[Bug 1904263] Re: Writing GRUB to boot device failed

[Mikel Ward]

Likely the same as
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2-signed/+bug/1872212.

Note that:
1) drive uses gpt, not mbr
2) EFI partition is not logical partition AFAICS
3) there are no dump files as described in $ root parted /dev/nvme1n1
GNU Parted 3.3
Using /dev/nvme1n1
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) p                                                                
Model: WDC WDS100T2B0C-00PXH0 (nvme)
Disk /dev/nvme1n1: 1000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags: 

Number  Start   End     Size    File system  Name                          Flags
 1      1049kB  106MB   105MB   fat32        EFI system partition          boot, esp
 2      106MB   123MB   16.8MB               Microsoft reserved partition  msftres
 3      123MB   1000GB  1000GB  ntfs         Basic data partition          msftdata
 4      1000GB  1000GB  530MB   ntfs                                       hidden, diag

```
$ root parted /dev/nvme1n1
GNU Parted 3.3
Using /dev/nvme1n1
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) p                                                                
Model: WDC WDS100T2B0C-00PXH0 (nvme)
Disk /dev/nvme1n1: 1000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags: 

Number  Start   End     Size    File system  Name                          Flags
 1      1049kB  106MB   105MB   fat32        EFI system partition          boot, esp
 2      106MB   123MB   16.8MB               Microsoft reserved partition  msftres
 3      123MB   1000GB  1000GB  ntfs         Basic data partition          msftdata
 4      1000GB  1000GB  530MB   ntfs                                       hidden, diag
```

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Title:
  Writing GRUB to boot device failed

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Running apt-get update; apt-get upgrade for the first time in a few
  months, I get an error

  ```
  Writing GRUB to boot device failed - continue
  GRUB failed to install to the following devices:

   [*] /dev/nvme1n1p1 (104 MB; /boot/efi) 1000204 MB WDC WDS100T2B0C-00PXH0
  ```

  Retrying fails.

  Running

  ```
  $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure --force grub-efi-amd64
  ```

  Gives the following output:

  ```
  Installing grub to /boot/efi.
  Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
  grub-install: warning: Internal error.
  grub-install: error: failed to register the EFI boot entry: Operation not permitted.
  Installing grub to /boot/efi.
  Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
  grub-install: warning: Internal error.
  grub-install: error: failed to register the EFI boot entry: Operation not permitted.
  Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub'
  Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub.d/init-select.cfg'
  Generating grub configuration file ...
  Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-53-generic
  Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-53-generic
  Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-52-generic
  Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-52-generic
  Found Windows Boot Manager on /dev/nvme1n1p1@/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
  Adding boot menu entry for UEFI Firmware Settings
  done
  ```

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: grub-efi-amd64 2.04-1ubuntu26.6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-52.57-generic 5.4.65
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-52-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.12
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  Date: Fri Nov 13 21:38:56 2020
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-05-23 (175 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017)
  SourcePackage: grub2
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-05-29 (169 days ago)

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