[Bug 1635586] Re: installer failed to install grub (hp elitebook 840)

[Andrew]

Hi,

As you mention, the system was booted in EFI mode, this was because it
failed to boot in BIOS mode.

I believe the message did say that this may effect OTHER os on the
system not that it would effect the one I was trying to install.  I
thought it was going to setup EFI booting.  This would not have been a
problem to me as there were no other os installed on the system.

I could not use the "use entire disk" option, as the disk contains an
800GB data partition that I would prefer to keep.

Many Thanks,
Andy

> On 31 Oct 2016, at 14:22, 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:
>  installer failed to install grub (hp elitebook 840)
> 
> Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
>  Invalid
> 
> Bug description:
>  boot from usb stick (ubuntu 16.04.1 x64 desktop), go through installer
>  (use existing ext4 partition as root) fails to install grub and
>  crashes
> 
>  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: Fri Oct 21 10:54:01 2016
>  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
>  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
>  ProcEnviron:
>   LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8
>   PATH=(custom, no user)
>   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
>   SHELL=/bin/bash
>  SourcePackage: grub-installer
>  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
> 
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Title:
  installer failed to install grub (hp elitebook 840)

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  boot from usb stick (ubuntu 16.04.1 x64 desktop), go through installer
  (use existing ext4 partition as root) fails to install grub and
  crashes

  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: Fri Oct 21 10:54:01 2016
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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