[Bug 1891324] Re: Groovy Gorilla GRUB won't install to MBR

[cwsnyder]

Most computers built in the last 10 years use EFI firmware, which does
not use an MBR, instead using GPT formatting and a boot partition for
all but the smallest of drives. I didn't detect the problem in the
early daily builds when I initially installed Groovy, only when I
re-installed at the beta.

On 11/14/20, jonas-ska <1891324 at bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:
> It's amazing that users with MBR are simply unable to install 20.10. The
> only option is to install 20.04 and then upgrade. I can't understand how
> such an evident bug passed all the testing. Nobody uses MBR anymore?
>
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> Title:
>   Groovy Gorilla GRUB won't install to MBR
>
> Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
>   Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
>   Tried 3 different daily builds, multiple distributions on /dev/sda.
>   Can't install GRUB to /dev/sda or /dev/sda1 which is my / pqrtition,
>   either. Errors out and usually messes up the previous GRUB install.
>
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10
>   Package: ubiquity 20.10.9
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46-generic 5.4.44
>   Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64
>   NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
>   ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu44
>   Architecture: amd64
>   CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
>   CasperVersion: 1.452
>   Date: Wed Aug 12 08:01:22 2020
>   InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz
> file=/cdrom/preseed/xubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
>   LiveMediaBuild: Xubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Alpha amd64 (20200811)
>   SourcePackage: grub-installer
>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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Title:
  Groovy Gorilla GRUB won't install to MBR

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Tried 3 different daily builds, multiple distributions on /dev/sda.
  Can't install GRUB to /dev/sda or /dev/sda1 which is my / pqrtition,
  either. Errors out and usually messes up the previous GRUB install.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10
  Package: ubiquity 20.10.9
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46-generic 5.4.44
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu44
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CasperVersion: 1.452
  Date: Wed Aug 12 08:01:22 2020
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/xubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Xubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Alpha amd64 (20200811)
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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