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grub-installer package

Ubuntu 19.04 fail to install grub2 ...

Bug #1834759 reported by John Ross
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Bug Description

...on my Surface 4 Pro. Secure boot in BIOS was disabled prior the installation

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 Jun 29 15:46:36 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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John Ross (psunabudes) wrote :
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John Ross (psunabudes) wrote :

is there an option to install grub or super grub separately?

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Jeremy (wa113y3s) wrote :

John Ross, did you get an error about not being able to install grub-efi-amd64-signed to /target?

It might be worth trying another install without internet

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

The log has those lines

'grub-installer: Could not add entry to BootOrder: Read-only file system
grub-installer: grub-install: error: efibootmgr failed to register the boot entry: No such device or address.
grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install --force "/dev/nvme0n1"' failed.''

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