[Bug 1768100] Re: fresh install of 18.04 failed to complete install with the error "The 'grub-efi-amd64-signed' package failed to install into /target/."

[Olivier.Cardoso@gmail.com]

Installation finally succeed.
I had a partition 200Mo large, FAT32 with a boot flag designed as UEFI system partition (or something like this).


** Description changed:

  1) ubuntu at ubuntu:/target$ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  Release:	18.04
  
  2) ubuntu at ubuntu:/target$ apt-cache policy grub-efi-amd64-signed
  grub-efi-amd64-signed:
-   Installed: (none)
-   Candidate: 1.93+2.02-2ubuntu8
-   Version table:
-      1.93+2.02-2ubuntu8 500
-         500 cdrom://Ubuntu 18.04 LTS _Bionic Beaver_ - Release amd64 (20180426) bionic/main amd64 Packages
-         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages
+   Installed: (none)
+   Candidate: 1.93+2.02-2ubuntu8
+   Version table:
+      1.93+2.02-2ubuntu8 500
+         500 cdrom://Ubuntu 18.04 LTS _Bionic Beaver_ - Release amd64 (20180426) bionic/main amd64 Packages
+         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages
  
- 3) I was expecting fresh installation to complete normally. 
- The machine works with grub-pc (not efi).
+ 3) I was expecting fresh installation to complete normally...
  The installation is performed with Ubuntu 17.10 installed on /dev/sda3 while 18.04 try to install on /dev/sda4
- /home is on /dev/sda1 
+ /home is on /dev/sda1
  
  4) The installation process terminate with an error and the computer
  can't reboot normally.
  
  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: Mon Apr 30 19:07:32 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)

** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  fresh install of 18.04 failed to complete install with the error "The
  'grub-efi-amd64-signed' package failed to install into /target/."

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  1) ubuntu at ubuntu:/target$ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  Release:	18.04

  2) ubuntu at ubuntu:/target$ apt-cache policy grub-efi-amd64-signed
  grub-efi-amd64-signed:
    Installed: (none)
    Candidate: 1.93+2.02-2ubuntu8
    Version table:
       1.93+2.02-2ubuntu8 500
          500 cdrom://Ubuntu 18.04 LTS _Bionic Beaver_ - Release amd64 (20180426) bionic/main amd64 Packages
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages

  3) I was expecting fresh installation to complete normally...
  The installation is performed with Ubuntu 17.10 installed on /dev/sda3 while 18.04 try to install on /dev/sda4
  /home is on /dev/sda1

  4) The installation process terminate with an error and the computer
  can't reboot normally.

  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: Mon Apr 30 19:07:32 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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