[Bug 1763554] Re: grub install failed along with ubuntu installation crashing, left unbootable

[Andrew Hancock]

I was dual booting ubuntu with windows 7, i can no longer boot into
windows either due to grub failing, if anyone has advice i would
appreciate it greatly

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Title:
  grub install failed along with ubuntu installation crashing, left
  unbootable

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  During bionic beaver installation i received a notice that grub2 had
  failed to install and that the os would be unable to boot, i closed
  the message and then got another message saying the installation
  crashed. if i reboot the computer it loads grub rescue command line.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: ubiquity 18.04.4
  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: Thu Apr 12 22:10:02 2018
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent noprompt floppy.allowed_drive_mask=0 ignore_uuid cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent noprompt floppy.allowed_drive_mask=0 ignore_uuid boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Beta amd64 (20180404)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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