Acer Aspire X3990 - Executing grub-install /dev/sda failed this is a fatal error

[Richard Myrtin]

Lubuntu 18.04
Acer Aspire X3990 - Executing grub-install /dev/sda failed this is a fatal error

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: ubiquity 18.04.14.15
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46~18.04.1-generic 5.4.44
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.16
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.394.3
Date: Mon Apr 12 17:34:06 2021
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 18.04.5 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20200805)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)