[Bug 1855004] Re: Grub install failed and installer crashed

[Chris Guiver]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
Ubuntu better.

This is a support comment & suggestion only.  Is there a reason you
didn't use the latest 18.04.3 which uses the HWE stack and thus has
later kernel, modules & X support.  If you didn't want the hardware
enablement stack to be used, fair enough.

I didn't see a glaring issue on why you got your errors

Dec  3 20:07:28 ubuntu ureadahead[1063]: ureadahead:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gconv/gconv-modules.cache: Error retrieving chunk extents: Operation not supported
Dec  3 20:07:28 ubuntu ureadahead[1063]: ureadahead:/usr/lib/ibus/ibus-engine-simple: Error retrieving chunk extents: Operation not supported
..
Dec  3 20:07:28 ubuntu ureadahead[1063]: ureadahead:/etc/sane.d/epsonds.conf: Error retrieving chunk extents: Operation not supported
Dec  3 20:07:28 ubuntu ureadahead[1063]: ureadahead:/usr/bin/unsquashfs: Error retrieving chunk extents: Operation not supported

but in your case I'd try the later Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS which uses HWE
(https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack)

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Title:
  Grub install failed and installer crashed

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  On a pre-installed windows 10 HP laptop, Grub installation failed and
  installer crashed.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: ubiquity 18.04.14.6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-29.31-generic 4.15.18
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-29-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.394
  Date: Tue Dec  3 16:37:04 2019
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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