[Bug 1574785] Re: Impossible to install grub

[Phillip Susi]

You can also choose to switch to a bios mode install even though you
booted the installer in EFI mode when it warns you about the existing
bios mode disk setup.

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Title:
  Impossible to install grub

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Installing ubuntu 16.04 on an empty partition formatted in ext4 file system, installation seems ok until grub installation step. 
  Message "Grub-efi could not be installed in /target"

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.21.63
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-lowlatency 4.4.6
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-lowlatency x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.376
  Date: Mon Apr 25 19:44:21 2016
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntustudio.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-Studio 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=fr_FR.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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