[Bug 1900209] [NEW] grub fatal error during installation

[Martin Herink]

Public bug reported:

installing alongside windows 10 on an mbr dell xps 1640. reports
/dev/sda fatal error.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10
Package: ubiquity 20.10.11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-23.24-generic 5.8.14
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-23-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CasperVersion: 1.452
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Oct 16 20:52:30 2020
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Beta amd64 (20201016.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
RebootRequiredPkgs:
 linux-image-5.8.0-23-generic
 linux-base
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug groovy ubiquity-20.10.11 ubuntu

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Title:
  grub fatal error during installation

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  installing alongside windows 10 on an mbr dell xps 1640. reports
  /dev/sda fatal error.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10
  Package: ubiquity 20.10.11
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-23.24-generic 5.8.14
  Uname: Linux 5.8.0-23-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CasperVersion: 1.452
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Fri Oct 16 20:52:30 2020
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Beta amd64 (20201016.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_CA.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
   LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
  RebootRequiredPkgs:
   linux-image-5.8.0-23-generic
   linux-base
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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