[Bug 1299134] Re: grub-installer failed during install trusty 64bit

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement]

@psusi, this is a very valid issue and I could reproduce it on an Asus
UX32VD with UEFI. On this machine, there is no way in the system setup
to select between UEFI or BIOS.

If I boot a 32 bit image from an USB stick, it will boot in BIOS mode. Installation is successful and the EFI partition is not created.
If I boot a 64bit image, it will boot in EFI mode. If a 32bit OS is already installed and I choose a side-by-side installation then there is no warning, EFI partition is not created and the installer crashes with this bug. This is the issue I reported in bug 1302418.

I'm reopening this issue and set it to critical given the number of
reports already received.

** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
       Status: Invalid => Triaged

** Also affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu Trusty)
   Importance: Critical
       Status: Triaged

** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu Trusty)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations)

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Title:
  grub-installer failed during install trusty 64bit

Status in “grub-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “grub-installer” source package in Trusty:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Trying to install Trusty (14.04) beta 2 with the install DVD iso and a USB thumb drive.
  All the other process success. Only the grub-install part failed.

  My laptop is a Lenovo B470.
  CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2450M CPU @ 2.50GHz
  Boots with BIOS (no EFI for the motherboard).

  Installing with the installer program in live cd session.

  Exptected to run through the whole install process.
  But it fails at the last stage (grub-install).

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.17.10
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-19.40-generic 3.13.6
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-19-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.339
  Date: Sat Mar 29 01:39:03 2014
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20140326)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=zh_TW.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=zh_TW.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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