[Bug 1458162] Re: grub-installer failure

[Phillip Susi]

You are using a GPT partition table in a bios booting machine.  This
requires a 1 mb bios_grub partition.


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

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Title:
  grub-installer failure

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Install completes to the 80-90% range when this message appears: Grub-
  Installer failure,cannot install grub on sba choose another location
  or enter manually. You are not told where to get it or how to install.
  This is a Mac Pro 2007 model with the 7300GT graphics card,32-bit EFI
  , 64-bit architecture, with 8 gig of ram installed. Also tried to
  install 14.04 32-bit but it won't even read the disk. I am currently
  trying to install 12.04 LTS.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.10.26
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-29.42~precise1-generic 3.8.13.5
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-29-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.4
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.315.1
  Date: Sat May 23 07:11:44 2015
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20130820.1)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=unknown
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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