Unable to re-install. Grub cannot create bootloader, and when I select "Continue without" a fatal error occurs

Bug #1619964 reported by Andy Doswell
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grub-installer (Ubuntu)
Invalid
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Bug Description

See above

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubiquity 2.21.63.2 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.376
Date: Sat Sep 3 21:06:47 2016
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
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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Andy Doswell (andydoswell) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Phillip Susi (psusi) wrote :

Your primary hard disk is a windows "dynamic disk", and so grub can not be installed there. You will need to either convert it back to a basic disk, or install grub on another disk.

Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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