[Bug 1677330] [NEW] Grub installation crashed

[whizsumukh]

Public bug reported:

I was trying to install ubuntu 16.04 alongside windows. I created one
ext4 partition for '/' and one partition for swap. Everything was fine
until grub installation which failed and I got an error saying 'Grub
installation failed and the installed system won't boot'.

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: Wed Mar 29 22:31:42 2017
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_IN
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_IN
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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


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

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Title:
  Grub installation crashed

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I was trying to install ubuntu 16.04 alongside windows. I created one
  ext4 partition for '/' and one partition for swap. Everything was fine
  until grub installation which failed and I got an error saying 'Grub
  installation failed and the installed system won't boot'.

  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: Wed Mar 29 22:31:42 2017
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_IN
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_IN
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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