[bug #42610] grub-install fails on DDF fake raid

[Michael Chang]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?42610>

                 Summary: grub-install fails on DDF fake raid 
                 Project: GNU GRUB
            Submitted by: mchang
            Submitted on: Wed 25 Jun 2014 07:16:56 AM GMT
                Category: Installation
                Severity: Major
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 
                 Release: 2.02~beta1
         Reproducibility: Every Time
         Planned Release: None

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Details:

When trying to install grub on disks with DDF firmware RAID managed by mdadm,
the installation fails with error message.

> grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/md126
Installing for i386-pc platform.
/usr/sbin/grub2-install: error: disk
`mduuid/616d632f0757e222039a73788ad21157' not found.

Here is mdadm information

> /sbin/mdadm --detail '/dev/md126' --export"
MD_LEVEL=raid
MD_DEVICES=1
MD_CONTAINER=/dev/md/ddf0
MD_MEMBER=0
MD_UUID=616d632f:0757e222:039a7378:8ad21157
MD_DEVICE_sda_ROLE=0
MD_DEVICE_sda_DEV=/dev/sda




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