[Bug 1326143] Re: fatal error installing grub to USB HDD when installing system to USB HDD

[Gerard]

if I create an efi boot partition sbd1 do I install the boot loader to the
drive or the partition?


On 4 June 2014 12:09, Phillip Susi <psusi at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> You apparently are running an EFI system, and have a GPT partitioned
> disk, but have no efi system partition.  To boot it in efi mode, you
> need to have an efi system partition.  To boot it in bios mode, you need
> to have a bios_grub partition, though it seems that wouldn't help in
> your case since grub-install failed to fall back from grub-efi to grub-
> pc.
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Title:
  fatal error installing grub to USB HDD when installing system to USB
  HDD

Status in “grub-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Fatal error when installing Ubuntu 14.04 from a USB stick to a USB
  external HDD.  I have been doing this successfully since 11.04 I think

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.18.7 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.340
  Date: Wed Jun  4 09:19:35 2014
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent noprompt floppy.allowed_drive_mask=0 ignore_uuid initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_NZ.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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