[Bug 1898941] [NEW] Installing Ubuntu 20.04 over existing system

[Gilbert Dion]

Public bug reported:

Trying to install Ubuntu 20.04 over existing partition of Ubuntu 188.04 on a dual boot iMac computer with OSX. First, the installing program could not install grub on sda. I decided I would install it manually later. Then the program crashed and here I am.
I cannot run any lsb_release or nothing: I went directly to Install Ubuntu instead of first Try Ubuntu.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: ubiquity 20.04.15.2 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46-generic 5.4.44
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.4
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckMismatches: ./pool/main/m/mesa/libgl1-mesa-dri_20.0.8-0ubuntu1~20.04.1_i386.deb
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CasperVersion: 1.445.1
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Oct  7 17:59:55 2020
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=fr_CA.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=fr_CA.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 focal ubiquity-20.04.15.2 ubuntu

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Title:
  Installing Ubuntu 20.04 over existing system

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Trying to install Ubuntu 20.04 over existing partition of Ubuntu 188.04 on a dual boot iMac computer with OSX. First, the installing program could not install grub on sda. I decided I would install it manually later. Then the program crashed and here I am.
  I cannot run any lsb_release or nothing: I went directly to Install Ubuntu instead of first Try Ubuntu.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: ubiquity 20.04.15.2 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46-generic 5.4.44
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.4
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckMismatches: ./pool/main/m/mesa/libgl1-mesa-dri_20.0.8-0ubuntu1~20.04.1_i386.deb
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CasperVersion: 1.445.1
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Wed Oct  7 17:59:55 2020
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=fr_CA.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=fr_CA.UTF-8
   LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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