[Bug 1406455] Re: grub installation fails at my hdd

[Phillip Susi]

You are using a bios based machine but the GUID partition table.  This
requires you to create a 1 mb bios_grub partition on the disk to install
grub.


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

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Title:
  grub installation fails at my hdd

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  xubuntu 14.10 installation on ACER M5 20GB SSD (where I chose / to be)
  and 500GB HDD (where I choose /home to be). The BIOS doesn see the
  ssd. I try to install the grub bootloader on the HDD without success

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.20.0
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-23.31-generic 3.16.4
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-23-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.345
  Date: Tue Dec 30 02:09:47 2014
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/xubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Xubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
  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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