The ubuntu 18.04 installer went through the installation process and then suddenly halted, said I cannot install the grub bootloader. Looks like I am cooked. My machine is useless without an operating system. I did not even keep my older ubuntu 14.04 installation.

[vidyadhara buddhiraju]

I got ubuntu 18.04 a couple of weeks ago. I finally got to trying an installation. I did not even keep my older installation and now the single problem is that it cannot install a grub booting program. I have no idea what to do to install grub separately. The machine will not boot without grub. My goose is cooked. What should I do now?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: ubiquity 18.04.14 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
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
Date: Thu May 17 14:47:58 2018
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[dino99 (9d9)]

Error is: ubiquity: grub-install: error: cannot find EFI directory.

see: lp:1767703

[OE (onno-ebbinge)]

Although the bug is a bit different, the workaround in the bug below is quite generic. Maybe you could try it or adapt it to your needs:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1771651

I hope this helps, regards,
Onno

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