PPA with "grub-pc.postinst.udiff" patch integrated since it's less intrusive than kernel patches + udev patches and the issue was fixed in 10.10 here:
https://launchpad.net/~nutznboltz/+archive/working-grub2-on-virtio-disk- for-lts Patch attachment is a debdiff against the latest proposed grub2-pc package plus the postinstall script hack. I'm not done working on the patch but it's better to have this than to only have an LTS with a broken grub-pc package in "uF" state. ** Patch added: "Hacks the postinst script to not fail for virtio block disks." https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/604335/+attachment/2169243/+files/grub2-1.98ubuntu12.debdiff -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/604335 Title: grub-pc.postinst script fails to detect virtio vda disk in KVM guest To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/604335/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs