I don't agree that this is a duplicate of 1639374, it also affects plain Ubuntu distro, tested with both 16.04.3 and 17.10. The workaround on askubuntu.com mentioned above worked for me, but for new users it would be really good if there was a way to make this work out of the box.
Current user experience is a machine lockup after spending significant time going through the installation process, which might cause lots of folks responding "dump that linux, I'll stick with windows". ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 1639374 grub-pc fails to remove, rendering lubuntu uninstallable on EFI machines ** Summary changed: - Installer crashed installing on Aspire ES15 ES1-533-P7T9 + System freeze while installing on Aspire ES15 ES1-533-P7T9 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1652090 Title: System freeze while installing on Aspire ES15 ES1-533-P7T9 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1652090/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
