Installation failure. Can't execute grub

Bug #1586110 reported by Pau
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grub-installer (Ubuntu)
Invalid
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Bug Description

When I try to install Ubuntu in a new Dell laptop (Inspiron 5000) with Windows 10 preinstalled, it fails when tries to install grub.
I've tried to install in various ways, allways preserving the preinstalled windows.
If I try boot-repair it fails too.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubiquity 2.21.63 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.376
Date: Thu May 26 18:52:52 2016
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Pau (pblanco-t) wrote :
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Phillip Susi (psusi) wrote :

Your EFI system partition is corrupt; you will need to repair it using windows' chkdsk.

Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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Pau (pblanco-t) wrote : Re: [Bug 1586110] Re: Installation failure. Can't execute grub

Hi,
thanks for your response.
I had a solution here:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/778117/installation-fails-on-grub-read-only-efi-partition
Best regards.
Pau Blanco.

2016-05-27 17:47 GMT+02:00 Phillip Susi <email address hidden>:

> Your EFI system partition is corrupt; you will need to repair it using
> windows' chkdsk.
>
>
> ** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Invalid
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1586110
>
> Title:
> Installation failure. Can't execute grub
>
> Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
> Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> When I try to install Ubuntu in a new Dell laptop (Inspiron 5000) with
> Windows 10 preinstalled, it fails when tries to install grub.
> I've tried to install in various ways, allways preserving the
> preinstalled windows.
> If I try boot-repair it fails too.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
> Package: ubiquity 2.21.63 [modified:
> lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
> Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
> Architecture: amd64
> CasperVersion: 1.376
> Date: Thu May 26 18:52:52 2016
> InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi
> file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
> LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64
> (20160420.1)
> ProcEnviron:
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: grub-installer
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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