Yesterday I ran 6 installs in VirtualBox. If I used automatic partitioning I got grub-efi. If I used manual partitioning I got grub- pc. I was rather surprised when I realised my real machine had booted with grub-pc on a GPT disk without a bios_grub partition but it did. The grub installer notices this because there are some messages in the log
Jun 21 17:53:58 kubuntu grub-installer: Installing for i386-pc platform. Jun 21 17:54:03 kubuntu grub-installer: grub-install: warning: this GPT partition label contains no BIOS Boot Partition; embedding won't be possible. Jun 21 17:54:03 kubuntu grub-installer: grub-install: warning: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged.. Jun 21 17:54:03 kubuntu grub-installer: Installation finished. No error reported. Jun 21 17:54:03 kubuntu grub-installer: info: grub-install ran successfully I have the latest installation that resulted in grub-pc frozen before reboot in VirtualBox so I will post evidence from there. Here is the syslog ** Attachment added: "/var/log/sys from install session." https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1466047/+attachment/4418339/+files/syslog -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1466047 Title: Install in UEFI mode installs grub-pc To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1466047/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
