[Bug 1711984] Re: installing ubuntu and grub-installer failed to install

Steve Beattie sbeattie at ubuntu.com
Fri Aug 25 01:37:00 UTC 2017


It looks like you're trying to install in a UEFI environment. Did you select manual partitioning?
Because it looks like the boot loader installer is unable to find an EFI partition:

  Aug 21 03:15:55 ubuntu ubiquity: grub-install: error: cannot find EFI
directory.

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Title:
  installing ubuntu and grub-installer failed to install

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  installing ubuntu and grub-installer failed to install

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
  Package: ubiquity 17.04.9
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-19.21-generic 4.10.8
  Uname: Linux 4.10.0-19-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.380
  Date: Mon Aug 21 04:16:21 2017
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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