[Bug 1923680] Re: ubuntu hirsute replace sda1 (lubuntu) with gnome failed grub

[Julian Andres Klode]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1924823 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1924823

** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 1923134
   replace prior 18.04 installation with 21.04 (no format of partition sda1)
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1924823
   Ubiquity Ubuntu 21.04 install fail on legacy bios

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Title:
  ubuntu hirsute replace sda1 (lubuntu) with gnome failed grub

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Simple install of ubuntu hirsute daily (QA-test)
  single partition only used; sda1 of
  - dell [optiplex] 780 (c2q-q9400, 8gb, amd/ati cedar radeon hd 5000/6000/7350/8350)

  manual partitioning, replace SDA1 (lubuntu daily; a couple of days
  old) with ubuntu daily

  fails on install of grub?

  ubuntu at ubuntu:/$ df -h
  Filesystem                   Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
  tmpfs                        783M   18M  765M   3% /run
  /dev/sdb1                    2.7G  2.7G     0 100% /cdrom
  /cow                         3.9G  119M  3.8G   4% /
  /dev/disk/by-label/writable  4.7G   22M  4.5G   1% /var/log
  tmpfs                        3.9G     0  3.9G   0% /dev/shm
  tmpfs                        5.0M  8.0K  5.0M   1% /run/lock
  tmpfs                        4.0M     0  4.0M   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
  tmpfs                        3.9G   20K  3.9G   1% /tmp
  tmpfs                        783M  108K  783M   1% /run/user/999
  /dev/sda1                    658G  328G  297G  53% /target
  /dev/sdb2                    4.9M  4.9M  2.0K 100% /target/boot/efi
  ubuntu at ubuntu:/$ df -h |grep target
  /dev/sda1                    658G  328G  297G  53% /target
  /dev/sdb2                    4.9M  4.9M  2.0K 100% /target/boot/efi

  Why is it trying to write EFI partition to the THUMB-DRIVE?
  I'm installing to /dev/sda

  Duplicate of
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1923134 really

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.04
  Package: ubiquity 21.04.14
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-13.14-generic 5.11.7
  Uname: Linux 5.11.0-13-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu62
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CasperVersion: 1.461
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Wed Apr 14 10:11:30 2021
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 21.04 "Hirsute Hippo" - Beta amd64 (20210413)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_AU.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
   LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
  RebootRequiredPkgs:
   linux-image-5.11.0-13-generic
   linux-base
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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