[Bug 1861288] [NEW] Trying to install a bootable version of 18.04 on a USB drive on MacBook Pro 2018 13" (touchbar version)

[Richard Oxland]

Public bug reported:

Crashes at point of installing Grub

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: ubiquity 18.04.14.12
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-23.24~18.04.1-generic 5.0.15
Uname: Linux 5.0.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.394
Date: Wed Jan 29 13:53:11 2020
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190805)
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-18.04.14.12 ubuntu

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Title:
  Trying to install a bootable version of 18.04 on a USB drive on
  MacBook Pro 2018 13" (touchbar version)

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Crashes at point of installing Grub

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: ubiquity 18.04.14.12
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-23.24~18.04.1-generic 5.0.15
  Uname: Linux 5.0.0-23-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.394
  Date: Wed Jan 29 13:53:11 2020
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190805)
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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