[Bug 1536069] Re: ubuntu 15.10 fails. cannot install grub

[Apostolos Papadimitriou]

I have an  11.6" netbook with Windows 10 Home OEM preinstalled (Clevo W510TU, Intel Celeron N2808, 30GB Kingston SSD, 2GB DDR3L Teamgroup RAM).
I tried to install Xubuntu 15.10 through a USB stick with UEFI enabled, secure boot disabled.
I chose "Try Ubuntu without installing".
I launched the installer and I chose to erase Windows 10 completely. I didn't do any partitioning myself.
The installer got stuck towards the end of the installation when installing grub.
Ubiquity created automatically 3 partitions: an ESP partition, a root partition and a swap partition which is normal.

I tried a second time. During the installation I chose "Something else"
(=Manual Partitioning).  But I didn't make any new partitions. I kept
the  3 partitions which the installer had created previously, formatting
only the root partition. And the second time I didn't have any problems.

So *I* don't have any problems currently, I just decided to search here
for similar bug reports and share my experience.

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Title:
  ubuntu 15.10 fails. cannot install grub

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  ubuntu 15.10 fails. cannot install grub on any device

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.21.37 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-16.19-generic 4.2.3
  Uname: Linux 4.2.0-16-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.365
  Date: Wed Jan 20 20:09:13 2016
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_AU.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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