Re: [Bug 1578045] Re: Attempted to install ubuntu 16 on a secondary SSD for a dual boot setup and received grub installer error

Got it! Thanks you for your assistance. My other solution should be to convert my windows partition from MBR to efi, then I should be able to install Ubuntu without issue. Thanks. On Thursday, May 5, 2016, Phillip Susi wrote: > Actually it is best to install Windows first,

[Bug 1578045] Re: Attempted to install ubuntu 16 on a secondary SSD for a dual boot setup and received grub installer error

Actually it is best to install Windows first, then Ubuntu. The only rub here is that you installed Windows in bios mode, then tried to install Ubuntu in EFI mode, and did not heed the warning that you can not do this, and asked if you wanted to install Ubuntu in bios mode instead, so that it

Re: [Bug 1578045] Re: Attempted to install ubuntu 16 on a secondary SSD for a dual boot setup and received grub installer error

Excellent! Thank you for the reply. I am new to Ubuntu and Linux and there is a learn curve. Based on some other articles that I have read it looks like what I should do is start from scratch and install Ubuntu first to get grub in the partition tables first. Then install Windows afterwards. I was

[Bug 1578045] Re: Attempted to install ubuntu 16 on a secondary SSD for a dual boot setup and received grub installer error

Your disk is currently partitioned to boot in bios mode, but you booted the 16.04 installer in EFI mode. A warning message prompted you that this could be a problem and recommended performing a bios mode install instead, but you chose not to. You either need to perform the bios mode install, or