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

[Gregory Bruce]

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Greg

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On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 8:44 PM, Phillip Susi <psusi at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 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 14.04because 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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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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