ...) from a console to activate the existiting partitions without
data loss. With bug 420080 now resolved, this should be fixed too.
** Affects: debian-installer (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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GRUB reports error after successfull installation (Alternate)
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