[Bug 1580462] Re: fresh install failed failed to setup grub2

[Ian Gordon]

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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