[Bug 1705621] [NEW] grub2 will not create booter on fresh install onto wiped sdb disk where sda is windows

[Joseph Espy]

Public bug reported:

First attempted install 8 times using different settings in graphical
utility.  Attempted with 16.04.01 and 16.04.02, as well as gnome ubuntu
image and standard ubuntu image.  Using fdisk removed all partitions on
the sdb disk.  Grub2 is never able to create a boot loader on any disk
or partition.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubiquity 2.21.63.3 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1-generic 4.8.11
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-36-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.376.2
Date: Fri Jul 21 00:35:14 2017
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-gnome.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release i386 (20170215)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 ubiquity-2.21.63.3 ubuntu-gnome xenial

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Title:
  grub2 will not create booter on fresh install onto wiped sdb disk
  where sda is windows

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  First attempted install 8 times using different settings in graphical
  utility.  Attempted with 16.04.01 and 16.04.02, as well as gnome
  ubuntu image and standard ubuntu image.  Using fdisk removed all
  partitions on the sdb disk.  Grub2 is never able to create a boot
  loader on any disk or partition.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.21.63.3 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1-generic 4.8.11
  Uname: Linux 4.8.0-36-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.376.2
  Date: Fri Jul 21 00:35:14 2017
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-gnome.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release i386 (20170215)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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