I think this is a false alarm. When I tried again with the previous iso file, that worked yesterday, if failed too. So I used mkusb and wiped the first megabyte and created a fresh gpt system with a bios_grub partition and an EFI partition.
Then I tried again, and it works with yesterday's and today's daily live iso file. But I noticed that the bios_grub flag was missing after installing with yesterday's iso file, so I restored it (with gparted). I don't know if it was a temporary glitch or a failing drive, or if it was a bug in yesterday's iso file, that removed the bios_grub flag and made the drive unavailable for today's iso file. Anyway, today's iso file *can* install grub into the same drive (a Kingston SSD), and it does not remove the bios_grub flag. I tried twice, and it works. ** Description changed: + I think this is a false alarm. + + I noticed that the bios_grub flag was missing after installing with + yesterday's iso file, so I restored it (with gparted). I don't know if + it was a temporary glitch or a failing drive, or if it was a bug in + yesterday's iso file, that removed the bios_grub flag and made the drive + unavailable for today's iso file. Anyway, today's iso file *can* install + grub into the same drive, and it does not remove the bios_grub flag. + + -o- + During iso-testing, from the previous daily live iso file to this one, grub failed to be installed. I tried manual partitioning alias 'Something else' and tried to install to the same partition in the same target drive as yesterday. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: ubiquity 16.10.11 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-9136.55-generic 4.4.16 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-9136-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu7 Architecture: i386 CasperVersion: 1.378 CurrentDesktop: LXDE Date: Sun Sep 18 09:07:22 2016 InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --- debian-installer/language=sv keyboard-configuration/layoutcode?=se LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Alpha i386 (20160917) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: grub-installer UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1624807 Title: ubiquity failed to install grub in Lubuntu Yakkety i386 daily To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1624807/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
