[Bug 1645239] [NEW] DVD upgrade 14.04 to 16.04 Mate. Grub install fails (IDE boot drive)

[Heimdall]

Public bug reported:

Replacing 14.04.5 with 16.04 Mate. Installer seemed to be doing a
standard installation (i.e. a new installation instead of an upgrade)
then failed when installing the bootloader on /dev/sda (which is where
the current grub bootloader is installed.

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: Mon Nov 28 02:01:44 2016
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-mate.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-MATE 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug ubiquity-2.21.63 ubuntu-mate xenial

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Title:
  DVD upgrade 14.04 to 16.04 Mate. Grub install fails (IDE boot drive)

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Replacing 14.04.5 with 16.04 Mate. Installer seemed to be doing a
  standard installation (i.e. a new installation instead of an upgrade)
  then failed when installing the bootloader on /dev/sda (which is where
  the current grub bootloader is installed.

  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: Mon Nov 28 02:01:44 2016
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-mate.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-MATE 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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