[Bug 1438697] Re: Installer Crashed on Grub install on Inspiron 17R with WIN 8.1

[Phillip Susi]

Grub failed to install because sda has no bios_grub partition.  If you
are installing to, and your bios boots from sdb, then you should choose
to install grub there, rather than sda.  You also will need to create a
1 mb bios_grub partition since the disk is partitioned using GPT.  In
addition, your logs are full of warnings about your GPT partition tables
being corrupt ( backup is at the wrong location ).  You should correct
these errors using parted.


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

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Title:
  Installer Crashed on Grub install on Inspiron 17R with WIN 8.1

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  On install of Ubuntu on a Dell Inspiron 17R with WIN 8.1 the
  installation is Crashed because the Grub wouldnt install on sda.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.18.8.6 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-30.40~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt3
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-30-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.7
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.340
  Date: Tue Mar 31 15:38:09 2015
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=de_DE.UTF-8
   TERM=linux
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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