*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1893964 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1893964
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1893964
Installation of Ubuntu Groovy with manual partitioning without an EFI System
Partition fails on 'grub-install /dev/sda' even on non-UEFI systems
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Confirmed and reproduced in Xubuntu 20.10 as well. This issue is _not_
confined to Ubuntu Unity and is also present in an official remix.
Steps taken to try to resolve it:
* updated system BIOS (machine is a Lenovo Thinkpad W500; was on 3.18, now on
3.23, latest) -> no change
• tried 2 different