This bug was fixed in the package grub-installer - 1.32ubuntu7
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grub-installer (1.32ubuntu7) intrepid; urgency=low
* grub-installer: if the boot filesystem is on a virtio device, we need to
null out the $frdisk variable (LP: #281492)
-- Dustin Kirkland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Patch updated with a better changelog entry.
Also, I have uploaded to a bzr branch:
* lp:~kirkland/grub-installer/281492
:-Dustin
** Attachment added: "grub-installer.281492.debdiff"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18545063/grub-installer.281492.debdiff
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grub does not install properly to a
The attached patch fixes this bug in the installer.
:-Dustin
** Attachment added: "grub-installer.281492.debdiff"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18544787/grub-installer.281492.debdiff
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grub does not install properly to a virtio disk in kvm (/dev/vda)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/281492
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Marking "Invalid" against grub, the bug is in grub-installer
:-Dustin
** Changed in: grub (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Invalid
** Also affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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grub does not install properly to a virtio disk in kvm (/dev/vda)
https
On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 05:04:04PM -, Niklas Hagman wrote:
> I can see in the changelog for package grub-installer, 1.27ubuntu4, that
> Soren Hansen has "Teach grub-installer about virtio devices (/dev/vd*)".
> Intrepid is using version 1.32 resynchronised from Debian. Does this
> mean grub-ins
** Changed in: grub (Debian)
Status: Unknown => Fix Released
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grub does not install properly to a virtio disk in kvm (/dev/vda)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/281492
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I can see in the changelog for package grub-installer, 1.27ubuntu4, that
Soren Hansen has "Teach grub-installer about virtio devices (/dev/vd*)".
Intrepid is using version 1.32 resynchronised from Debian. Does this
mean grub-installer needs to be patched each time a new version is
merged from Debia
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #492862
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=492862
** Also affects: grub (Debian) via
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=492862
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
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grub does not install properly to a virtio disk
Can confirm this. Tried to install latest ubuntu-8.10-beta-server-amd64.iso
(20081013) and the system is not bootable. Workaround is as described by
Dustin. First installing into simple hda drive and then switch to vda (virtio)
after installation.
Hardy works both ways without problem. The goal
