Most computers built in the last 10 years use EFI firmware, which does not use an MBR, instead using GPT formatting and a boot partition for all but the smallest of drives. I didn't detect the problem in the early daily builds when I initially installed Groovy, only when I re-installed at the beta.
On 11/14/20, jonas-ska <[email protected]> wrote: > It's amazing that users with MBR are simply unable to install 20.10. The > only option is to install 20.04 and then upgrade. I can't understand how > such an evident bug passed all the testing. Nobody uses MBR anymore? > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1891324 > > Title: > Groovy Gorilla GRUB won't install to MBR > > Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > Tried 3 different daily builds, multiple distributions on /dev/sda. > Can't install GRUB to /dev/sda or /dev/sda1 which is my / pqrtition, > either. Errors out and usually messes up the previous GRUB install. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10 > Package: ubiquity 20.10.9 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46-generic 5.4.44 > Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64 > NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair > ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu44 > Architecture: amd64 > CasperMD5CheckResult: pass > CasperVersion: 1.452 > Date: Wed Aug 12 08:01:22 2020 > InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz > file=/cdrom/preseed/xubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash --- > LiveMediaBuild: Xubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Alpha amd64 (20200811) > 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/1891324/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1891324 Title: Groovy Gorilla GRUB won't install to MBR To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1891324/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
