[Bug 1723762] [NEW] grub installer crashed on install

[Guy Pipili]

Public bug reported:

I have lost my efi partition and am trying to dual boot with windows 10.
I have copied my efi partition before deleting due to lack of space and
trying to reload the bootloader. The graphical partition repair tool
would not continue unless I made room on the efi partition. I also lost
ubuntu 17.10 and tried to reinstall it so that I can copy the efi files
that I had backed up on my usb drive onto that partition that I tried to
recreate.So, in a nutshell, 1) I have backup of efi partition on usb
drive. 2) I can not boot into windows (obviously!) 3) Trying to
reinstall ubunyu 17.10 but installer would crash when trying to
reinstall grub. HELP!!!

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: ubiquity 17.10.7 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-12.13-generic 4.13.3
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.384
Date: Sun Oct 15 09:51:09 2017
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170926)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=unknown
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LC_NUMERIC=C.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 artful ubiquity-17.10.7 ubuntu

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Title:
  grub installer crashed on install

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I have lost my efi partition and am trying to dual boot with windows
  10. I have copied my efi partition before deleting due to lack of
  space and trying to reload the bootloader. The graphical partition
  repair tool would not continue unless I made room on the efi
  partition. I also lost ubuntu 17.10 and tried to reinstall it so that
  I can copy the efi files that I had backed up on my usb drive onto
  that partition that I tried to recreate.So, in a nutshell, 1) I have
  backup of efi partition on usb drive. 2) I can not boot into windows
  (obviously!) 3) Trying to reinstall ubunyu 17.10 but installer would
  crash when trying to reinstall grub. HELP!!!

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
  Package: ubiquity 17.10.7 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-12.13-generic 4.13.3
  Uname: Linux 4.13.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.384
  Date: Sun Oct 15 09:51:09 2017
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170926)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=unknown
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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