[Bug 1901274] [NEW] Install of the boot loader failed

[Stephen Russell]

Public bug reported:

I was running Ubuntu 18.04 which was working fine. I attempted to update
to 20.4. The update failed miserably (many panic messages)and the
automatic recovery to 18.04 failed also. I then ran Ubuntu 16.04 from
disk, which worked, but would not install. I ran "boot-repair" which
also failed (exited). I created a new disk image of 18.04 which seemed
to install and I am using it to send this message, but grub-installer
would not load on any of the Ubuntu partitions on my hardware. I will
need to manually install a boot loader and I have no idea how to do
that. Please help, else this machine will become a Windows 7 machine and
I do not have any use for that OS.

Steve

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: ubiquity 18.04.14.15
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46~18.04.1-generic 5.4.44
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.16
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.394.3
Date: Fri Oct 23 18:32:15 2020
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20200806.1)
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-18.04.14.15 ubuntu

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Title:
  Install of the boot loader failed

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I was running Ubuntu 18.04 which was working fine. I attempted to
  update to 20.4. The update failed miserably (many panic messages)and
  the automatic recovery to 18.04 failed also. I then ran Ubuntu 16.04
  from disk, which worked, but would not install. I ran "boot-repair"
  which also failed (exited). I created a new disk image of 18.04 which
  seemed to install and I am using it to send this message, but grub-
  installer would not load on any of the Ubuntu partitions on my
  hardware. I will need to manually install a boot loader and I have no
  idea how to do that. Please help, else this machine will become a
  Windows 7 machine and I do not have any use for that OS.

  Steve

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: ubiquity 18.04.14.15
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46~18.04.1-generic 5.4.44
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.16
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.394.3
  Date: Fri Oct 23 18:32:15 2020
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20200806.1)
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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