[Bug 1635708] [NEW] could not install grub to the separate hard drive I installed just for ubuntu

[jeff noble]

Public bug reported:

my HP Proliant ML30 Gen9 PC has some sort of built-in software RAID that requires UEFI.
Installing Ubuntu to the existing Windows "mirrored" drives resulted in not being able to boot Windows and Ubuntu.

Next I bought a 3rd hard drive, did not set it up with any mirroring or
anything.  Booted in UEFI mode again, and chose "something else" in the
Ubuntu installer to install the bootloader to this new 3rd hard drive,
and I also set up swap, root, and UEFI partitions.

Near the end of the DVD-RW installation, it told me that it was "unable
to install grub to /dev/sdc" (sdc=third hard disk)...  "Executing grub-
install /dev/sdc failed.  This is a fatal error."  Then the installer
took me her to fill out a bug report.

This was a 16.04.01 Ubuntu-Gnome DVD-RW installation.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubiquity 2.21.63 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.376
Date: Fri Oct 21 14:19:22 2016
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-gnome.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160421)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug ubiquity-2.21.63 ubuntu-gnome xenial

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Title:
  could not install grub to the separate hard drive I installed just for
  ubuntu

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  my HP Proliant ML30 Gen9 PC has some sort of built-in software RAID that requires UEFI.
  Installing Ubuntu to the existing Windows "mirrored" drives resulted in not being able to boot Windows and Ubuntu.

  Next I bought a 3rd hard drive, did not set it up with any mirroring
  or anything.  Booted in UEFI mode again, and chose "something else" in
  the Ubuntu installer to install the bootloader to this new 3rd hard
  drive, and I also set up swap, root, and UEFI partitions.

  Near the end of the DVD-RW installation, it told me that it was
  "unable to install grub to /dev/sdc" (sdc=third hard disk)...
  "Executing grub-install /dev/sdc failed.  This is a fatal error."
  Then the installer took me her to fill out a bug report.

  This was a 16.04.01 Ubuntu-Gnome DVD-RW installation.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.21.63 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.376
  Date: Fri Oct 21 14:19:22 2016
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-gnome.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160421)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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