In that case we have two bugs: one, the installer dialogue says I will not be able to boot to the previous installation when it is the current installation which will fail, in which case it should not proceed. The second is that after accepting the change, the installation fails.
On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 4:24 PM, Phillip Susi <phills...@gmail.com> 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/1574446 > > Title: > installation to coexist with 12.04 failed - grub-efi-amd64-signed pkg > did not install > > Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu: > Invalid > > Bug description: > "grub-efi-amd64-signed package failed to install into /target/. > Without the GRUB boot loader, the installed system will not boot." > > followed by 'installer crashed' > > Installing next to a 12.04 installation that had individual partitions > for /home, /var, /usr, /bin, etc. Resized to put 16.04 all on one > partition. That may have something to do with the failure. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 > Package: ubiquity 2.21.63 [modified: > lib/partman/automatically_partition/question] > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6 > Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64 > ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 > Architecture: amd64 > CasperVersion: 1.376 > Date: Sun Apr 24 09:22:17 2016 > InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi > file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash --- > LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 > (20160420.1) > 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/1574446/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1574446 Title: installation to coexist with 12.04 failed - grub-efi-amd64-signed pkg did not install To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1574446/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
