Public bug reported: During 16.04 fresh install, grub failed to install on MBR on the 5th disk (first 4 being 2 RAID 1 arrays)
root@ubuntu:/# lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Release: 16.04 grub-efi: Installed: (none) Candidate: 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3 Version table: 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3 500 500 cdrom://Ubuntu 16.04 LTS _Xenial Xerus_ - Release amd64 (20160420.1) xenial/main amd64 Packages 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages grub-common: Installed: 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3 Candidate: 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3 Version table: *** 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status grub-ieee1275-bin: Installed: (none) Candidate: 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3 Version table: 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages grub-xen-bin: Installed: (none) Candidate: 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3 Version table: 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages grub-ieee1275-dbg: Installed: (none) Candidate: 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3 Version table: 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages grub-xen-dbg: Installed: (none) Candidate: 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3 Version table: 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages grub2-common: Installed: 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3 Candidate: 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3 Version table: *** 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status grub-legacy-doc: Installed: (none) Candidate: 0.97-29ubuntu68 Version table: 0.97-29ubuntu68 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages grub-legacy-ec2: Installed: (none) Candidate: 0.7.7~bzr1212-0ubuntu1 Version table: 0.7.7~bzr1212-0ubuntu1 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: ubiquity 2.21.63 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CasperVersion: 1.376 Date: Sun Apr 24 13:55:13 2016 InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash --- LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: grub-installer UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug ubiquity-2.21.63 ubuntu xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1574227 Title: Grub can't be installed to MBR during fresh install To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1574227/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs