Thanks, Philip, I'll investigate this based on your comments and get back to you.
Nico On Sun, Jul 1, 2018 at 12:15 PM 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/1778656 > > Title: > Installer crashes due to bootloader not installing. > > Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu: > Invalid > > Bug description: > I've been trying to get Ubuntu 18.04 installed no the laptop. I have > 4x drives and I'm installing in /dev/sde which is a 250Gb SSD. Setup > custom BRTFS partitions, 100Gb (/), 100Gb (home), 8Gb (Swap), free > space for SSD over-provisioning. Got a "cannot install bootloader on > /dev/sde", tried changing to /dev/sda, sda1, etc.... but the installer > didn't allow to cancel or change anything. > > In this last attempt I've let the installer erase the entire disk and > choose it's own partition setup using LVM. Now there is a different > error. > > This same laptop has been running Centos 7 and Mint for several years > without a problem. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 > Package: ubiquity 18.04.14 [modified: > lib/partman/automatically_partition/question] > 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: Tue Jun 26 00:33:58 2018 > InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz > file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity acpi=off 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/1778656/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1778656 Title: Installer crashes due to bootloader not installing. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1778656/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
