[Bug 1761689] [NEW] Grub2 failed to install

[Suresh Nimbalkar]

Public bug reported:

I was upgrading from 16.04 to 18.04. The main reason for upgrade is
constant problems with WI-FI in 16.04.

I have a UEFI system, hence, in my view, GRUB is not required. However,
Ubuntu installs GRUB by default. I had the GRUB installed from 16.04. I
had tried removing the GRUB using CMD commands before trying to install
18.04. However, when I rebooted the system, GRUB greeted me to 16.04.

I started 18.04 installation as an upgrade to 16.04. The installer
failed to install GRUB.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: ubiquity 18.04.4 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-13.14-generic 4.15.10
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.392
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Apr  6 13:29:03 2018
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Alpha amd64 (20180403)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_IN
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_IN
 LC_NUMERIC=C.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 bionic ubiquity-18.04.4 ubuntu

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Title:
  Grub2 failed to install

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I was upgrading from 16.04 to 18.04. The main reason for upgrade is
  constant problems with WI-FI in 16.04.

  I have a UEFI system, hence, in my view, GRUB is not required.
  However, Ubuntu installs GRUB by default. I had the GRUB installed
  from 16.04. I had tried removing the GRUB using CMD commands before
  trying to install 18.04. However, when I rebooted the system, GRUB
  greeted me to 16.04.

  I started 18.04 installation as an upgrade to 16.04. The installer
  failed to install GRUB.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: ubiquity 18.04.4 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-13.14-generic 4.15.10
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-13-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.392
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Fri Apr  6 13:29:03 2018
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Alpha amd64 (20180403)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_IN
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_IN
   LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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