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ubiquity package

  1. Bug #1015211
  2. Comment #17

Comment 17 for bug 1015211

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote : Re: [Bug 1015211] Re: Ubiquity installed grub-efi when it should have installed grub-pc

On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 01:48:53PM -0000, martinr wrote:

> When the Live CD is booted with an UEFI boot sequence, Grub erroneously
> expects a GPT structured HD,

Incorrect. UEFI does not require GPT.

> if possible automatically make the correct Grub installation selection
> accordingly to the installation target HD's structure.

This is wrong. The current on-disk layout tells you even *less* about how
the disk will be booted than the current boot method for the removable media
tells you.