[Bug 1675144] Re: tried to install alongside windows on an empty partition, got error

Phillip Susi psusi at ubuntu.com
Thu Mar 23 13:08:24 UTC 2017


Your primary disk drive ( /dev/sda ) is formatted with GPT.  To install
grub to such a disk in a bios booting PC, you must create a 1 mb
bios_grub partition on that disk.  As an alternative, since you seem to
be installing Ubuntu to the other disk anyhow, set grub to install to
/dev/sdb, and make sure that your bios is configured to boot from that
drive.


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

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Title:
  tried to install alongside windows on an empty partition, got error

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Windows 10 Installed on partition, empty partition next to it.  Tried
  to "install alongside windows", got error.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
  Package: ubiquity 16.10.14 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-22.24-generic 4.8.0
  Uname: Linux 4.8.0-22-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.379
  Date: Wed Mar 22 15:38:06 2017
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/multiboot/ubuntu-16.10-desktop-amd64/casper/vmlinuz.efi iso-scan/filename=/multiboot/ubuntu-16.10-desktop-amd64/ubuntu-16.10-desktop-amd64.iso boot=casper noprompt floppy.allowed_drive_mask=0 ignore_uuid
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2)
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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