[Bug 1952223] [NEW] Grub reinstall failure ubuntu 20.04 in a system that didn't have an EFI partition

[Marco Pereira]

Public bug reported:

This is an UBUNTU 20.04. All my partitions were ext4 and the installer
complained that I didn't have an EFI partition.  I deleted the /boot
partition and divided into 100 Mb EFI and 900 Mb /boot.

I also tried to have the 1000 Mb /boot to be all EFI.

Either way the installer didn't install.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: ubiquity 20.04.15.17
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-27.29~20.04.1-generic 5.11.22
Uname: Linux 5.11.0-27-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.18
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CasperVersion: 1.445.1
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu Nov 25 07:35:52 2021
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210819)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.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 focal ubiquity-20.04.15.17 ubuntu

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Title:
  Grub reinstall failure ubuntu 20.04 in a system that didn't have an
  EFI partition

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  This is an UBUNTU 20.04. All my partitions were ext4 and the installer
  complained that I didn't have an EFI partition.  I deleted the /boot
  partition and divided into 100 Mb EFI and 900 Mb /boot.

  I also tried to have the 1000 Mb /boot to be all EFI.

  Either way the installer didn't install.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: ubiquity 20.04.15.17
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-27.29~20.04.1-generic 5.11.22
  Uname: Linux 5.11.0-27-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.18
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CasperVersion: 1.445.1
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Thu Nov 25 07:35:52 2021
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210819)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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