Ubuntu 20.04 dual boot installation fails: grub-install: error: failed to register the EFI boot entry: Invalid argument
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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grub-installer (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Bug Description
I was refreshing my spare Lenovo laptop: clean Windows 10 installation with unallocated space left followed by Ubuntu installation.
Ubuntu 20.04 dual boot installation failed with: grub-install: error: failed to register the EFI boot entry: Invalid argument.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: ubiquity 20.04.15
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-26-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckR
CasperVersion: 1.445
Date: Sat Jun 20 22:05:48 2020
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
description: | updated |