Public bug reported:
My laptop has 1 rotating disk and 1 SSD.
On this laptop, using Ubuntu Live from a large USB stick, I would like to
install Ubuntu 14.10 with a customized partitionning scheme.
I know that the BIOS is able to boot from a DVD and from a USB stick.
But for boot using the internal rotating disk '/dev/sda', I do NOT know if the
BIOS is able to use GRUB inside MBR, use GRUB in EFI partition, use only the
original W**** OS (whose partition does NOT exist anymore), or is broken.
So, I am trying various configuration sets using following parameters :
- For the partition table of the internal rotating disk, format it as MBR or
GPT.
- For the device on which to install GRUB, tell ubiquity to use the internal
rotating disk, or to use a small USB stick.
- For the EFI partition, tell ubiquity to use it, or NOT to use it.
With most of the configuration sets, the installation apparently
succeeds, but on reboot, the BIOS does NOT find GRUB.
The current bug occured with following configuration parameters :
- For the partition table of the internal rotating disk, format it as MBR.
- For the device on which to install GRUB, tell ubiquity to use the internal
rotating disk.
- For the EFI partition, tell ubiquity NOT to use it.
I have several questions :
- Can grub-install display precisely what it does ?
- Could ubiquity, at the end of the disk customization page, display what
grub-install will try to do ?
- By the way, is there any utility able to show what my laptop BIOS requires
for boot using the internal rotating disk ?
Thank you in davance for your answers.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: ubiquity 2.20.0
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-23.31-generic 3.16.4
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.345
Date: Fri Nov 21 00:00:29 2014
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=(loop)/casper/vmlinuz.efi root=UUID=A9EA-E4F5
maybe-ubiquity debian-installer/language=en
keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=fr keyboard-configuration/variantcode=mac
iso-scan/filename=/ubuntu-gnome-14.10-desktop-amd64.iso boot=casper
file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntustudio.seed noprompt quiet splash --
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug ubiquity-2.20.0 ubuntustudio utopic
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grub-installer (invoqued by ubiquity) fails to install grub on
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