[Bug 1872207] [NEW] grub could not write to /dev/sda

[Peter Teuben]

Public bug reported:

I don't know if this is a new problem, I guess I could try installing
Ubuntu18 again. On this THinkpad T480 I had a hard time with grub (UEFI
related), eventually resorting to a 'dd' from the original disk, when I
changed the hard drive. So perhaps it's relted to this.   But if not,
the situation is pretty simple:

I boot from USB, the installed drive is actual a USB mounted SSD, sdb,
and the original U18.04 is on sda.   The command "grub-install /dev/sda'
works fine when I'm booted in U18. But when installing the U20 from the
USB to the SSD, grub-install fails.   I think something was already send
automatically to the developers, but it then threw me into launchpad.

lsb_release -rd
Description:    Ubuntu Focal Fossa (development branch)
Release:        20.04

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: ubiquity 20.04.9 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-21.25-generic 5.4.27
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu21
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.442
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Sat Apr 11 11:33:13 2020
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/kubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
LiveMediaBuild: Kubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Beta amd64 (20200401)
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal kubuntu ubiquity-20.04.9

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Title:
  grub could not write to /dev/sda

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I don't know if this is a new problem, I guess I could try installing
  Ubuntu18 again. On this THinkpad T480 I had a hard time with grub
  (UEFI related), eventually resorting to a 'dd' from the original disk,
  when I changed the hard drive. So perhaps it's relted to this.   But
  if not, the situation is pretty simple:

  I boot from USB, the installed drive is actual a USB mounted SSD, sdb,
  and the original U18.04 is on sda.   The command "grub-install
  /dev/sda' works fine when I'm booted in U18. But when installing the
  U20 from the USB to the SSD, grub-install fails.   I think something
  was already send automatically to the developers, but it then threw me
  into launchpad.

  lsb_release -rd
  Description:    Ubuntu Focal Fossa (development branch)
  Release:        20.04

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: ubiquity 20.04.9 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-21.25-generic 5.4.27
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-21-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu21
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.442
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Sat Apr 11 11:33:13 2020
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/kubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Kubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Beta amd64 (20200401)
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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