Comment 33 for bug 1767703

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Harimbola (harimbola) wrote : Re: [Bug 1767703] Re: Calling 'apt-install grub-efi-amd64-signed' failed

Actually, I just shift to an older version of lubuntu, 16 if I'm correct.
It worked perfectly. Thanks for your help everyone.

Le mardi 8 mai 2018, Tommi <email address hidden> a écrit :

> I can confirm, that it affected my system as well (see
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1769732)
> trying to install on a non-UEFI system.
> BIOS settings for USB-Boot were set to UEFI-Boot, though.
>
> I changed the settings in BIOS, no need to change anything on the
> installer (media). The install wizard detects the drives correctly. I
> still needed to set the mounting pount of sdc (where Ubuntu was to be
> installed) as well as (important!) the bootloader set to sda.
>
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> duplicate bug report (1768404).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1767703
>
> Title:
> Calling 'apt-install grub-efi-amd64-signed' failed
>
> Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> /plugininstall.py: Exception during installation:
> /plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
> /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line
> 1739, in <module>
> /plugininstall.py: install.run()
> /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line
> 61, in wrapper
> /plugininstall.py: func(self)
> /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line
> 227, in run
> /plugininstall.py: self.configure_bootloader()
> /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line
> 971, in configure_bootloader
> /plugininstall.py: "GrubInstaller failed with code %d" % ret)
> /plugininstall.py: ubiquity.install_misc.InstallStepError:
> GrubInstaller failed with code 1
>
> ************************
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> MBR-EFI-GPT explanations/requirements:
>
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/500359/efi-boot-partition-and-biosgrub-
> partition
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/831216/how-can-i-
> reinstall-grub-to-the-efi-partition
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/578928/why-i-need-
> several-boot-partitions-efi-and-bios-grub
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
>
> Manual fix: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/
> 1766945/comments/3
>
> also see: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-
> installer/+bug/1763441/comments/2
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
>
> ************************
>
> 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
> CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
> Date: Sat Apr 28 20:39:35 2018
> InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed
> boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
> LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64
> (20180426)
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=de_DE.UTF-8
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
> LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
> SourcePackage: grub-installer
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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