[Bug 1733993] [NEW] Ubuntu 17.10 Grub2 installer crashes with Samsung EVO 850 SSD

2017-11-22 Thread Frederick Harris
Public bug reported: Tried again to install Ubuntu 17.10 onto a new Samsung EVO 850 500GB SSD. The installer still crashes when it tries to load the Grub2 boot loader. I have done some checking on the forums, and every time I get a possible solution, Grub seems to come up with a new reason why

[Bug 1733728] [NEW] Ubuntu 17.10 installer cannot write bootloader to Samsung EVO 850 SSD

2017-11-21 Thread Frederick Harris
Public bug reported: I have tried the automatic install and also a manual install. In both cases, the installation of the Grub bootloader fails with a fatal error. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: ubiquity 17.10.10 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4