Hi, As you mention, the system was booted in EFI mode, this was because it failed to boot in BIOS mode.
I believe the message did say that this may effect OTHER os on the system not that it would effect the one I was trying to install. I thought it was going to setup EFI booting. This would not have been a problem to me as there were no other os installed on the system. I could not use the "use entire disk" option, as the disk contains an 800GB data partition that I would prefer to keep. Many Thanks, Andy > On 31 Oct 2016, at 14:22, Phillip Susi <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 partition the disk using GPT and set up an EFI system > partition to install in EFI mode. This will be done for you if you > choose the "use entire disk" guided install option. > > ** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Invalid > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1635586 > > Title: > installer failed to install grub (hp elitebook 840) > > Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu: > Invalid > > Bug description: > boot from usb stick (ubuntu 16.04.1 x64 desktop), go through installer > (use existing ext4 partition as root) fails to install grub and > crashes > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 > Package: ubiquity 2.21.63.2 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13 > Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64 > ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 > Architecture: amd64 > CasperVersion: 1.376 > Date: Fri Oct 21 10:54:01 2016 > InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi > file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash --- > LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719) > ProcEnviron: > LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8 > PATH=(custom, no user) > LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > 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/1635586/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1635586 Title: installer failed to install grub (hp elitebook 840) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1635586/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
