[Bug 1571230] Re: Installer crashes with UEFI, can't install grub to /target/

[Phillip Susi]

In order to be considered an EFI system partition, it must have the
"boot" flag set in parted, indicting that its type code claims that it
is an ESP.  EFI firmware is not *supposed* to boot it otherwise.  Using
parted to set this flag should correct the issue.

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Title:
  Installer crashes with UEFI, can't install grub to /target/

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  I try to install Ubuntu 16.04, daily build from yesterday (2016-04-15) on a Dell XPS 13 (2015).
  The Dell has a preinstalled Ubuntu 14.04 (installed by Dell).
  I did this:
  Installer on USB Stick
  Power on
  Bios-Setting are keept as they were: UEFI on, secure boot off.
  Boot from USB Stick in UEFI-Mode.
  Try Ubuntu ...
  Then started the installer.
  Installed with this layout:
  / to /dev/sda5 (just a free partion)
  grub to /dev/sda
  The installer run a few minutes, the I get two messages:
  first, something with ' can' t install grub to /target/ ...' 
  Then " the installer crashed'  , and some apport reporting dialog opens, which redirects me to this web page.

  I tried serveral times, the result is every time the same.

  When I Install in Legacy mode, I can Install, but am not able to boot
  the installed system (which is another issue, and might be due to
  missing knowledge of myself, anyway any hint is welcome).

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.21.57 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-18.34-generic 4.4.6
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-18-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.372
  Date: Sat Apr 16 19:52:56 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" - Beta amd64 (20160415)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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