[Bug 889598] Re: Installer failed when installing grub (EFI system)

[Phillip Susi]

You were attempting to install go a GPT partitioned disk, while booting
in bios mode.  This requires you to create a 1 mb bios_grub partition.


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

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Title:
  Installer failed when installing grub (EFI system)

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Trying to install from a USB drive, created with ubuntu. System boots
  on EFI, installer doesn't appear to detect the EFI system and tries to
  install grub on /dev/sda, which fails and prompts the crash reporter.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.8.7 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.287
  Date: Sat Nov 12 14:59:12 2011
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_CA.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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