grub installation failed
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| grub-installer (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
I was trying to prepare a new Ubuntu system for server purpose. Previously I had Windows 7 installed on my system. My system has 4 partitions of disk drive space. So I decided to install Ubuntu in an empty partition (not the partition with Windows installed). But Upon repeated attempts to install Ubuntu, I have failed. The grub has not been installed. It always gives the error "Grub Installation Failed". Please help.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubiquity 2.21.63.2 [modified: lib/partman/
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.376
Date: Fri Sep 16 15:08:34 2016
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_IN
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_IN
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
| yadwinder.beesolver (yadwinder.beesolver) wrote | #1 |
| Phillip Susi (psusi) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Invalid |
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.