Installation of Ubuntu 32-bit failed on UEFI

Bug #1649167 reported by UlfZibis
12
This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
grub-installer (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

I had the Ubuntu 32-bit installer image on USB-key with MultiSystem.
During the installation I got the error:
Can't copy grub-efi-amd64-signed to /target/

Machine: ASUS F200MA

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubiquity 2.21.63.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.376
Date: Mon Dec 12 02:17:59 2016
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=(loop)/casper/vmlinuz root=UUID=549D-F58A maybe-ubiquity debian-installer/language=de keyboard-configuration/layoutcode= iso-scan/filename=/ubuntu-16.04.1-desktop-i386.iso boot=casper file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed noprompt quiet splash --
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release i386 (20160719)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_DE.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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UlfZibis (ulf-zibis) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
UlfZibis (ulf-zibis)
summary: - Installation of Ubuntu 32-bit failed on UEFI ASUS F200MA
+ Installation of Ubuntu 32-bit failed on UEFI
description: updated
UlfZibis (ulf-zibis)
description: updated
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UlfZibis (ulf-zibis) wrote :

Workaround: See bug 1648278

description: updated
Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Critical
Revision history for this message
Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

Dec 12 01:11:52 ubuntu ubiquity: System not running in EFI mode, not installing to EFI system partition.
Dec 12 01:11:53 ubuntu ubiquity: efibootmgr: EFI variables are not supported on this system.

Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu):
importance: Critical → Low
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UlfZibis (ulf-zibis) wrote :

My concern is, that ubiquity at least should warn the user at the beginning, instead throwing an error after long time of installing.

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