Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: debian-installer
Ubuntu 9.10 server install CD, amd64.
I have 7 hard disks which were detected as sda->sdg. sda->f are part of
a RAID-5 volume, the entire disk is used and there is no partition
table.
I installed to paritions on /dev/sdg, and at the end of the installation
grub-install "(hd0)" was run automatically.
grub's device map is:
(hd0)->sda
(hd1)->sdb
...
(hd6)->sdg
this caused:
a) grub not to be installed on the boot disk leaving the system unbootable;
b) data corruption on the RAID set as grub does not like unpartioned disks.
It reports:
Attempting to install GRUB to a partitionless disk. This is a BAD idea.
and then continues anyway, scribbling over some random sectors.
** Affects: debian-installer (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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grub installs to "(hd0)" without asking which can cause data corruption
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/512074
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