I was loading Ubuntu 20.04 onto my laptop - Fatal error message - Executing ' grub-install/dev/sda' failed

Bug #1933230 reported by Gunther Wallendorf
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
grub-installer (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

It doesn't boot at all when I start my laptop.

I get the
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grub> _

Ubuntu 20.04.2.0 LTS "Focal Fossa" -Release amd64 (20210209.1)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: ubiquity 20.04.15.10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-43.49~20.04.1-generic 5.8.18
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-43-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.16
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CasperVersion: 1.445.1
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Jun 22 14:55:03 2021
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 20.04.2.0 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210209.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_ZA.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_ZA.UTF-8
 LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Gunther Wallendorf (gunther-61) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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