I confirm that after creating an EFI partition everything worked. I consider this to be a bug because the installation software didn't warn me of the fact that I didn't have an EFI partition.
I followed steps stated here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI#Creating_an_EFI_System_Partition -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1750812 Title: Ubuntu install crashes when installing uefi To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1750812/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs