[Bug 1653594] Re: 17.04 installer crashed while or shortly after installing grub2

[Damon Lynch]

Update: I didn't realize this Desktop could distinguish between 'legacy
bios' and UEFI in the firmware (bios). My existing operating systems are
installed in legacy bios mode. When I booted from the USB installer
using firmware's boot chooser, I chose the UEFI version without
realizing the significance of doing so.

I have now installed 17.04, having booted the USB installer in legacy
bios mode. I do think that the installer could give much clearer
guidance than the current obscure error message it pops up near the
beginning of the installation process. I found the instructions here to
be very helpful indeed: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI

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Title:
  17.04 installer crashed while or shortly after installing grub2

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Ubiquity popped up a message saying grub2 couldn't be installed, then
  it crashed. Let me know if you need any hardware details.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
  Package: ubiquity 17.04.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.9.0-11.12-generic 4.9.0
  Uname: Linux 4.9.0-11-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.380
  Date: Mon Jan  2 23:40:36 2017
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Alpha amd64 (20170102)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=unknown
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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