Grub fails to install when instaling ubuntu from usb to dualboot with windows10
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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grub-installer (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Device: Dell inspiron 7000 13" 2016 edition
Secure Boot disabled
During the instalation from official Ubuntu 16.04 usb stick this error pops up and crashes the installation: "Executing grub-install /dev/sda failed"
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubiquity 2.21.63
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.376
Date: Wed Sep 14 18:17:34 2016
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
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)
Your EFI system partition is corrupt; you will need to repair it with dosfsck, or windows' chkdsk.