[Bug 1870935] [NEW] Installer crashed with the message: GRUB installation failed

[Maurizio Moretti]

Public bug reported:

booting UEFI live USB UBUNTU 19.10.
Attempting installationn.
Took 6 hours to run through the installation and finally the Installer crashed with the message:
The 'grub-efi-amid64-signed' package failed to install into /target/. Without the GRUB boot loader, the installed system will not boot

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
Package: ubiquity 19.10.21
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-18.19-generic 5.3.1
Uname: Linux 5.3.0-18-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.427
Date: Sun Apr  5 17:04:50 2020
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed quiet splash nomodeset ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017)
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug eoan ubiquity-19.10.21 ubuntu

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Title:
  Installer crashed with the message: GRUB installation failed

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  booting UEFI live USB UBUNTU 19.10.
  Attempting installationn.
  Took 6 hours to run through the installation and finally the Installer crashed with the message:
  The 'grub-efi-amid64-signed' package failed to install into /target/. Without the GRUB boot loader, the installed system will not boot

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
  Package: ubiquity 19.10.21
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-18.19-generic 5.3.1
  Uname: Linux 5.3.0-18-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.427
  Date: Sun Apr  5 17:04:50 2020
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed quiet splash nomodeset ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017)
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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