Public bug reported:
I recently installed Ubuntu Server 17.04. The install took a few tries
because grub-install failed without giving details (filed as #1717975).
Eventually, I ran grub-install from a shell prompt and got details:
grub-install: warning: Attempting to install GRUB to a disk with multiple
partition labels. This is not supported yet..
grub-install: error: embedding is not possible, but this is required for RAID
and LVM install.
The workaround was to wipe the beginning of the disk. Something like this:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=2047 count=1
It would be very helpful if the installer could fix this sort of problem
automatically. Perhaps when rewriting the partition table, it could wipe
labels. Perhaps it could dd over, as I did. Perhaps there's an even
better solution.
** Affects: debian-installer (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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When grub install fails, suggest or perform corrective action
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