[Bug 1631653] Re: Bootloader grub2 not installed by installing Ubuntu 12.4 LTS with live-usb

[Phillip Susi]

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:
  Bootloader grub2 not installed by installing Ubuntu 12.4 LTS with
  live-usb

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  I am (re)installing Ubuntu on my desktop.
  I created on a USB key an installer by downloading Ubuntu iso 12.04 LTS on the website, then I used the dedicated tool to create the installer available on the Ubuntu OS "Startup Disk Creator".

  Then, I restarted the computer and booted on the USB.
  I formatted the old Ubuntu partitions on my drives to have something entirely "new".

  I tried to install two times Ubuntu with the installer on USB, first
  time setting the "/" location as logic and second time as primary. I
  dedicated only 10Gb to "/" on my SSD and tried to create the "/home"
  directory on my 2nd hard drives (HDD). For this latter, I also tried
  both "logic" and "primary" settings.

  However, every scenarios led me to the fianl error "grub2 could not
  been installed"...

  And now, I reporting you the issue...

  Any helps or debugging stuff to do for you ?

  On my side, I cannot live with computer (ha ha :-) ) so I will attempt
  to repair grub with repair-tool.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.21.63
  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: Sat Oct  8 21:51:22 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:
   LANGUAGE=fr_FR.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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