Ubuntu Lenove OCZ Agility3 - No Grub after install

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Published on 2012-08-30T15:29:45Z Indexed on 2012/08/30 15:49 UTC
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I've tried a dualboot (Win7 + Ubuntu) installation it on a Lenovo E330 with Agility3 240 Gigs...
Conclusions:

Ubuntu::
Ubuntu 12.04 x86_64 ( 21.06.2012 ) is not able to install grub in a bootable way. Grub will be installed and does update-grub during Installation, recognizes also the Win OS. But after a restart it boots directly to Windows.
This is directly connected to the OCZ Agility3. On a good old fashion harddisk (those with the moving parts) Ubuntu is capable to install grub with no problem in a bootable manner.
PinguyOS::
PinguyOS 12.04 LTS x86_64 (which is a Ubuntu based distro) is able to handle the Grub installation on OCZ Agility3. However they both use Grub 1.99...
What i did::
Installed Windows. Installed Ubuntu. Installed PinguyOS.
Grub Updates::
Grub updates are only through Pinguy OS possible, this means you have to edit the Ubuntu Grub entries manually after Kernelupdates on Ubuntu, in the PiguyOS sytem..

What i've already tried:

Firmwareupgrade OCZ (livestick, successfull)
Install Ubuntu Grub to sda
Install Ubuntu Grub to sdc (Ubuntu Partion)
Install Ubuntu Grub to /boot
update-grub manually after install
restore grub

any ideas appreciated..

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