Public bug reported: Hello,
trying to install current daily-live images of Groovy in VirtualBox fails for me when I'm using manual partitioning. Steps to reproduce: 1. Partition layout I have used in VirtualBox: * Partition table: MBR * A single primary ext4 partition (/dev/sda1) using up the entire virtual harddisk with 1 MB free space before start of the partition 2. Boot current Groovy daily-live image, click on "Install Ubuntu" 3. Choose "Something else" (manual partitioning) 4. Select /dev/sda1 as target for '/', check "format partition". 5. Ignore warning about missing EFI system partition. Result: The installation proceeds until GRUB is about to be installed. Then an error dialog appears: "Executing 'grub-install /dev/sda' failed. This is a fatal error." (screenshot attached). If I click 'Ok', after a moment Ubiquity nevertheless shows the usual dialog saying "Installation is complete. Please restart." The only option the dialog offered was to click on "Restart now". After that, booting the failed installation succeeds, but it is obvious that Ubiquity couldn't complete its job: Packages like ubiquity itself, which usually get purged from the fresh system at the end of a successful installation, are still installed. There is also a pop-up in gnome-shell showing an error regarding package management (screenshot attached, not sure if this is related to the failed install). To send this report, I was running 'sudo ubuntu-bug ubiquity' on the "failed", but nevertheless booting fresh installation. Kind regards, Jan ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10 Package: ubiquity 20.10.9 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46-generic 5.4.44 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu45 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip Date: Wed Sep 2 16:55:14 2020 InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-42-generic root=UUID=6ba06971-16c7-4df6-afcc-3bc101cba9a5 ro quiet splash SourcePackage: ubiquity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug groovy ** Attachment added: "Error dialog of Grub installation failed" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1893964/+attachment/5407015/+files/Bildschirmfoto_20200902_141456.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1893964 Title: Installation of Ubuntu Groovy in VirtualBox with manual partitioning fails on 'grub-install /dev/sda' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1893964/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs