Public bug reported: Live booted from 20.10 installer on SD card on Dell 7390 Developers edition.
20.10 Install fails at grub install no mater which disk MBR install is set to (Error on Grub-install says insufficient space). My hunch, but not a lot of evidence to prove it, is that it is trying to install MBR / grub on currently live-mounted SD card, and failing, despite confirming the MBR setting on the installer screen is set to internal drive multiple times and retrying. (Note - I had a Previously working 20.04 install, so I don't think my EFI Partition is corrupt, and it has plenty of space). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10 Package: ubiquity 20.10.13 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-25.26-generic 5.8.14 Uname: Linux 5.8.0-25-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CasperVersion: 1.455 Date: Sun Nov 1 06:27:23 2020 InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash --- LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Release amd64 (20201022) RebootRequiredPkgs: linux-image-5.8.0-26-generic linux-base linux-image-5.8.0-25-generic linux-base SourcePackage: grub-installer UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug groovy ubiquity-20.10.13 ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1902438 Title: Installing 20.10 from SD card on Dell 7390 Developers Edition Fails on Grub Install To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1902438/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs