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  1. Bug #1741487
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Activity log for bug #1741487

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2018-01-05 14:11:01 syss bug added bug
2018-01-05 14:12:39 syss description Ubuntu 17.10 Budgie from 2018-01-05 While using the Ubuntu Installer Selecting "Something else" doing partition stuff, i can also select to use where to install the bootloader. Installation of the OS succeeds, however if one installs the bootloader on a device which does not have a DOS partition table (maybe GPT works, i am not sure) it fails with "execution of grub-install failed" or similar. The Problem was, where I wanted to install the bootloader had a ISO9660 partition table. (This was not the same device where I booted the live Ubuntu from.) For a neater experience I would suggest a dialog, which asks to overwrite the partition table. Ubuntu 17.10 Budgie from 2018-01-05 While using the Ubuntu Installer Selecting "Something else" doing partition stuff, i can also select to use where to install the bootloader. Installation of the OS succeeds, however if one installs the bootloader on a device which does not have a DOS partition table (maybe GPT works, i am not sure) it fails with "execution of grub-install failed" or similar. The Problem was, where I wanted to install the bootloader had a ISO9660 partition table. (This was not the same device where I booted the live Ubuntu from.) For a neater experience I would suggest a dialog, which asks to overwrite the partition table before trying to install the bootloader
2018-01-05 16:20:15 Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot tags bot-comment
2018-01-05 16:39:46 Brian Murray affects ubuntu ubiquity (Ubuntu)
2018-03-05 17:15:58 Phillip Susi ubiquity (Ubuntu): importance Undecided Wishlist
2018-03-05 17:16:31 Phillip Susi summary Bootloader installation fails on a non-DOS-Partition-table blockdevice Installer should tell you that you can't install grub to a location where it can't be installed instead of crashing