[Bug 1584075] [NEW] 16.04 installer crashes when trying to install bootloader

[hillofbeans]

Public bug reported:

I was booting from 16.04 server edition.

This OS was made bootable on a 16Gb USB stick by using the make-boot-
disk tool until 14.04.

install was:
* no third party install
* no download (this option hangs for me)
* custom partitions:
... /
... /var
... /usr
... /home
... swap

all was well until it went to install the bootloader, which failed.

prior to that it gave a warning about installing - can't remember,
something to do with UEFI.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubiquity 2.21.63 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.376
Date: Fri May 20 22:15:41 2016
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.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 ubiquity-2.21.63 ubuntu xenial

** Description changed:

- booting from 16.04 server edition installed on a 16Gb USB stick.  UEFI.
+ I was booting from 16.04 server edition.
+ 
+ This OS was made bootable on a 16Gb USB stick by using the make-boot-
+ disk tool until 14.04.
+ 
  install was:
  * no third party install
  * no download (this option hangs for me)
  * custom partitions:
  ... /
  ... /var
  ... /usr
  ... /home
  ... swap
  
- all is well until it goes to install the bootloader, which fails.
+ all was well until it went to install the bootloader, which failed.
  
  prior to that it gave a warning about installing - can't remember,
  something to do with UEFI.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.21.63 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.376
  Date: Fri May 20 22:15:41 2016
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
  ProcEnviron:
-  PATH=(custom, no user)
-  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
-  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+  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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Title:
  16.04 installer crashes when trying to install bootloader

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I was booting from 16.04 server edition.

  This OS was made bootable on a 16Gb USB stick by using the make-boot-
  disk tool until 14.04.

  install was:
  * no third party install
  * no download (this option hangs for me)
  * custom partitions:
  ... /
  ... /var
  ... /usr
  ... /home
  ... swap

  all was well until it went to install the bootloader, which failed.

  prior to that it gave a warning about installing - can't remember,
  something to do with UEFI.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.21.63 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.376
  Date: Fri May 20 22:15:41 2016
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   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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