ubuntu-desktop-provision

grub-install: error: failed to register the EFI boot entry: Input/output error.

Bug #2067312 reported by Nik Nikovsky on 2024-05-27

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	subiquity	New	Undecided	Unassigned
	ubuntu-desktop-provision	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I just want to install ubuntu on this Acer Spin laptop

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Nik Nikovsky (niknikovsky) wrote on 2024-05-27:

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2024-05-28:

Thank you for your bug report, the issue according to the log is

May 27 19:54:14 ubuntu subiquity_log.3822[8030]: Stderr: Installing grub to /boot/efi.
May 27 19:54:14 ubuntu subiquity_log.3822[8030]: Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
May 27 19:54:14 ubuntu subiquity_log.3822[8030]: grub-install: warning: Cannot read EFI Boot* variables.
May 27 19:54:14 ubuntu subiquity_log.3822[8030]: grub-install: warning: efivarfs_get_variable: read failed: Input/output error.
May 27 19:54:14 ubuntu subiquity_log.3822[8030]: grub-install: warning: efi_get_variable: ops->get_variable failed: Input/output error.
May 27 19:54:14 ubuntu subiquity_log.3822[8030]: grub-install: error: failed to register the EFI boot entry: Input/output error.