Hi Philip, Thank youvery much for getting in touch. OK, I understand what I was doing wrong now. As the HDD in question had data that I was very concerned about losing I installed an earlier edition of Ubuntu.
With my kind regards Phil On 18 June 2018 at 18:34, Phillip Susi <[email protected]> wrote: > Your disk is currently partitioned to boot in bios mode, but you booted > the installer in EFI mode. You either need to boot the installer in bios > mode, 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/1775398 > > Title: > On installation > > Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu: > Invalid > > Bug description: > Sorry, but I am a noob on Ubuntu. I was trying to install 18.4 LTS > only to receive a Grub error saying that it wont boot. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 > Package: ubiquity 18.04.14 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17 > Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64 > ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7 > Architecture: amd64 > CasperVersion: 1.394 > Date: Wed Jun 6 14:00:48 2018 > InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed > boot=casper quiet splash --- > LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 > (20180426) > 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/1775398/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1775398 Title: On installation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1775398/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
