[Bug 2025021] [NEW] grub-installation failed during Ubuntu installation

[Faiyaz Sabik]

Public bug reported:

I'm trying to install Ubuntu 20.04.6 alongside windows 10. I cleared out
an 80 gigs partition (MBR) in hard disk and prepared a bootable usb with
ubuntu files (GPT) and initiated the setup. Didn't select the partitions
manually, instead chose the Install Ubuntu alongside Windows option in
the setup page. Everything went well, but the grub2 package installation
failed. Showed an error "Executing 'grub-install'/dev/sd' failed. This
is a fatal error."

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: ubiquity 20.04.15.19
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-67.74~20.04.1-generic 5.15.85
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-67-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.25
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CasperVersion: 1.445.3
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Jun 26 13:10:16 2023
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20230316)
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-20.04.15.19 ubuntu

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Title:
  grub-installation failed during Ubuntu installation

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I'm trying to install Ubuntu 20.04.6 alongside windows 10. I cleared
  out an 80 gigs partition (MBR) in hard disk and prepared a bootable
  usb with ubuntu files (GPT) and initiated the setup. Didn't select the
  partitions manually, instead chose the Install Ubuntu alongside
  Windows option in the setup page. Everything went well, but the grub2
  package installation failed. Showed an error "Executing 'grub-
  install'/dev/sd' failed. This is a fatal error."

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: ubiquity 20.04.15.19
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-67.74~20.04.1-generic 5.15.85
  Uname: Linux 5.15.0-67-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.25
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CasperVersion: 1.445.3
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Mon Jun 26 13:10:16 2023
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20230316)
  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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