Public bug reported:

I tried to upgrade a server, and i was left with a broken grub2. I think
it has to do something with LVM/RAID.

My setup: /root lies on LVM which is on a Raid5. There's not separate
boot partition.

When i reinstall grub2 from the command-line i get the following errors:

...

Setting up grub-pc (1.99-21ubuntu3) ...

Creating config file /etc/default/grub with new version
error: found two disks with the index 0 for RAID md0.
error: found two disks with the index 3 for RAID md0.
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
error: found two disks with the index 0 for RAID md0.
error: found two disks with the index 3 for RAID md0.
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
error: found two disks with the index 0 for RAID md0.
error: found two disks with the index 3 for RAID md0.
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
error: found two disks with the index 0 for RAID md0.                           
                                                                                
                                                                   
error: found two disks with the index 3 for RAID md0.
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
error: found two disks with the index 0 for RAID md0.
error: found two disks with the index 3 for RAID md0.
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: unknown filesystem.
Auto-detection of a filesystem of /dev/mapper/lvm-root failed.

Try with --recheck.
If the problem persists please report this together with the output of 
"/usr/sbin/grub-probe --device-map="/boot/grub/device.map" --target=fs -v 
/boot/grub" to <[email protected]>
error: found two disks with the index 0 for RAID md0.
error: found two disks with the index 3 for RAID md0.
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
error: found two disks with the index 0 for RAID md0.
error: found two disks with the index 3 for RAID md0.
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: unknown filesystem.
Auto-detection of a filesystem of /dev/mapper/lvm-root failed.
Try with --recheck.
If the problem persists please report this together with the output of 
"/usr/sbin/grub-probe --device-map="/boot/grub/device.map" --target=fs -v 
/boot/grub" to <[email protected]>
error: found two disks with the index 0 for RAID md0.
error: found two disks with the index 3 for RAID md0.
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
error: found two disks with the index 0 for RAID md0.
error: found two disks with the index 3 for RAID md0.
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: unknown filesystem.
Auto-detection of a filesystem of /dev/mapper/lvm-root failed.
Try with --recheck.
If the problem persists please report this together with the output of 
"/usr/sbin/grub-probe --device-map="/boot/grub/device.map" --target=fs -v 
/boot/grub" to <[email protected]>
error: found two disks with the index 0 for RAID md0.
error: found two disks with the index 3 for RAID md0.
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
error: found two disks with the index 0 for RAID md0.
error: found two disks with the index 3 for RAID md0.
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: unknown filesystem.
Auto-detection of a filesystem of /dev/mapper/lvm-root failed.
Try with --recheck.
If the problem persists please report this together with the output of 
"/usr/sbin/grub-probe --device-map="/boot/grub/device.map" --target=fs -v 
/boot/grub" to <[email protected]>
error: found two disks with the index 0 for RAID md0.
error: found two disks with the index 3 for RAID md0.
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
error: found two disks with the index 0 for RAID md0.
error: found two disks with the index 3 for RAID md0.
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
error: superfluous RAID member (4 found).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: unknown filesystem.
Auto-detection of a filesystem of /dev/mapper/lvm-root failed.
Try with --recheck.
If the problem persists please report this together with the output of 
"/usr/sbin/grub-probe --device-map="/boot/grub/device.map" --target=fs -v 
/boot/grub" to <[email protected]>

** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: grub lvm raid server

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  Upgrade vom 10.04 LTS Server to 12.04 LTS Server breaks grub

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