Thank you for your response. Finally worked out how to boot in dos mode (choosing right entry in boot menu) and then did a successful installation. Regards Ian.
On 13 May 2016 at 00:36, Phillip Susi <ps...@ubuntu.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/1580462 > > Title: > fresh install failed failed to setup grub2 > > Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu: > Invalid > > Bug description: > Tried to install to sdc selected to be used and formatted as btrfs > (whole drive), system has drives sda, sdb, sdc and sdd, and set / to > sdc, did not specify anything else. > > 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: Wed May 11 18:08:58 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: > LANGUAGE=en_NZ.UTF-8 > PATH=(custom, no user) > XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> > LANG=en_NZ.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/1580462/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1580462 Title: fresh install failed failed to setup grub2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1580462/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
