[Bug 1577182] Re: Cannot seem to write the Master Boot Record anywhere

[Phillip Susi]

You did not create an EFI system partition, which is required to install
in EFI mode.


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

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Title:
  Cannot seem to write the Master Boot Record anywhere

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  After installation (I chose UEFI mode), there was an error message to
  the effect that there was no place to write the MBR.

  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: Mon May  2 01:01:44 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:
   LANGUAGE=en_AU.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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