[Bug 1616237] [NEW] Installer crashes trying to install EFI boot onto a normal (DOS) disc

[John Hunter]

Public bug reported:

This seems to be an installer silly. In this case, the install is
installing over Kubuntu 14.04. The disc is a normal 500GB drive with a
DOS partition table. The installer partition manager is aware of this
but the boot installer seems to be oblivious of this. This makes an in
situ upgrade virtually impossible. The computer's BIOS is running with
UEFI disabled. (This is the 3rd attempt!)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubiquity 2.21.63.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.376
Date: Tue Aug 23 22:52:34 2016
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/kubuntu.seed boot=casper maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Kubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug kubuntu ubiquity-2.21.63.2 xenial

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Title:
  Installer crashes trying to install EFI boot onto a normal (DOS) disc

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  This seems to be an installer silly. In this case, the install is
  installing over Kubuntu 14.04. The disc is a normal 500GB drive with a
  DOS partition table. The installer partition manager is aware of this
  but the boot installer seems to be oblivious of this. This makes an in
  situ upgrade virtually impossible. The computer's BIOS is running with
  UEFI disabled. (This is the 3rd attempt!)

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.21.63.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.376
  Date: Tue Aug 23 22:52:34 2016
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/kubuntu.seed boot=casper maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Kubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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