[Bug 1573722] Re: Ubuntu 16.04 grub2 installation problem

[Jaroslav Pekar]

I still think that this is a bug, as 14.04 had no problem installing
without the EFI partition in manual mode.

On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 2:44 AM, Phillip Susi <phillsusi at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Yes, you need to create an EFI system partition to install in EFI mode.
> This is done automatically if you choose to format the drive and install
> only Ubuntu, but if you are doing a side by side install, you need to
> heed the warning that you should install in bios mode, and if doing a
> manual install, you are on your own.
>
>
> ** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
>        Status: Confirmed => Invalid
>
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> Title:
>   Ubuntu 16.04 grub2 installation problem
>
> Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
>   Invalid
>
> Bug description:
>   Installer complained about UEFI at the start (but since I have only
>   one OS, I proceeded) and then after crashed with grub-efi-amd64-singed
>   failed to install at the end of installation.
>
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
>   Package: ubiquity 2.21.63
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
>   Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
>   ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
>   Architecture: amd64
>   CasperVersion: 1.376
>   Date: Fri Apr 22 19:35:11 2016
>   InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi
> file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
>   LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64
> (20160420.1)
>   ProcEnviron:
>    PATH=(custom, no user)
>    XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
>    LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>   SourcePackage: grub-installer
>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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Title:
  Ubuntu 16.04 grub2 installation problem

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Installer complained about UEFI at the start (but since I have only
  one OS, I proceeded) and then after crashed with grub-efi-amd64-singed
  failed to install at the end of installation.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.21.63
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.376
  Date: Fri Apr 22 19:35:11 2016
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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