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grub-installer package

grub doesnt install in /target/

Bug #1788072 reported by Mauricio Medina Miranda on 2018-08-21

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1766945: (EFI on top of legacy install) choosing "replace" or "resize" options in partitioning may lead to an install failure. Edit Remove

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Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	grub-installer (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

m tried to install ubuntu 18.04.1 when the os isn't fully installed yet send a message saying: grub installer can't be installed on /target/ you can't open the os wihtout this.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: ubiquity 18.04.14.6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-29.31-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-29-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.394
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Aug 20 19:28:37 2018
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=es_MX.UTF-8
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=es_MX.UTF-8
LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Mauricio Medina Miranda (muu2869) wrote on 2018-08-21:

Casper.txt Edit (2.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (6.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (966 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UbiquityDebug.txt Edit (6.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UbiquityDm.txt Edit (9.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UbiquityPartman.txt Edit (479.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UbiquitySyslog.txt Edit (235.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Jeremy (wa113y3s) wrote on 2018-08-21:

Try installing in Legacy/BIOS mode as it appears you have a Windows version installed in Legacy/BIOS and are trying to install Ubuntu in EFI

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