unable to install grub

[alfred haines]

trying to install ubuntu 22.04 cinnamon on a fresh drive and it is unable to install grub. installation failed.

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
CasperMD5CheckMismatches: ./sha256sum.txt
CasperMD5CheckResult: fail
CasperVersion: 1.470.2
Date: Sat Oct 21 18:18:54 2023
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz boot=casper file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity ignore_uuid quiet splash rdinit=/vtoy/vtoy ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu Cinnamon 22.04.2 LTS
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)