[Bug 1871883] [NEW] boot loader crashes on installation

[Milan Rocher]

Public bug reported:

I'm trying to dual-boot ubuntu 19.10 and windows 10. I created three partitions on my sdb for "/", "/home" and "swap" and then created a "systemgrub" partition on my sda as it was requested to do so.
The installatiob goes well until the last bit where grub starts to install. It gives me a fatal error and a window pops up with three options: choose new location for grub, continue without grub, or cancel installation. I picked continue without grub and the installer gave a message that stated that it crashed and now I'm here.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
Package: ubiquity 19.10.21 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
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
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu Apr  9 18:51:00 2020
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed initrd=/casper/initrd quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_ZA.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_ZA.UTF-8
 LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
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:
  boot loader crashes on installation

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I'm trying to dual-boot ubuntu 19.10 and windows 10. I created three partitions on my sdb for "/", "/home" and "swap" and then created a "systemgrub" partition on my sda as it was requested to do so.
  The installatiob goes well until the last bit where grub starts to install. It gives me a fatal error and a window pops up with three options: choose new location for grub, continue without grub, or cancel installation. I picked continue without grub and the installer gave a message that stated that it crashed and now I'm here.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
  Package: ubiquity 19.10.21 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  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
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Thu Apr  9 18:51:00 2020
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed initrd=/casper/initrd quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_ZA.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_ZA.UTF-8
   LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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