The issue was due to an EFI partition not being on the hard drive. I was able to correct by creating a FAT32 partition (flag boot) and then selecting as an efi partition during the install process.
This fix was spotted with a similar issue for Ubuntu 18.04 after a google search. Sorry but I cannot remember the link as I found it in the Ubuntu test disk -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1901380 Title: Installation of Ubuntu 20.10 first time while testing desktop To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/1901380/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
