[lubuntu-devel] ubiquity failed to install grub in Lubuntu Yakkety i386 daily [false alarm]

[Nio Wiklund]

Den 2016-09-18 kl. 09:22, skrev Nio Wiklund:
> Hi,
>
> I think I found a severe bug.
>
> During iso-testing, from the previous daily live iso file to this one,
>
> $ ls -l yakkety-desktop-i386.iso
> -rw------- 1 olle olle 989855744 sep 18 03:35 yakkety-desktop-i386.iso
> $ md5sum yakkety-desktop-i386.iso
> 04137b9db6868bea93c8c9d79d075a0a  yakkety-desktop-i386.iso
>
> grub failed to be installed. I tried manual partitioning alias
> 'Something else' and tried to install to the same partition in the same
> target drive as yesterday.
>
> Please check if it affects you too, and in that case mark 'affects me
> too' in order to confirm the bug in this report,
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1624807
>
> Best regards
> Nio

Hi again,

I think this is a false alarm. When I tried again with the previous iso 
file, that worked yesterday, if failed too. So I used mkusb and wiped 
the first megabyte and created a fresh gpt system with a bios_grub 
partition and an EFI partition.

Then I tried again, and it works with yesterday's and today's daily live 
iso file. But I noticed that the bios_grub flag was missing after 
installing with yesterday's iso file, so I restored it (with gparted). I 
don't know if it was a temporary glitch or a failing drive, or if it was 
a bug in yesterday's iso file, that removed the bios_grub flag and made 
the drive unavailable for today's iso file.

Anyway, today's iso file *can* install grub into the same drive (a 
Kingston SSD), and it does not remove the bios_grub flag. I tried twice, 
and it works.

Best regards
Nio