[Bug 1673994] Re: Grub2 doesn't install on sda in a multiboot machine.

[Ward Bones]

Thanks, yeah, I was pressed for time.  I found that even a fresh install in
EFI mode failed to boot, though.  Possibly a failure of my machine as the
BIOS warns that EFI is beta.

Awesome distro, thank you :)

On Mon, 20 Mar 2017 at 08:01 Phillip Susi <psusi at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> Your disk is currently partitioned to boot in bios mode, but you booted
> the 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:
>   Grub2 doesn't install on sda in a multiboot machine.
>
> Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
>   Invalid
>
> Bug description:
>   I've got XP on /dev/sda1, Ubuntu 16.10 on sda6 and now Ubu Gnome on
>   sda8.  Not sure why grub wouldn't install.  May be the PC Grub I'm
>   using from the windows side.
>
>   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: Sat Mar 18 06:49:20 2017
>   InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi
> file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-gnome.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet
> splash ---
>   LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64
> (20160720)
>   ProcEnviron:
>    PATH=(custom, no user)
>    XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
>    LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>   SourcePackage: grub-installer
>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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Title:
  Grub2 doesn't install on sda in a multiboot machine.

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  I've got XP on /dev/sda1, Ubuntu 16.10 on sda6 and now Ubu Gnome on
  sda8.  Not sure why grub wouldn't install.  May be the PC Grub I'm
  using from the windows side.

  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: Sat Mar 18 06:49:20 2017
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-gnome.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160720)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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