Bug#772795: grub installation fails on a fakeraid/sataraid/dmraid system

[Niels Thykier]

On Sun, 16 Aug 2015 08:45:37 +0200 Felix Zielcke <fzielcke at z-51.de> wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, den 11.12.2014, 12:49 +0530 schrieb Pirate Praveen:
> > package: grub-pc
> > version: 1.99-27+deb7u2
> > severity: critical
> > 
> > I had to spend a lot of time researching on the internet to finally 
> > find
> > this https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/SataRaid and install 
> > grub
> > manually. This was wheezy 7.7.0 DVD 1.
> > 
> > I don't know if debian installer can detect a sataraid system and 
> > load
> > dm-raid module manually (I'll open another bug for that). But grub
> > installation should not fail when dmraid=true.
> > 
> > Instead of suggesting to install on /dev/mapper grub should choose 
> > the
> > correct devise like /dev/mapper/isw_bdfjhfbiei_Volume1 when 
> > dmraid=true
> > is present in the kernel command line.
> > 
> > Server model is Dell PowerEdge T20 and SATA controller is Intel C226
> > chipset.
> > 
> Is this still a problem with jessie or got it solved?
> 
> 

Hi Pirate,

Did you see Felix's question?

Thanks,
~Niels