[Bug 953959] Re: Ubiquity fails to install Grub in Precise

[Pjotr12345]

I have tried to attach /var/log/installer/partman, but Launchpad keeeps
complaining that it can't upload an empty file (?). Weird, because it's
over 300 KB. Maybe you can find the info needed, in hardware.html
(output of lshw), which I enclosed in my first message?

By the way: I found a strange report about this particular laptop
(Lenovo B570e): according to the author, Ubuntu wrongly identifies the
BIOS as being EFI, then tries to install the Grub-EFI, which then
ofcourse fails to boot. Because it's an ordinary BIOS, not EFI.

Here's the report, in rather peculiar Russian-like English: 
http://www.progtown.com/post5703404.html#p5703404

** Attachment added: "partman"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/953959/+attachment/2909131/+files/partman

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Title:
  Ubiquity fails to install Grub in Precise

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  On my Lenovo B570e laptop with EFI BIOS, Ubiquity fails to install
  Grub. With the LiveUSB of Precise Pangolin 12.04, amd64, daily live of
  March, 12.

  However, when I *manually* install Grub from the terminal in the live
  session of Desktop CD, it does install fine. Then I can boot into
  Precise from the hard disk after all. This happens both in Ubuntu,
  Xubuntu and Lubuntu 12.04.

  I have attached both /var/log/syslog from the LiveUSB-session and a
  hardware list (output of lshw).

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