Confirmed to happen whenever GRUB is being installed to other than the bootsector and the / filesystem is not ext3fs.
** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: None => grub-installer Status: New => Confirmed -- GRUB Installation Fails if non-ext3 Root Partition https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185878 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs