[Bug 1400421] Re: grub installation failure

[RaviPrkash Jayaraman]

Hi,

The problem got resolved when I repaired the boot partition using chkdsk
and reinstalled ubuntu. Thanks.

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Raviprakash

On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 11:54 PM, Phillip Susi <psusi at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> Your EFI system partition appears to be corrupt.  Please run chkdsk on
> it from windows, or run sudo dosfsck /dev/sda2 in Ubuntu to check and
> repair it.
>
>
> ** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
>        Status: New => Incomplete
>
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> Title:
>   grub installation failure
>
> Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
>   Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
>   On trying to install ubuntu in my Lenovo z50-70 laptop (i5 processor,
>   8Gb RAM, 1 TB HDD) preloaded with windows 8.1, I get a grub-installer
>   failure. I have created separate partitions for ubuntu installation
>   (three partitons for /, /home and /swap) using the windows disk
>   managment tool. The computer has  a UEFI partition with windows
>   bootloader and I am trying to install ubuntu 14.10 using USB flash
>   (the boot device is set to /dev/sda). The computer boots into windows
>   without a problem.
>
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
>   Package: ubiquity 2.20.0
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-23.31-generic 3.16.4
>   Uname: Linux 3.16.0-23-generic x86_64
>   ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
>   Architecture: amd64
>   CasperVersion: 1.345
>   Date: Mon Dec  8 22:56:28 2014
>   InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi
> file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed cdrom-detect/try-usb=true noprompt
> floppy.allowed_drive_mask=0 ignore_uuid boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet
> splash --
>   LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64
> (20141022.1)
>   ProcEnviron:
>    LANGUAGE=en_IN
>    TERM=linux
>    PATH=(custom, no user)
>    XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
>    LANG=en_IN
>   SourcePackage: grub-installer
>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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Title:
  grub installation failure

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  On trying to install ubuntu in my Lenovo z50-70 laptop (i5 processor,
  8Gb RAM, 1 TB HDD) preloaded with windows 8.1, I get a grub-installer
  failure. I have created separate partitions for ubuntu installation
  (three partitons for /, /home and /swap) using the windows disk
  managment tool. The computer has  a UEFI partition with windows
  bootloader and I am trying to install ubuntu 14.10 using USB flash
  (the boot device is set to /dev/sda). The computer boots into windows
  without a problem.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.20.0
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-23.31-generic 3.16.4
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-23-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.345
  Date: Mon Dec  8 22:56:28 2014
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed cdrom-detect/try-usb=true noprompt floppy.allowed_drive_mask=0 ignore_uuid boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_IN
   TERM=linux
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_IN
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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