Installing 22.04 to get rid of buggy 16.0 installation; fatal error happened. No idea why

[Dustin Mitchell]

Upgraded from 14.04 to 16.04 and most functions crashed and could not be recovered. Used usb boot option to Try Ubuntu first, then install 22.04 to wipe out bad 16.04 installation. Fatal error happened during install.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: ubiquity 22.04.19
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.19.0-32.33~22.04.1-generic 5.19.17
Uname: Linux 5.19.0-32-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CasperVersion: 1.470.2
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue May 16 19:36:53 2023
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20230223)
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)