[Bug 1087928] Re: Could not install grub-efi-amd64/Ubuntu 12.10 upgrade

[Ashley Robjohns]

Todd,

Are you running a fake-raid also?  I believe the problem is to do with
raid configuration and how grub sees the volumes.  I managed to work
around this problem by installing Ubuntu alongside Windows, then running
the Boot Repair from the Ubuntu live cd.  It corrected the problem, but
it will reoccur if grub is updated in the future.  It will however get
things working in the time being.

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Title:
  Could not install grub-efi-amd64/Ubuntu 12.10 upgrade

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Recieved the following error during the upgrade of Ubuntu 12.04 to
  12.10

  - - -
  Could not install 'grub-efi-amd64'

  The upgrade will continue but the 'grub-efi-amd64' package may not be
  in a working state.  Please consider submitting a bug report about it.

  Subprocess install post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  - - -

  Then when trying to install grub-efi-amd64 manually, the following:

  :/boot$ sudo apt-get install grub-efi-amd64
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  grub-efi-amd64 is already the newest version.
  grub-efi-amd64 set to manually installed.
  0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  2 not fully installed or removed.
  After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
  Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
  Setting up grub-efi-amd64 (2.00-7ubuntu11) ...
  /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/mapper/isw_ddhbgcdgch_Borg_storage1.  Check your device.map.
  /boot/efi doesn't look like an EFI partition.
  Path `/boot/grub' is not readable by GRUB on boot. Installation is impossible. Aborting.
  dpkg: error processing grub-efi-amd64 (--configure):
   subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of grub-efi:
   grub-efi depends on grub-efi-amd64 (= 2.00-7ubuntu11); however:
    Package grub-efi-amd64 is not configured yet.

  dpkg: error processing grub-efi (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                                                                                            Errors were encountered while processing:
   grub-efi-amd64
   grub-efi
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  
  :/boot$ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 12.10
  Release:	12.10
  ashley at borg1:/boot$ apt-cache policy ubiquity
  ubiquity:
    Installed: (none)
    Candidate: 2.12.16
    Version table:
       2.12.16 0
          500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates/main amd64 Packages
       2.12.14 0
          500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main amd64 Packages

  
  Boot-repair info script output (before running repair):  http://paste.ubuntu.com/1418355/
  Boot-repair fails as grub-efi-amd64 not installed

  Obviously I don't want to restart the computer as it won't boot if
  grub isn't installed.

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