Public bug reported: Problem Description ======================= Installation goes smoothly, until it reaches grub installation, and fails with fatal error there. Machine Type = pio-firestone ---boot type--- QEMU direct boot kernel/initrd ---Kernel cmdline used to launch install--- kexec -l /root/vmlinux.venkat -i /root/initrd.gz.venkat kexec -e
== Comment: # - Venkat R. B <[email protected]> - 2015-08-14 08:08:41 == I am trying to install Ubuntu14.04 on the firestone machine on a RAID1 array, configured with software raid. Installation goes on smoothly till its reaches grub loader and fails. Below I have pasted the error. ?? [!!] Install the GRUB boot loader on a hard disk ?? ???????????? ? ????????? ? ? Unable to install GRUB in /dev/md0p1 ? ? ? ? Executing 'grub-install /dev/md0p1' failed. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Running "? This is a fatal error. ? ? ? ? ? ? ???????????? <Go Back> <Continue> ? ????????? ? ? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????? == Comment: # - Mauricio Faria De Oliveira <[email protected]> - 2015-08-20 09:31:11 == grub-installer pieces from syslog Aug 19 11:07:43 grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/md0p1' Aug 19 11:07:43 grub-installer: info: grub-install does not support --no-floppy Aug 19 11:07:43 grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install --force "/dev/md0p1" Aug 19 11:07:43 grub-installer: Installing for powerpc-ieee1275 platform. Aug 19 11:08:01 grub-installer: grub-install: error: failed to copy Grub to the PReP partition. Aug 19 11:08:01 grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install --force "/dev/md0p1"' failed. and the "error:" message 'failed to copy Grub to the PReP partition.' is not generated by the grub-installer script itself [1], so probably coming down from grub2. I'd suggest to either involve our grub2 guy (not sure if available), or mirroring to Canonical. [1] http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/trusty/grub- installer/trusty-updates/view/head:/grub-installer ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: architecture-ppc64le bugnameltc-129040 severity-critical targetmilestone-inin--- ** Tags added: architecture-ppc64le bugnameltc-129040 severity-critical targetmilestone-inin--- -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1487365 Title: Ubuntu14.04 .3 RAID installation fails on firestone To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1487365/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
