[Bug 1775398] Re: On installation

[Phil Morris]

Hi Philip,

Thank youvery much for getting in touch.  OK, I understand what I was doing
wrong now.
As the HDD in question had data that I was very concerned about losing I
installed an earlier edition of Ubuntu.

With my kind regards
Phil

On 18 June 2018 at 18:34, Phillip Susi <psusi at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> Your disk is currently partitioned to boot in bios mode, but you booted
> the installer in EFI mode. You either need to boot the installer in bios
> mode, 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:
>   On installation
>
> Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
>   Invalid
>
> Bug description:
>   Sorry, but I am a noob on Ubuntu.  I was trying to install 18.4 LTS
>   only to receive a Grub error saying that it wont boot.
>
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
>   Package: ubiquity 18.04.14
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17
>   Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64
>   ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
>   Architecture: amd64
>   CasperVersion: 1.394
>   Date: Wed Jun  6 14:00:48 2018
>   InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed
> boot=casper quiet splash ---
>   LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64
> (20180426)
>   SourcePackage: grub-installer
>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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Title:
  On installation

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Sorry, but I am a noob on Ubuntu.  I was trying to install 18.4 LTS
  only to receive a Grub error saying that it wont boot.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: ubiquity 18.04.14
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.394
  Date: Wed Jun  6 14:00:48 2018
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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