Lenovo g505s 16.04 32bit grub2 fails - system will not boot

[Todd]

Attempting to upgrade from 15.04 failed. Trying fresh install with 16.04. Cannot complete install when grub2-installer runs. Goes to report bug right away.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubiquity 2.21.63
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.376
Date: Fri Nov 25 15:12:04 2016
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=(loop)/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/Lubuntu/lubuntu-16.04-desktop-i386.iso only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release i386 (20160420.1)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)