[Bug 1578045] Re: Attempted to install ubuntu 16 on a secondary SSD for a dual boot setup and received grub installer error

[Sean Mc]

Excellent! Thank you for the reply. I am new to Ubuntu and Linux and there
is a learn curve. Based on some other articles that I have read it looks
like what I should do is start from scratch and install Ubuntu first to get
grub in the partition tables first. Then install Windows afterwards. I was
try to avoid this and was attempting to install Ubuntu on a system that had
an existing win 10 install.
An advise on installation of OSs on separate HDD / devices? Would be
helpful as most docs are geared toward installation of OSs on one
partitioned drive.
Thanks.

-Sean

On Wednesday, May 4, 2016, Phillip Susi <psusi at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> Your disk is currently partitioned to boot in bios mode, but you booted
> the 16.04 installer in EFI mode. A warning message prompted you that
> this could be a problem and recommended performing a bios mode install
> instead, but you chose not to. You either need to perform the bios mode
> install, or partition the disk using GPT and set up an EFI system
> partition to install in EFI mode. This will be done for you if you
> choose the "use entire disk" guided install option.
>
> ** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
>        Status: New => Invalid
>
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> Title:
>   Attempted to install ubuntu 16 on a secondary SSD for a dual boot
>   setup and received grub installer error
>
> Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
>   Invalid
>
> Bug description:
>   Attempted to install ubuntu 16 on a secondary SSD for a dual boot
>   setup and received grub installer error
>
>   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: Tue May  3 21:28:31 2016
>   InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi
> file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed cdrom-detect/try-usb=true noprompt
> floppy.allowed_drive_mask=0 ignore_uuid 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:
  Attempted to install ubuntu 16 on a secondary SSD for a dual boot
  setup and received grub installer error

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Attempted to install ubuntu 16 on a secondary SSD for a dual boot
  setup and received grub installer error

  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: Tue May  3 21:28:31 2016
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed cdrom-detect/try-usb=true noprompt floppy.allowed_drive_mask=0 ignore_uuid 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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