I also see this. Have deployed 50 production VMs, it happened approximately 10% of the time.
I'm using KVM with LVM and vm-builder; these options: vmbuilder kvm ubuntu --hostname=vmbuilt --domain=manc.iws-hosting.co.uk --raw=/dev/svs4/vmbuilt-disk --mem=512 --user=iweb --pass=xxx --rootpass=xxx --cpus=1 --templates=/templates --dest=vmbuilt --ip=192.168.1.201 --mask=255.255.255.0 --gw=192.168.1.182 --dns=193.228.155.86 --rootsize=8192 --swapsize=1024 dd'ing off the first sector of the LV shows that GRUB just isn't present in the MBR and launching a VM just stops with no GRUB messages. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to vm-builder in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/610652 Title: vmbuilder randomly fails to install grub -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs