Fail to install grub dummy

Bug #1280836 reported by Julien Forgeat
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Bug Description

Only error message is that grub dummy failed to install.

I was trying to install on /dev/sda, with a fairly simple partition scheme ( / on /dev/sda1, swap on /dev/sda2, extended partition on /dev/sda4 and a data partiton on /dev/sda5)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: ubiquity 2.17.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-5.20-generic 3.13.0
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-5-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.13.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.336ubuntu1
Date: Mon Feb 17 01:04:42 2014
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/xubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash --
LiveMediaBuild: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140121.1)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Julien Forgeat (julienforgeat) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Julien Forgeat (julienforgeat) wrote :

Feb 16 16:58:47 xubuntu grub-installer: info: Installing grub on 'dummy'
Feb 16 16:58:47 xubuntu grub-installer: info: grub-install does not support --no-floppy
Feb 16 16:58:47 xubuntu grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install --force
Feb 16 16:58:47 xubuntu grub-installer: Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
Feb 16 16:58:47 xubuntu grub-installer: grub-install: error: cannot find EFI directory.
Feb 16 16:58:47 xubuntu grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install --force failed.

THis is in UbiquitySyslog.txt (attached), seems relevant but I do not know how to further troubleshoot the issue

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