Possibly related: (groovy) https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1901137
I still believe I've seen this before with a hirsute install on #ubuntu- bugs-announce, but haven't found it. Looking at thumb-drive, `mkusb` wasn't in clone/dd mode guiverc@d960-ubu2:/de2900/ubuntu_64$ dus hirsute-desktop-amd64.iso dus 12.6.6 ... guiverc@d960-ubu2:/de2900/lubuntu_64$ sudo blkid |grep sdb [sudo] password for guiverc: /dev/sdb1: BLOCK_SIZE="2048" UUID="2020-12-07-08-44-25-00" LABEL="Ubuntu 21.04 amd64" TYPE="iso9660" PARTLABEL="ISO9660" PARTUUID="9836c1f1-8baf-4e23-82f7-003c59b12e8a" /dev/sdb2: SEC_TYPE="msdos" LABEL_FATBOOT="ESP" LABEL="ESP" UUID="290E-F68C" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTLABEL="Appended2" PARTUUID="9836c1f1-8baf-4e23-82f4-003c59b12e8a" /dev/sdb3: PARTLABEL="Gap1" PARTUUID="9836c1f1-8baf-4e23-82f5-003c59b12e8a" /dev/sdb4: LABEL="writable" UUID="0580938f-3099-4559-b357-66a8f289ad0a" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="6f2a09d8-3bf4-4c44-b0bc-9c9ec425f5e0" I'll endeavour to re-write using `dd` & re-try. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1907180 Title: hirsute QA-test install; 'grub-install /dev/sda failed' .. box regularly used for QA-test installs (BIOS only box, but uEFI error?) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1907180/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs