My bug report #528225 would fall under this same bug.
I reinstalled Lucid Alpha 3 using the alternate CD, and grub install, os detection, and update-grub all worked flawlessly on the same hardware where blkid hung before with the desktop ubiquity install.
/dev/sda2 is the extended partition that only holds /dev/sda6 which is the swap file when using the entire disk.
My bug report #528225 would fall under this same bug.
I reinstalled Lucid Alpha 3 using the alternate CD, and grub install, os detection, and update-grub all worked flawlessly on the same hardware where blkid hung before with the desktop ubiquity install.
/dev/sda2 is the extended partition that only holds /dev/sda6 which is the swap file when using the entire disk.