[Bug 1771263] Re: Installer crashes on attempting to install grub2

[dino99]

Error is:

cp: cannot create regular file '/boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu/fwupx64.efi'
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Check if you are really superuser with:  whoami
if the output is root, then you are superuser and you can make the copy of the file

** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  Installer crashes on attempting to install grub2

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Installing Ubuntu 18.04 on my Dell XPS 15 9550 alongside Windows 10
  fails when attempting to run grub-install. A picture of the error
  message is provided.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: ubiquity 18.04.14 [modified: usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/misc.py]
  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: Tue May 15 01:00:44 2018
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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