[Bug 1923134] Re: replace prior 18.04 installation with 21.04 (no format of partition sda1)

[Chris Guiver]

attempted install again to
- dell [optiplex] 780 (c2q-q9400, 8gb, amd/ati cedar radeon hd 5000/6000/7350/8350)

identical install to sda1; but ISO written this time with `sudo dd bs=4M
oflag=sync status=progress of=/dev/sdb if=/de2900/ubuntu_64/hirsute-
desktop-amd64.iso`

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1923690

I wondering if my last comment was missing the /target/boot/efi reason
for mount; is it trying to copy from there?? and not to there...

it's clear during install the partition is /dev/sda and boot loader was
being written to sda on the dialog screens

--messages--
Apr 14 01:33:23 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install  --force --target x86_64-efi "/dev/sda"
Apr 14 01:33:23 ubuntu grub-installer: Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
Apr 14 01:33:35 ubuntu grub-installer: grub-install: error: cannot copy `/usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi-signed/grubx64.efi.signed' to `/boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu/grubx64.efi': No space left on device.
Apr 14 01:33:35 ubuntu grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install  --force --target x86_64-efi "/dev/sda"' failed.

so identical to bdmurray's comment; but disk space used is only at 53%
and 3% inodes used on sda1 (only system partition being used).

ubuntu at ubuntu:/$ df -h |grep target
/dev/sda1 658G 328G 297G 53% /target
/dev/sdb2 4.9M 4.9M 2.0K 100% /target/boot/efi

just as last time..  but is it trying to write to sdb2?? which would explain the messages (though they say sda correctly)
there is plenty of disk space (297GB)

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Title:
  replace prior 18.04 installation with 21.04 (no format of partition
  sda1)

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  QA-test install on
  - dell [optiplex] 780 (c2q-q9400, 8gb, amd/ati cedar radeon hd 5000/6000/7350/8350)

  replace sda1 (initially lubuntu 18.04) with ubuntu hirsute

  sda1 was chosen as lubuntu 18.04 reaches EOL this month, which is
  earlier than the groovy (20.10) partition. sda1 was without format (I
  have music & other files in $HOME)

  ** expected result

  Install will work; reboot & I'll have a 21.04 system in the sda1
  partition

  ** actual result

  grub-install failed, reboot & it only booted to recovery console :(

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.04
  Package: ubiquity 21.04.14
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-13.14-generic 5.11.7
  Uname: Linux 5.11.0-13-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu61
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CasperVersion: 1.461
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Fri Apr  9 16:38:39 2021
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 21.04 "Hirsute Hippo" - Beta amd64 (20210408)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_AU.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
   LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
  RebootRequiredPkgs:
   linux-image-5.11.0-13-generic
   linux-base
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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