Ubuntu
ubiquity package

  1. Bug #953959
  2. Comment #6

Comment 6 for bug 953959

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Pjotr12345 (computertip) wrote : Re: Ubiquity fails to install Grub in Precise

Yesterday, I repeated a fresh install with the daily build of yesterday. The problem is still there: Ubiquity installs Ubuntu fine, and installs Grub as well. Only... it wrongly identifies the BIOS as EFI, so it installs the Grub EFI packages.

Which makes the laptop unbootable, because it's an ordinary BIOS and no EFI at all. Repair is easy: boot from the LiveCD and install the ordinary Grub by hand.
sudo mount /dev/sda7 /mnt
sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sda

Then there's no problem anymore: Ubuntu boots fine and all is well with the world.... :-)

Is there any chance of the erroneous EFI detection being fixed?