[Bug 1778656] [NEW] Installer crashes due to bootloader not installing.

[Nico]

Public bug reported:

I've been trying to get Ubuntu 18.04 installed no the laptop. I have 4x
drives and I'm installing in /dev/sde which is a 250Gb SSD. Setup custom
BRTFS partitions, 100Gb (/), 100Gb (home), 8Gb (Swap), free space for
SSD over-provisioning. Got a "cannot install bootloader on /dev/sde",
tried changing to /dev/sda, sda1, etc.... but the installer didn't allow
to cancel or change anything.

In this last attempt I've let the installer erase the entire disk and
choose it's own partition setup using LVM. Now there is a different
error.

This same laptop has been running Centos 7 and Mint for several years
without a problem.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: ubiquity 18.04.14 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
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: Tue Jun 26 00:33:58 2018
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity acpi=off 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:
  Installer crashes due to bootloader not installing.

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I've been trying to get Ubuntu 18.04 installed no the laptop. I have
  4x drives and I'm installing in /dev/sde which is a 250Gb SSD. Setup
  custom BRTFS partitions, 100Gb (/), 100Gb (home), 8Gb (Swap), free
  space for SSD over-provisioning. Got a "cannot install bootloader on
  /dev/sde", tried changing to /dev/sda, sda1, etc.... but the installer
  didn't allow to cancel or change anything.

  In this last attempt I've let the installer erase the entire disk and
  choose it's own partition setup using LVM. Now there is a different
  error.

  This same laptop has been running Centos 7 and Mint for several years
  without a problem.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: ubiquity 18.04.14 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  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: Tue Jun 26 00:33:58 2018
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity acpi=off 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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