[Bug 1924823] Re: ESP on install medium automatically configured as ESP for install, failing install

[Chris Guiver]

@juliank  I saw your update last night, and hoped I'd see a new RC/daily
to test your applied workaround, so if there something I can help test..
let me know..

(I've had this issue on 2x dell optiplex 755, a 780 & hp dc7700 but I
suspect it occurs regardless of bios box..  the dc7700 & one d755 I use
only in QA-testing; the others I actually use so are only rarely used
for install testing (& always replace a partition type installs)...
I've returned to lubuntu QA-testing)

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Title:
  ESP on install medium automatically configured as ESP for install,
  failing install

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  This bug report is a duplicated of bug #1902269 performed with Ubuntu 20.10.
  Basically installation fail when the installer doesn't find an EFI (ESR) partition on computers with legacy BIOS.

  This time I have used Ubuntu 21.04 also to test the new version of
  Ubiquity package (21.04.15) which, as reported here:
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1893964/comments/22
  should have fixed the issue.

  Unfortunately I'm still experiencing the same problem.

  #### Partition details:
  - msdos partition table
  - 4 primary partitions, all ext4

  ---
  Apr 17 00:18:54 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Identified partition label for /dev/sda4: msdos
  Apr 17 00:18:54 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/sda'
  Apr 17 00:18:54 ubuntu grub-installer: info: grub-install does not support --no-floppy
  Apr 17 00:18:54 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install  --force --target x86_64-efi "/dev/sda"
  Apr 17 00:18:54 ubuntu grub-installer: Installazione per la piattaforma x86_64-efi.
  Apr 17 00:19:07 ubuntu grub-installer: grub-install: errore: impossibile copiare "/usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi-signed/grubx64.efi.signed" su "/boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu/grubx64.efi": Spazio esaurito sul device.
  Apr 17 00:19:07 ubuntu grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install  --force --target x86_64-efi "/dev/sda"' failed.
  ---

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.04
  Package: ubiquity 21.04.15
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-14.15-generic 5.11.12
  Uname: Linux 5.11.0-14-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu65
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CasperVersion: 1.461
  Date: Sat Apr 17 02:20:20 2021
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 21.04 "Hirsute Hippo" - Beta amd64 (20210416)
  RebootRequiredPkgs:
   linux-image-5.11.0-14-generic
   linux-base
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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