[Bug 1302572] Re: installing beta-2 on top of ubuntu 14.04 and failed doing grub install

[Phillip Susi]

It looks like your current install is bios booting, but you booted the
install cd in efi mode.  You need to boot the installer in bios mode
instead, or repartition your disk for EFI mode.


** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  installing beta-2 on top of ubuntu 14.04 and failed doing grub install

Status in “grub-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  I had to install ubuntu 14.04 beta 2 on top of my current ubuntu 14.04 because my installation stopped running properly (disk drive light wouldn't go off, don't know why and system was unresponsive. persisted over boots).
  I installed on top with beta 2 and the grub install failed

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.17.10
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-19.40-generic 3.13.6
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-19-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.339
  Date: Fri Apr  4 19:55:43 2014
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20140326)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=linux
   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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