Comment 3 for bug 1691981

Thanks for responding Phillip (its appreciated).

On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 5:43 AM, Phillip Susi <email address hidden> wrote:

> You are trying to install in EFI mode, and while you initially had an
> EFI system partition,

how could you tell I originally had an EFI partition? I don't remember
deleteing it. I did reformat the drives I am trying to install on.

there is a mmcblk device (32G), an M.2 SSD (250G) and an 80G spinner
(HDD). I don't recall any of these having an EFI partition but I do
remember erasing the drives so that probably caused the problem.

> it appears that you deleted it. You need to have
> one to install in EFI mode.
>

I don't do a lot of installations so forget the pre-reqs.

can i simply create an EFI dir at the top level or must it be a partition?
Is there something simple I can look at that pulls all the basics of EFI
installs together?

and again thanks for your attention.

>
>
> ** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Invalid
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1691981
>
> Title:
> udoo x86 install multi-disk installer crash
>
> Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
> Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> installing onto a new udoo x86 advanced plus. has mmcblk (32G), ssd
> (250G, m.2 ssd), and external sata hdd, 80G.
>
> grub doesn't like something. was supposed to install onto the mmcblk.
>
> 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 May 19 02:24:09 2017
> InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi
> file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-gnome.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
> LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64
> (20161012.1)
> ProcEnviron:
> TERM=unknown
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
> SourcePackage: grub-installer
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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