[Bug 1566034] Re: executing grub install failed; fatal error

[Phillip Susi]

Your EFI system partition is corrupt; you will need to repair it either
with dosfsck in linux, or chkdsk in windows.


** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  executing grub install failed; fatal error

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  I am installing ubuntu in dual boot with windows. The installation
  went without problems until a moment when I got the following message:
  executing 'grab-install /dev/sda' failed. There was also an indication
  that this was a fatal error.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.18.8.12 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-27.32~14.04.1-generic 4.2.8-ckt1
  Uname: Linux 4.2.0-27-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.340.2
  Date: Tue Apr  5 00:01:07 2016
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed cdrom-detect/try-usb=true noprompt floppy.allowed_drive_mask=0 ignore_uuid boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20160217.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=linux
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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