[Bug 1563512] Re: Ubuntu Xenial failed to install

[Phillip Susi]

You attempted to install in EFI mode to a disk that is not GPT
partitioned and already has a bios mode windows install on it.  You will
need to install Ubuntu in bios mode as well.


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

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Title:
  Ubuntu Xenial failed to install

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  
  ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu Xenial Xerus (development branch)
  Release:	16.04

  ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy grub2
  grub2:
    Installed: (none)
    Candidate: (none)
    Version table:
  ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy grub
  grub:
    Installed: (none)
    Candidate: 0.97-29ubuntu68
    Version table:
       0.97-29ubuntu68 500
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages

  Expected: Ubuntu installation
  What happened: Installation failed at the grub installation process

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.21.51 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-15.31-generic 4.4.6
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-15-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.368
  Date: Wed Mar 30 00:31:58 2016
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Beta amd64 (20160323)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_IN
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_IN
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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