[Bug 1707498] [NEW] Installation failed: unable to install grub in /dev/sda

[Joe Miller]

Public bug reported:

New laptop with Windows 10 preinstalled.  I created a partition and
installed Ubuntu 16.04 as dual-boot which worked, until Windows 10 ran
some updates and I lost the boot menu.  So I cleared the partition, and
now every time I try to reinstall Ubuntu desktop it fails when trying to
create the GRUB menu and I can not continue.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubiquity 2.21.63.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1-generic 4.8.11
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-36-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.376.2
Date: Sun Jul 30 07:56:55 2017
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug ubiquity-2.21.63.3 ubuntu xenial

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Foundations Bugs, which is subscribed to grub-installer in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1707498

Title:
  Installation failed:  unable to install grub in /dev/sda

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  New laptop with Windows 10 preinstalled.  I created a partition and
  installed Ubuntu 16.04 as dual-boot which worked, until Windows 10 ran
  some updates and I lost the boot menu.  So I cleared the partition,
  and now every time I try to reinstall Ubuntu desktop it fails when
  trying to create the GRUB menu and I can not continue.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.21.63.3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1-generic 4.8.11
  Uname: Linux 4.8.0-36-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.376.2
  Date: Sun Jul 30 07:56:55 2017
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1707498/+subscriptions