[Bug 1778435] [NEW] trying to reinstall ubuntu with a much larger M.2 SSD... but installer insisted on small eMMC...crashed when trying to instal system files on eMMC at mount point "/" and the M.2 at mount point /home. boot loader was on eMMC (as before)

[Jacob Karcz]

Public bug reported:

installer warned during installation that grub2 install failed "The
'grub-efi-amd64-signed' package failed to install into target/. Without
GRUB boot loader... system won't boot.

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: Sun Jun 24 16:37:30 2018
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper 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

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Title:
  trying to reinstall ubuntu with a much larger M.2 SSD... but installer
  insisted on small eMMC...crashed when trying to instal system files on
  eMMC at mount point "/" and the M.2 at mount point /home. boot loader
  was on eMMC (as before)

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  installer warned during installation that grub2 install failed "The
  'grub-efi-amd64-signed' package failed to install into target/.
  Without GRUB boot loader... system won't boot.

  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: Sun Jun 24 16:37:30 2018
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper 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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