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grub-installer package

unable to install grub in dev/sda. Executing grub-install/install failed. This is a fatal error

Bug #1876117 reported by Sihle Ntuli on 2020-04-30

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	grub-installer (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

during the installation of ubuntu 20.04LTS I get the following error:

unable to install grub in dev/sda. Executing grub-install/install-grub failed.This is a fatal error

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: ubiquity 20.04.15
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-26.30-generic 5.4.30
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-26-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CasperVersion: 1.445
Date: Thu Apr 30 16:18:36 2020
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Sihle Ntuli (sihe-ntuli100) wrote on 2020-04-30:

Casper.txt Edit (2.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (6.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (992 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (130 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UbiquityDebug.txt Edit (44.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UbiquityDm.txt Edit (9.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UbiquityPartman.txt Edit (1.8 MiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UbiquitySyslog.txt Edit (474.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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