[Bug 1838343] [NEW] Cannot install 19.04 after recovering and re-installing to 12.04

[Neil Cox]

Public bug reported:

I'm getting the message Executing 'grub-install/dev/sda' failed. This is a fatal error. 
Could it be my installation DVD isn't the best?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
Package: ubiquity 19.04.9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-13.14-generic 5.0.6
Uname: Linux 5.0.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.405
Date: Mon Jul 29 22:20:53 2019
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416)
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug disco ubiquity-19.04.9 ubuntu

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Title:
  Cannot install 19.04 after recovering and re-installing to 12.04

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I'm getting the message Executing 'grub-install/dev/sda' failed. This is a fatal error. 
  Could it be my installation DVD isn't the best?

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
  Package: ubiquity 19.04.9
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-13.14-generic 5.0.6
  Uname: Linux 5.0.0-13-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.405
  Date: Mon Jul 29 22:20:53 2019
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416)
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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