Totally agree, but the installation dialogue should reflect the reality we have been discussing. As it stands, I believe it states the *previous* OS will be unreachable.
Also, it is an error to proceed with a lengthy installation if the end result is unbootable. I take your point that, given what we have discussed (and not what is in the installation dialogue), it is an error on the part of the user. But it is a nonsensical option and thus an error in the installer as well. On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 6:51 PM, Phillip Susi <[email protected]> wrote: > If you really want to get rid of your existing operating systems you > should choose the use entire disk option. If you want to keep the > partitions around to recover files from, but don't care about being able > to boot them anymore, then you need to perform manual partitioning, and > set up an EFI system partition. If you want to dual boot, then you need > to choose the cancel option and fall back to continuing to boot in bios > mode. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1574446 > > Title: > installation to coexist with 12.04 failed - grub-efi-amd64-signed pkg > did not install > > Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu: > Invalid > > Bug description: > "grub-efi-amd64-signed package failed to install into /target/. > Without the GRUB boot loader, the installed system will not boot." > > followed by 'installer crashed' > > Installing next to a 12.04 installation that had individual partitions > for /home, /var, /usr, /bin, etc. Resized to put 16.04 all on one > partition. That may have something to do with the failure. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 > Package: ubiquity 2.21.63 [modified: > lib/partman/automatically_partition/question] > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6 > Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64 > ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 > Architecture: amd64 > CasperVersion: 1.376 > Date: Sun Apr 24 09:22:17 2016 > InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi > file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash --- > LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 > (20160420.1) > ProcEnviron: > PATH=(custom, no user) > XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > SourcePackage: grub-installer > UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1574446/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1574446 Title: installation to coexist with 12.04 failed - grub-efi-amd64-signed pkg did not install To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1574446/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
