[Bug 1817342] [NEW] Ubuntu was previously installed and then GRUB failed to load due to corrupt volume. I cleared the Ubuntu partition, tried to reinstall it, and GRUB could not install

[Lucy Penney]

Public bug reported:

I installed Ubuntu a few months ago and was using it just fine. Then,
one day, GRUB (\EFI\UBUNTU\grubx64.efi) had a Volume Corrupt error,
where start_image() returned Volume Corrupt. After displaying the error
message, it would boot into Windows 8.1. I tried deleting the partition
that Ubuntu used and reinstalling from the same USB stick as before, but
it failed at installing GRUB.

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
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Feb 22 12:32:32 2019
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
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-18.04.14.6 ubuntu

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Title:
  Ubuntu was previously installed and then GRUB failed to load due to
  corrupt volume. I cleared the Ubuntu partition, tried to reinstall it,
  and GRUB could not install

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I installed Ubuntu a few months ago and was using it just fine. Then,
  one day, GRUB (\EFI\UBUNTU\grubx64.efi) had a Volume Corrupt error,
  where start_image() returned Volume Corrupt. After displaying the
  error message, it would boot into Windows 8.1. I tried deleting the
  partition that Ubuntu used and reinstalling from the same USB stick as
  before, but it failed at installing GRUB.

  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
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Fri Feb 22 12:32:32 2019
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_CA.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
   LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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