when upgrading 16.04 - 16.10 grub bootloader would not install and crashed

[mike farrell]

When trying to do the upgrade from 16.04LS to 16.10 the installer for the grub bootloader crashed with errors and could not recover and advised me to send this bug report

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: ubiquity 16.10.14
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-22.24-generic 4.8.0
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.379
Date: Fri Mar 10 12:53:31 2017
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2)
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[mike farrell (miketfarrell)]

first time ever running into a bug with Ubuntu Linux, since 15.05

[apt-ghetto (apt-ghetto)]

You are installing Ubuntu in UEFI mode on a disk without an EFI-System-Partition.

Please explain in more detail, how you are upgrading your system. Started an installation medium (DVD or USB)?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for grub-installer (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]