Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: grub2
Ubuntu 9.10 Beta on a Dell E520N desktop
grub2 installs to hd0
grub2 can boot partitions on hd0 when installed to hd0 (i.e. sda5 works fine)
grub2 dies like a brick when Ubuntu 9.10 is installed to a partition on hd1
Super Grub Disk cannot recover it. To get back I install again this time to
hd0.
I can clone the partition (cp -a) from hd0 to hd1 then edit /boot/grub/grub.cfg
to list the right UUID and hd1 partition and it boots to hd1. (I also edit
/etc/fstab of the clone.) It's just the install that kills the PC. I see
grub-install (hd0) displayed during installation.
Expected results: install Ubuntu 9.10 to sdb6 and boot with Grub2
Results seen (and repeated): install to sdb6 then on reboot Grub2 dies, never
even a menu, no grub> prompt, nothing.
I use two hard drives with Linux OS partitions on both. My work-around is to
keep an empty partition on hd0 install to it then "cp -a" to move it over to
hd1. Creates new problem of /boot/grub/grub.cfg is stuck on hd0.
** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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grub2 cannot boot partition on sdb (hd1)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/441907
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