[Bug 1580462] Re: fresh install failed failed to setup grub2
Ian Gordon
ianslucinda at gmail.com
Fri May 13 10:06:25 UTC 2016
Thank you for your response. Finally worked out how to boot in dos mode
(choosing right entry in boot menu) and then did a successful installation.
Regards Ian.
On 13 May 2016 at 00:36, Phillip Susi <psusi at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Your disk is currently partitioned to boot in bios mode, but you booted
> the 16.04 installer in EFI mode. A warning message prompted you that
> this could be a problem and recommended performing a bios mode install
> instead, but you chose not to. You either need to perform the bios mode
> install, or partition the disk using GPT and set up an EFI system
> partition to install in EFI mode. This will be done for you if you
> choose the "use entire disk" guided install option.
>
> ** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Invalid
>
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> Title:
> fresh install failed failed to setup grub2
>
> Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
> Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> Tried to install to sdc selected to be used and formatted as btrfs
> (whole drive), system has drives sda, sdb, sdc and sdd, and set / to
> sdc, did not specify anything else.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
> Package: ubiquity 2.21.63 [modified:
> lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
> 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: Wed May 11 18:08:58 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_NZ.UTF-8
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
> LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8
> SourcePackage: grub-installer
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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Title:
fresh install failed failed to setup grub2
Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Bug description:
Tried to install to sdc selected to be used and formatted as btrfs
(whole drive), system has drives sda, sdb, sdc and sdd, and set / to
sdc, did not specify anything else.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubiquity 2.21.63 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
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: Wed May 11 18:08:58 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_NZ.UTF-8
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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