Public bug reported: I was doing exactly as the summary states; I was installing Ubuntu 17.04 from one flash drive (run as a live boot) onto another flash drive. It was running extremely slowly and eventually crashed during the grub installation.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04 Package: ubiquity 17.04.9 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-19.21-generic 4.10.8 Uname: Linux 4.10.0-19-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 CasperVersion: 1.380 Date: Sun May 14 01:34:25 2017 InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash --- LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412) ProcEnviron: TERM=unknown PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8 SourcePackage: grub-installer UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug ubiquity-17.04.9 ubuntu zesty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1690608 Title: Attempted install from flash drive to flash drive ran slowly and crashed during grub install. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1690608/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs