[PLUG] grub-install fails (Debian Jessie)

[CJ Fearnley <cjf@CJFearnley.com>]

I've mentioned at the last two PLUG Central meetings that I have a system
which grub will not boot. Here are the details:

The system was a fresh install of Debian Jessie. After booting I converted the
lvm structure to LVM raid1 as per Keith's recommendation:

cjf@tetrahelix:~$ sudo lvs -o +devices,seg_monitor,region_size,raid_sync_action,raid_mismatch_count
  LV   VG         Attr       LSize   Pool Origin Data%  Meta%  Move Log Cpy%Sync Convert Devices                           Monitor       Region  SyncAction Mismatches
  home tetrahelix Rwi-aor---   1.46t                                    100.00           home_rimage_0(0),home_rimage_1(0) not monitored   2.00m idle                0
  root tetrahelix rwi-aor---  23.28g                                    100.00           root_rimage_0(0),root_rimage_1(0) not monitored 512.00k idle                0
  swap tetrahelix rwi-a-r--- 252.00m                                    100.00           swap_rimage_0(0),swap_rimage_1(0) not monitored 512.00k idle                0

This RAID1 volume is on sda and sdb:

cjf@tetrahelix:~$ sudo pvs
  PV         VG         Fmt  Attr PSize PFree  
  /dev/sda3  tetrahelix lvm2 a--  1.82t 339.24g
  /dev/sdb3  tetrahelix lvm2 a--  1.82t 339.24g

Here is the partitioning:

cjf@tetrahelix:~$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda

Disk /dev/sda: 1.8 TiB, 2000398934016 bytes, 3907029168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: CC804C51-77C9-4754-B44F-5A4BADF99F3F

Device      Start        End    Sectors  Size Type
/dev/sda1    2048       4095       2048    1M BIOS boot
/dev/sda2    4096     491519     487424  238M Linux swap
/dev/sda3  491520 3907028991 3906537472  1.8T Linux LVM

But grub fails (I purged grub and reinstalled to make sure there was
nothing funky in the grub configuration):

cjf@tetrahelix:~$ sudo grub-install --no-floppy --recheck /dev/sda1
Installing for i386-pc platform.
grub-install: error: disk `lvmid/dcqgzj-awwK-OfNY-pVPk-dJNm-pEbM-OfP6VO/xAJ9fS-1bIS-oxAI-VF82-7no4-mrLe-XmNTzC' not found.

That partition it doesn't know about is the LVM volume group:

cjf@tetrahelix:~$ sudo vgs -v
    DEGRADED MODE. Incomplete RAID LVs will be processed.
    Finding all volume groups
    Finding volume group "tetrahelix"
  VG         Attr   Ext   #PV #LV #SN VSize VFree   VG UUID                                VProfile
  tetrahelix wz--n- 4.00m   2   3   0 3.64t 678.48g dcqgzj-awwK-OfNY-pVPk-dJNm-pEbM-OfP6VO         

For some reason blkid doesn't know about the volume group:

cjf@tetrahelix:~$ sudo blkid
/dev/sda2: UUID="b5f6fa01-86d4-4927-866c-db1744acf53d" TYPE="swap" PARTUUID="b8fc206f-5de3-4cfd-89dd-c6590aeac6c3"
/dev/sda3: UUID="TufSbP-0kec-OS56-Xwf8-iKca-s2gL-KNzVtW" TYPE="LVM2_member" PARTUUID="d6790e81-40d7-4085-a32d-6ca38de50c9d"
/dev/sdb2: UUID="549a36bd-564b-4bb3-a16d-87edafecc333" TYPE="swap" PARTUUID="78570a9a-1aa3-4433-9b83-f3a8ac8b3a0c"
/dev/sdb3: UUID="va2Drk-qsA1-fCoF-HYEy-zfbB-1U9p-9LiDrJ" TYPE="LVM2_member" PARTUUID="378ef30c-b4bf-4df0-a5f9-381666a67e75"
/dev/sdc1: UUID="2016-04-02-21-02-35-00" LABEL="Debian jessie 20160402-22:02" TYPE="iso9660" PARTUUID="32f9de5b-01"
/dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/mapper/tetrahelix-root_rimage_0: UUID="bc49d20d-c4b8-4cfb-bd36-16e2c04062e9" TYPE="xfs"
/dev/mapper/tetrahelix-root_rimage_1: UUID="bc49d20d-c4b8-4cfb-bd36-16e2c04062e9" TYPE="xfs"
/dev/mapper/tetrahelix-root: UUID="bc49d20d-c4b8-4cfb-bd36-16e2c04062e9" TYPE="xfs"
/dev/mapper/tetrahelix-home_rimage_0: UUID="519433cf-009f-4446-8699-8b19b7959959" TYPE="xfs"
/dev/mapper/tetrahelix-home_rimage_1: UUID="519433cf-009f-4446-8699-8b19b7959959" TYPE="xfs"
/dev/mapper/tetrahelix-home: UUID="519433cf-009f-4446-8699-8b19b7959959" TYPE="xfs"
/dev/mapper/tetrahelix-swap_rmeta_0: UUID="10be6cb3-79a5-41c6-b61e-08f2e3042231" TYPE="swap"
/dev/mapper/tetrahelix-swap_rimage_0: UUID="d04d5ce4-804e-4c36-aa18-ee1d4e73ca31" TYPE="swap"
/dev/mapper/tetrahelix-swap_rimage_1: UUID="d04d5ce4-804e-4c36-aa18-ee1d4e73ca31" TYPE="swap"
/dev/mapper/tetrahelix-swap: UUID="d04d5ce4-804e-4c36-aa18-ee1d4e73ca31" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sdb1: PARTUUID="003da349-c3ed-42fe-a4b4-6923435c885f"
/dev/sda1: PARTUUID="702ad639-5304-43a3-82a6-35c00d6ae207"

How do I get grub to work so I can boot off the hard drive rather than
convoluted chroots on a live CD?

-- 
It is not for me to change you. The question is, how can I be of service
to you without diminishing your degrees of freedom?
--- R. Buckminster Fuller

CJ Fearnley                |  "Dare to be Naive" -- Bucky Fuller
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