Thanks for the help! On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 7:01 AM, Phillip Susi <[email protected]> wrote:
> Your disk is currently partitioned to boot in bios mode, but you booted > the 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/1682336 > > Title: > reformatted hard drive after bug with xfce desktop, re-install now > failing > > Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu: > Invalid > > Bug description: > I think this is a newbie mistake. I already have a desktop interface. > I was following a digital ocean tutorial for setting up VNC. Part of > it was installing xfce desktop. My system started being buggy (in > steam Warhammer wouldn't display models, on reboot I would type in my > password and the screen would go black, and then it would prompt me > for my password again). I decided to do a complete system re-install. > I got a message that the install is now failing because of not being > able to access a drive or something. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 > Package: ubiquity 2.21.63.3 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_ > partition/question] > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1-generic 4.8.11 > Uname: Linux 4.8.0-36-generic x86_64 > ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5 > Architecture: amd64 > CasperVersion: 1.376.2 > Date: Wed Apr 12 22:53:24 2017 > InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi > file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash --- > LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 > (20170215.2) > 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/1682336/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1682336 Title: reformatted hard drive after bug with xfce desktop, re-install now failing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1682336/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
