[Bug 1774766] [NEW] 18.04 grub won't install

[Michael Eakin]

Public bug reported:

trying to clean install 18.04 LTS bionic on new 2Tb SSD over (formerly)
16.04 LTS xenial (Dell Laptop Inspiron 15 5555). Have installed
successfully with install DVD before (then screwed up config by copying
ALL the config files!), then went back to 16.04.  This played havoc with
all my Eclipse (java) files, so now I'm back to trying to clean install
18.04, and then SLOWLY apt-get all my apps & config files the old-
fashioned way.

This is my fifth time in a row to reinstall.  Each time, it went to the
Dell diagnostic for a disk check.  The install before this, with F2
(setup), there was no "ubuntu" on the bootup choices, and when I
installed on this go-around, I got a display saying the grub-installer
didn't install correctly.

I've enclosed these:
uname -a > uname-a.log
cat /proc/version_signature > version.log
dmesg > dmesg.log
sudo lspci -vvnn > lspci-vvnn.log

but with the last one, I get:
pcilib: sysfs_read_vpd: read failed: Input/output error

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
Date: Sat Jun  2 03:27:24 2018
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
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

** Attachment added: "bug report of uname, proc, dmesg, lspci"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1774766/+attachment/5147787/+files/bug_report.log

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Title:
  18.04 grub won't install

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  trying to clean install 18.04 LTS bionic on new 2Tb SSD over
  (formerly) 16.04 LTS xenial (Dell Laptop Inspiron 15 5555). Have
  installed successfully with install DVD before (then screwed up config
  by copying ALL the config files!), then went back to 16.04.  This
  played havoc with all my Eclipse (java) files, so now I'm back to
  trying to clean install 18.04, and then SLOWLY apt-get all my apps &
  config files the old-fashioned way.

  This is my fifth time in a row to reinstall.  Each time, it went to
  the Dell diagnostic for a disk check.  The install before this, with
  F2 (setup), there was no "ubuntu" on the bootup choices, and when I
  installed on this go-around, I got a display saying the grub-installer
  didn't install correctly.

  I've enclosed these:
  uname -a > uname-a.log
  cat /proc/version_signature > version.log
  dmesg > dmesg.log
  sudo lspci -vvnn > lspci-vvnn.log

  but with the last one, I get:
  pcilib: sysfs_read_vpd: read failed: Input/output error

  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
  Date: Sat Jun  2 03:27:24 2018
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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