[Bug 1716220] Re: installer crashed while installing grub

[Steve Langasek]

The error in your ubiquity log is:

Sep 10 11:20:26 ubuntu-mate ubiquity: Unpacking grub-efi-amd64-signed (1.84+2.02
~beta3-4ubuntu6) ...
Sep 10 11:20:26 ubuntu-mate ubiquity: Setting up grub-efi-amd64-bin (2.02~beta3-
4ubuntu6) ...
Sep 10 11:20:26 ubuntu-mate ubiquity: Setting up grub-efi-amd64 (2.02~beta3-4ubu
ntu6) ...
Sep 10 11:20:26 ubuntu-mate ubiquity: 
Sep 10 11:20:26 ubuntu-mate ubiquity: Creating config file /etc/default/grub wit
h new version
Sep 10 11:20:26 ubuntu-mate ubiquity: Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
Sep 10 11:20:28 ubuntu-mate ubiquity: grub-install: error: cannot open `/boot/ef
i/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.efi': Is a directory.
Sep 10 11:20:28 ubuntu-mate ubiquity: Failed: grub-install --target=x86_64-efi
Sep 10 11:20:28 ubuntu-mate ubiquity: WARNING: Bootloader is not properly instal
led, system may not be bootable

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Title:
  installer crashed while installing grub

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  It just died on me when trying to install grub.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
  Package: ubiquity 17.10.4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.12.0-11.12-generic 4.12.5
  Uname: Linux 4.12.0-11-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.6-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.384
  Date: Sun Sep 10 12:23:47 2017
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-mate.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-MATE 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170829.1)
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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