[Bug 1683140] [NEW] live-usb installer failed at grub2 installation

[Rolf Boelens]

Public bug reported:

Tried to reinstall Ubuntu 16.04 from a Live USB stick, since the
original install did not dual boot between Windows10 and Ubuntu. In
between I tried several Bios/Uefi options (....grrr) and had to
reinstall Windows10 to be able to boot the Dell Latitude Ultrabook 6430u
at all. Ubuntu reinstall fails at grub2 installation (pacakage grub-efi-
amd64-signal failed to install into /target/.). Tried to reinstall with
several options (download updates y/n and third partiy software y/n) and
also with a fresh live-usb. Fails in all cases. In Windows10:
\EFI\ubuntu directory seemed corrupt, has no files.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubiquity 2.21.63.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1-generic 4.8.11
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-36-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.376.2
Date: Sun Apr 16 14:27:35 2017
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug ubiquity-2.21.63.3 ubuntu xenial

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Title:
  live-usb installer failed at grub2 installation

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Tried to reinstall Ubuntu 16.04 from a Live USB stick, since the
  original install did not dual boot between Windows10 and Ubuntu. In
  between I tried several Bios/Uefi options (....grrr) and had to
  reinstall Windows10 to be able to boot the Dell Latitude Ultrabook
  6430u at all. Ubuntu reinstall fails at grub2 installation (pacakage
  grub-efi-amd64-signal failed to install into /target/.). Tried to
  reinstall with several options (download updates y/n and third partiy
  software y/n) and also with a fresh live-usb. Fails in all cases. In
  Windows10: \EFI\ubuntu directory seemed corrupt, has no files.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.21.63.3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1-generic 4.8.11
  Uname: Linux 4.8.0-36-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.376.2
  Date: Sun Apr 16 14:27:35 2017
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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