can't install grub during install ubuntu - No space left on device

[Nick Grigoriev]

Ubuntu 18.04
HP Zbook G5, nvme disk.
During ubuntu installation on separate uefi partition, on last step get message "can't execute command grub-install /dev/nvme0n1p4".

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: ubiquity 18.04.14.6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-29.31-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-29-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.394
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Dec 5 10:15:07 2018
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash acpi=off ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=ru_UA.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=ru_UA.UTF-8
 LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

The log shows it's trying to install grub on /dev/nvme0n1p4 but hits a full disk issue

[Nick Grigoriev (grigor60-s)]

I;am sorry i can't understand how it's possible.
I have 1 nvme disk for 500gb with
2 uefi boot sector by 400mb
nvme0n1p4 - fat32 with uefi for ubunru
nvme0n1p2 - was created before my installation with windows MBR.
nvme0n1p6 - ext4 250gb for ubuntu
nvme0n1p3 - ntfs near 240gb that was created with widnows.

So when i start install ubuntu i manually choose nvme0n1p4 as boot place and mount "/" to nvme0n1p6.

Can you explain me where Ubuntu installer try to install grub, and where not enough space?

P.S. i try installation with more then few times and also found one more line in logs.
"efibootmgr не может сделать загрузочную запись: нет такого устройства или адресса".
I use russian language pack.
Bit in english it can be translaate as "efibootmgr can't create boot record: no such device or adress".

[Nick Grigoriev (grigor60-s)]

So you mean 400 mb disk is not enough for grub...
Thats really strange.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

The log has

"Dec 5 08:11:23 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/nvme0n1p4'
Dec 5 08:11:23 ubuntu grub-installer: info: grub-install does not support --no-floppy
Dec 5 08:11:23 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install --force "/dev/nvme0n1p4"
Dec 5 08:11:23 ubuntu grub-installer: Выполняется установка для платформы x86_64-efi.
Dec 5 08:11:23 ubuntu grub-installer: Could not add entry to BootOrder
Dec 5 08:11:23 ubuntu grub-installer: : No space left on device
Dec 5 08:11:23 ubuntu grub-installer: grub-install: ошибка: efibootmgr не может зарегистрировать загрузочную запись: Нет такого устройства или адреса."

unsure where it's trying to write/why it's hitting that "no space left on device" issue though (or maybe it's just a redherring and a standard error displayed after hitting another error which is not standard/correctly handled)

So you can reproduce that problem every time on the machine?

[Nick Grigoriev (grigor60-s)]

Yes, i can reproduce it every time.
And i'am already reproduce it with ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04.
More then 4 times.

[Nick Grigoriev (grigor60-s)]

Today i try one more time. Try install Ubuntu to windows boot manager uefi(500mb fat32, eps + boot flag) partition. and Remove second uefi(400mb fat32, eps + boot flag).
It's not help.

Just for smoke check i will try install arch or debian. TO understand does problem specifically in grub or in Linux distribution. But any way at then end i need run Ubuntu on my laptop.
It's my new work station, and i request i from It department as powerful station for ubuntu.
HP even provide ubuntu 16.04 as pre-installed os. http://www8.hp.com/h20195/v2/getpdf.aspx/c05940985.pdf

[Nick Grigoriev (grigor60-s)]

Issue was fixed after full reinstall of very thing.
Recreate GPT tables,
Reinstall windows 10
Reinstall all drivers for bios
and then repartion disk : add two additional partion for ubuntu uefi and ext4.
And ubuntu was successfully installed.
Have no idea where problem appeared previously.