[Bug 1776094] [NEW] With an MVME drive pluged into a PCIe slot grub will always say that it can't write to any partition I choose.

[Juergen Kieser]

Public bug reported:

I tried eveything. Boot from USB Stick, from internal SSD or from NVME on a PCIe adaptor. I tried to let grub install on /dev/sda or sdb or sdc or /dev/sda1 and so on. Nothing works. Even a fully automated installation - although not complaining - won't boot afterwards. 
Maybe I should unplug the NVME PCIe adaptor and try to use only a SSD ....

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: ubiquity 18.04.14
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.394
Date: Sun Jun 10 18:51:55 2018
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-mate.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-MATE 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
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-18.04.14 ubuntu-mate

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Title:
  With an MVME drive pluged into a PCIe slot grub will always say that
  it can't write to any partition I choose.

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I tried eveything. Boot from USB Stick, from internal SSD or from NVME on a PCIe adaptor. I tried to let grub install on /dev/sda or sdb or sdc or /dev/sda1 and so on. Nothing works. Even a fully automated installation - although not complaining - won't boot afterwards. 
  Maybe I should unplug the NVME PCIe adaptor and try to use only a SSD ....

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: ubiquity 18.04.14
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.394
  Date: Sun Jun 10 18:51:55 2018
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-mate.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-MATE 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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