[Bug 1764861] Re: Installer fails to install Grub and crashes

[Steve Langasek]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1766945 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1766945

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duplicate of bug 1766945, so it is being marked as such. Please look at
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can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug.
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** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1766945
   (EFI on top of legacy install) choosing "replace" or "resize" options in partitioning may lead to an install failure

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Title:
  Installer fails to install Grub and crashes

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The installer failed to install the uefi bootloader, and then crashed
  immediately after.

  Samsung NP300E5A

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.21.63.6 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-36.40~16.04.1-generic 4.13.13
  Uname: Linux 4.13.0-36-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.376.2
  Date: Wed Apr 18 08:26:33 2018
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20180228)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_NZ.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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