[Bug 1785120] [NEW] GRUB Installation Failed

[vasanag]

Public bug reported:

I am trying to install Ubuntu 18.04 or 16.04 on a new HP Pavilion laptop
with windows 10.

The installation goes normally but when reaches the point where GRUB
should install, reports the following error message

"Executing 'grub-install /dev/sda' failed"
"This is a fatal error"

I tried to install several times but with no luck.

Do you have any idea on how to overcome this?

Thanks in advance

Vassilis

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: ubiquity 18.04.14
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.394
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu Aug  2 22:32:45 2018
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity nomodeset ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 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 bionic ubiquity-18.04.14 ubuntu

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Title:
  GRUB Installation Failed

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I am trying to install Ubuntu 18.04 or 16.04 on a new HP Pavilion
  laptop with windows 10.

  The installation goes normally but when reaches the point where GRUB
  should install, reports the following error message

  "Executing 'grub-install /dev/sda' failed"
  "This is a fatal error"

  I tried to install several times but with no luck.

  Do you have any idea on how to overcome this?

  Thanks in advance

  Vassilis

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: ubiquity 18.04.14
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.394
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Thu Aug  2 22:32:45 2018
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity nomodeset ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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