repeated attempts to install Jammy on a new SSD fail, usually sying can't install bootloader

[Victor Preston]

Had to replace a hard drive, bought new SSD of same size, have now tried 4 or 5 times to install from Live USB and always fails saying 'unable to install grub bootloader" If I run boot-install separately it seems to work but ubuntu still does not run.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: ubiquity 22.04.20
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.5.0-18.18~22.04.1-generic 6.5.8
Uname: Linux 6.5.0-18-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CasperVersion: 1.470.2
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Feb 27 15:27:35 2024
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20240220)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)