Why do I get "error 12: invalid device requested" when booting after a kickstart on a machine with attached LUNs?

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Sometimes after kickstarting a machine with attached LUNs you can see the following error:

grub> root (hd33,0)
error 12: invalid device requested
install --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2
(hd33,0)/grub/grub.conf

This means that the Master Boot Record (MBR) is not installed on the correct partition; it is installed on a storage array attached partition. This is due to...

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