[Bug 1896447] [NEW] On a dual boot (win10/Ubuntu) system, latest Win10 update created a situation where the boot source (win/ubuntu) could not be chosen any more ; an error message stating corruption was given instead and win10 always came up

[Tapio Niva]

Public bug reported:

On a dual boot (win10/Ubuntu 20.04.1) system, latest Win10 update
created a situation where the boot source (win/ubuntu) could not be
chosen any more ; an error message stating corruption was given instead
and win10 always came up.

Tried to reinstall Ubuntu 20.04.1 from usb memory stick but got error
message stating something about grub.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: ubiquity 20.04.15.2
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: ./boot/grub/efi.img
CasperMD5CheckResult: fail
CasperVersion: 1.445.1
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Sep 21 11:21:20 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=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.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:
  On a dual boot (win10/Ubuntu) system, latest Win10 update created a
  situation where the boot source (win/ubuntu) could not be chosen any
  more ; an error message stating corruption was given instead and win10
  always came up

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  On a dual boot (win10/Ubuntu 20.04.1) system, latest Win10 update
  created a situation where the boot source (win/ubuntu) could not be
  chosen any more ; an error message stating corruption was given
  instead and win10 always came up.

  Tried to reinstall Ubuntu 20.04.1 from usb memory stick but got error
  message stating something about grub.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: ubiquity 20.04.15.2
  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: ./boot/grub/efi.img
  CasperMD5CheckResult: fail
  CasperVersion: 1.445.1
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Mon Sep 21 11:21:20 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=en_US.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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