Phillip, Thank you for your reply and indeed that is exactly what happened. I was using a startup disk on a USB stick and if I try to boot up now I am stuck at the following screen:
error: file 'boot/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found Entering rescue mode... grub rescue> Can you suggest a solution? Regards, John Dr. John Wilson & Dr. Diane Martin, 9107 Skipsey Road, Port Alberni, B.C., V9Y 9C2 Phone: 250-723-3752 On 2017-04-11 05:44 AM, Phillip Susi wrote: > Your disk is currently partitioned to boot in bios mode, but you booted > the 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 a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1681580 Title: GRUB loader failed to download on installation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1681580/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs