[Bug 1671895] Re: when upgrading 16.04 - 16.10 grub bootloader would not install and crashed

[mike farrell]

first time ever running into a bug with Ubuntu Linux, since 15.05

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Title:
  when upgrading 16.04 - 16.10 grub bootloader would not install and
  crashed

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When trying to do the upgrade from 16.04LS to 16.10 the installer for
  the grub bootloader crashed with errors and could not recover and
  advised me to send this bug report

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
  Package: ubiquity 16.10.14
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-22.24-generic 4.8.0
  Uname: Linux 4.8.0-22-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.379
  Date: Fri Mar 10 12:53:31 2017
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2)
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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