[Bug 1708957] Re: Error grub-install/dev/sda failed. Fatal error

[Phillip Susi]

Your EFI system partition is corrupt; you will need to repair it with
either dosfsck or Windows' chkdsk/scandisk.


** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  Error grub-install/dev/sda failed. Fatal error

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Trying to install Ubuntu 16.04.03 LTS alongside Windows 10 on brand
  new Dell Inspiron 15-5559, with a core i7 processor.

  I partitioned the drive while in Windows, as advised.  Then did the
  Try Ubuntu to test hardware. All went well until the installer crashed
  after the grub2 package bit.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.21.63.4 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-28.32~16.04.2-generic 4.10.17
  Uname: Linux 4.10.0-28-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.376.2
  Date: Sun Aug  6 22:08:10 2017
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_ZA.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_ZA.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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