Public bug reported: Previously I had installed Elementary OS besides Windows 10, but I erased the OS partition including some unknown 1 MB partition I assumed to be related to grub. After doing this step, on boot, there was indeed no grub and only the original Windows Boot Loader.
Then I started to install Ubuntu 18.04 from live USB but ubiquity crashed after the partition step as it was busy with some events (maybe because I was listening to music during the install with Rhythmbox's radio). Trying to install again would result in a warning that a step failed during last attempt when I reach the partition step, and that I should either skip the test and run a risk of faulty install or retry this step. But retrying this step would lead to the same popup again and again. I decided to start from scratch and install directly from USB without the Live USB this time. The partition step finished correctly, then the longer install step with the progress gauge, but at the end it crashed with the said fatal error. I don't know if the error is related to previous installs. I found some patches on the installer but before I download them I wanted to be sure I had the exact same error. I found this: https://askubuntu.com/questions/459620/unable-to-install- grub-in-dev-sda-when-installing-grub and will try some answers next time. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: ubiquity 18.04.14 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CasperVersion: 1.394 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Mon Jul 16 23:10:16 2018 InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash --- LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426) 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 bionic ubiquity-18.04.14 ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1782029 Title: Fatal error: Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sda during Ubuntu 18.04 install (erasing previous incomplete install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1782029/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
