[Bug 1344796] Re: Failed to install Grub during installation

[Chris Mortimer]

Following other webposts tried again with a custom install.
Used existing partitions.
Selected install Grub on sdc

Failed at the same point with the error

"The 'grub-efi-amd64-signed' package failed to install into /target/.
Without the GRUB boot loader, the installed system will not boot."

The went to installer crashed message box- it then locked and would not
proceed to file the failure report.

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Title:
  Failed to install Grub during installation

Status in “grub-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I am running a MedionAMD A8-5500 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics × 4
  system with Windows 8 on the primary drive.

  I had an installation of Ubuntu 12.04 on a plug in 1TB USB drive -
  mapped as \sdc. Grub was installed on the plug in drive so that the PC
  would boot directly to Windows if the drive was not plugged in and
  give GRUB options when the drive was plugged in.

  I intially attempted an upgrade of 12.04 to 14.04. This appeared to
  complete successfully but on reboot GRUB would fail to run and went
  directly to "Grub Rescue>".

  I attempted to follow the boot repair process on Ubuntu wiki- this
  failed to complete correctly leaving the PC in the same state.

  Finally I attmempted a full install from a USB stick. All complted
  until it crashed out having failed to install grub.

  I hope the auto generated bug splat has been automatically attached to
  this but found the Launchpad startup itself buggy.

  Suggestions?

  ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  Release:	14.04

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.18.7 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.340
  Date: Sat Jul 19 10:05:17 2014
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent noprompt floppy.allowed_drive_mask=0 ignore_uuid boot=casper quiet splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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