------- Comment From [email protected] 2015-08-26 14:34 EDT------- Canonical,
The problem here is the grub-installer script expects SCSI disks w/ only one letter (/dev/sda), but this scenario has two (/dev/sdaf). This misclassifies the disk, and the script fails. Script grub-install, line 327 [1]: /dev/[hmsv]d[a-z0-9]|...) It works with this change, at install time: ~ # sed '327 s,|,*|,' -i /usr/bin/grub-installer So that line is now: /dev/[hmsv]d[a-z0-9]*|...) [1] http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/wily/grub- installer/wily/view/head:/grub-installer#L327 Debugging tip ------------------- I debugged it by reading the bash traces with this change: -#set -x +set +x; exec 2>/g-i.stderr and noticed this: + prefix=/dev/sdaf + echo /dev/sdaf2 + sed s:\(.*\)/.*:\1/disc: + disc_offered_devfs=/dev/disc + mapdevfs /dev/disc + disc_offered= Verification --------------- Differences in syslog: Before: <...> grub-installer: info: architecture: ppc64el/chrp_ibm <...> grub-installer: info: Mounting /proc into /target <...> in-target: <...> <...> main-menu[295]: WARNING **: Configuring 'grub-installer' failed with error code 1 <...> main-menu[295]: WARNING **: Menu item 'grub-installer' failed. After: <...> grub-installer: info: architecture: ppc64el/chrp_ibm <...> grub-installer: info: Mounting /proc into /target <...> in-target: <...> <...> grub-installer: info: Identified partition label for /dev/sdaf2: gpt <...> <...> grub-installer: info: grub-install ran successfully ------- Comment From [email protected] 2015-08-26 14:38 EDT------- Typo here (set -x/+x) +set +x; exec 2>/g-i.stderr +set -x; exec 2>/g-i.stderr -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1479213 Title: ISST-SAN: fsp-chip: Alpine: LE-UBUNTU 15.10: LPAR chip01 unable to install base OS due to inability to install the GRUB boot loader on hard disk To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1479213/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
