[Bug 1574446] Re: installation to coexist with 12.04 failed - grub-efi-amd64-signed pkg did not install

[james]

Totally agree, but the installation dialogue should reflect the reality we
have been discussing. As it stands, I believe it states the *previous* OS
will be unreachable.

Also, it is an error to proceed with a lengthy installation if the end
result is unbootable. I take your point that, given what we have discussed
(and not what is in the installation dialogue), it is an error on the part
of the user. But it is a nonsensical option and thus an error in the
installer as well.

On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 6:51 PM, Phillip Susi <phillsusi at gmail.com>
wrote:

> If you really want to get rid of your existing operating systems you
> should choose the use entire disk option.  If you want to keep the
> partitions around to recover files from, but don't care about being able
> to boot them anymore, then you need to perform manual partitioning, and
> set up an EFI system partition.  If you want to dual boot, then you need
> to choose the cancel option and fall back to continuing to boot in bios
> mode.
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> Title:
>   installation to coexist with 12.04 failed - grub-efi-amd64-signed pkg
>   did not install
>
> Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
>   Invalid
>
> Bug description:
>   "grub-efi-amd64-signed package failed to install into /target/.
>   Without the GRUB boot loader, the installed system will not boot."
>
>   followed by 'installer crashed'
>
>   Installing next to a 12.04 installation that had individual partitions
>   for /home, /var, /usr, /bin, etc. Resized to put 16.04 all on one
>   partition. That may have something to do with the failure.
>
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
>   Package: ubiquity 2.21.63 [modified:
> lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
>   Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
>   ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
>   Architecture: amd64
>   CasperVersion: 1.376
>   Date: Sun Apr 24 09:22:17 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" - Release amd64
> (20160420.1)
>   ProcEnviron:
>    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:
  installation to coexist with 12.04 failed - grub-efi-amd64-signed pkg
  did not install

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  "grub-efi-amd64-signed package failed to install into /target/.
  Without the GRUB boot loader, the installed system will not boot."

  followed by 'installer crashed'

  Installing next to a 12.04 installation that had individual partitions
  for /home, /var, /usr, /bin, etc. Resized to put 16.04 all on one
  partition. That may have something to do with the failure.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.21.63 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.376
  Date: Sun Apr 24 09:22:17 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" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   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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