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Bug #1826656 reported by Kevin McCoy
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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
Package: ubiquity 19.04.9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-13.14-generic 5.0.6
Uname: Linux 5.0.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.405
Date: Sat Apr 27 12:36:03 2019
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416)
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Kevin McCoy (kevykev186) wrote :
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Tom Reynolds (tomreyn) wrote :

UbiquitySyslog.txt reports (timestamps/hostname removed):

efi: EFI v2.31 by American Megatrends
efi: ACPI=0xd9ae0000 ACPI 2.0=0xd9ae0000 SMBIOS=0xf04c0 MPS=0xfd430
secureboot: Secure boot could not be determined (mode 0)
SMBIOS 2.7 present.
DMI: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. To be filled by O.E.M./Z77X-D3H, BIOS F16 10/24/2012
...
grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/sda'
grub-installer: info: grub-install does not support --no-floppy
grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install --force "/dev/sda"
grub-installer: Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
grub-installer: Could not prepare Boot variable: Function not implemented
grub-installer: grub-install: error: efibootmgr failed to register the boot entry: Input/output error.
grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install --force "/dev/sda"' failed.

efibootmgr fails to write EFI variables. This is similar to https://bugs.debian.org/923235

This mainboard is either HW rev 1.0 or 1.1 - which use identical firmware:
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-Z77X-D3H-rev-10#support-dl-bios
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-Z77X-D3H-rev-11#support-dl-bios
FW changelog states on the next newer version: "Support Secure boot option".

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