Re: [xubuntu-users] unable to install grub

[Jim Watts]

Have you looked at the bios boot menu ? There may be something wrong there and you need to have it boot to usb drive Sent from my iPhoneOn Feb 1, 2023, at 11:30 AM, Clarence Fender  wrote:Yes, this is an install from a USB. If it's supposed to install GRUB by itself, it's doing a very poor job :)   I have a 500M EFI partition. It fails.sda   - all primary partitions1M (appears by itself, no format)500M  EFI50G  ext4  /16M swapremainder of space ext4 but not mountedThanks.On Wed, Feb 1, 2023 at 2:07 PM Michele Mor  wrote:Hi,Have you tried to reinstall xubuntu from a usb/dvd?It should set up the grub automatically.If your data is in a different partition, there should be no risk of deleting it (but always do a back up first).I have tried to repair a corrupted grub manually, but spent hours and did not succeed. At the end I decided to reinstall.Good luck.Michele On Wed, 1 Feb 2023, 18:25 François P. Rotzinger,  wrote:
  

  
  
Maybe, you should
create an EFI partition. Typing "df", do you get something like
/dev/nvme0n1p1   
973952 6184    967768   1% /boot/efi
(or perhaps /dev/sda1)?
Good luck, François

On 2/1/23 19:09, Clarence Fender wrote:


  
  Xubuntu 22.04 to laptop, USB boot (~2yrs old,
linux-specific)
"something else" disk part
sda is where everything goes except HOME
sdb/nvm_etc  is /HOME


Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sda
Executing `grub-install /dev/sda` failed

fatal error

--> Can't fix this, no matter what I do.


Spent a long time researching: common problem going back
  years. Seems to revolve around boot, legacy vs new. I haven't
  touched any boot settings. Tried different partitions and
  flags. Tried using sda1 instead of sda - same error.


sda   - all primary partitions
1M (appears by itself, no format)
500M  tried /BOOT and nothing
50G  ext4  /
16M swap
remainder of space ext4 but not mounted


sdb  ext4 /HOME


Is there a different sda partitioning I need? No data on it
  so no worries.
If I had hair, I'd be pulling it out.


Thanks.


  
  
  

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Re: [xubuntu-users] unable to install grub

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On 2/02/23 08:29, Clarence Fender wrote:
Yes, this is an install from a USB. If it's supposed to install GRUB 
by itself, it's doing a very poor job :)   I have a 500M EFI 
partition. It fails.


sda   - all primary partitions
1M (appears by itself, no format)
500M  EFI
50G  ext4  /
16M swap
remainder of space ext4 but not mounted

Thanks.




Have you checksumed the ISO?  SHA256  I have had these type of issues 
when the ISO was corrupt


Also I have found that Rufus or Ventoy  are best for writing ISO to USB 
keys if you have a windows partition available  or gnome disks.  Some 
programmes  don't write the ISO correctly



da cyborg


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Re: [xubuntu-users] unable to install grub

[Clarence Fender]

Yes, this is an install from a USB. If it's supposed to install GRUB by
itself, it's doing a very poor job :)   I have a 500M EFI partition. It
fails.

sda   - all primary partitions
1M (appears by itself, no format)
500M  EFI
50G  ext4  /
16M swap
remainder of space ext4 but not mounted

Thanks.

On Wed, Feb 1, 2023 at 2:07 PM Michele Mor  wrote:

> Hi,
> Have you tried to reinstall xubuntu from a usb/dvd?
> It should set up the grub automatically.
> If your data is in a different partition, there should be no risk of
> deleting it (but always do a back up first).
>
> I have tried to repair a corrupted grub manually, but spent hours and did
> not succeed. At the end I decided to reinstall.
>
> Good luck.
> Michele
>
> On Wed, 1 Feb 2023, 18:25 François P. Rotzinger,  wrote:
>
>> Maybe, you should create an EFI partition. Typing "df", do you get
>> something like
>>
>> /dev/nvme0n1p1973952 6184967768   1% /boot/efi
>>
>> (or perhaps /dev/sda1)?
>>
>> Good luck, François
>> On 2/1/23 19:09, Clarence Fender wrote:
>>
>> Xubuntu 22.04 to laptop, USB boot (~2yrs old, linux-specific)
>> "something else" disk part
>> sda is where everything goes except HOME
>> sdb/nvm_etc  is /HOME
>>
>> Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sda
>> Executing `grub-install /dev/sda` failed
>> fatal error
>> --> Can't fix this, no matter what I do.
>>
>> Spent a long time researching: common problem going back years. Seems to
>> revolve around boot, legacy vs new. I haven't touched any boot settings.
>> Tried different partitions and flags. Tried using sda1 instead of sda -
>> same error.
>>
>> sda   - all primary partitions
>> 1M (appears by itself, no format)
>> 500M  tried /BOOT and nothing
>> 50G  ext4  /
>> 16M swap
>> remainder of space ext4 but not mounted
>>
>> sdb  ext4 /HOME
>>
>> Is there a different sda partitioning I need? No data on it so no worries.
>> If I had hair, I'd be pulling it out.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
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>> CH-1373 Chavornay
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Re: [xubuntu-users] unable to install grub

[Clarence Fender]

Yes, I tried an EFI partition on sda.  Same error.

Trying again, I used gparted, installed partitions. Did install - made the
partition EFI, which left no option for type or mount. Failed. Tried FAT32,
mounted /BOOT/EFI, install told me there was no EFI partition and it
wouldn't boot.

Thanks

On Wed, Feb 1, 2023 at 1:25 PM François P. Rotzinger 
wrote:

> Maybe, you should create an EFI partition. Typing "df", do you get
> something like
>
> /dev/nvme0n1p1973952 6184967768   1% /boot/efi
>
> (or perhaps /dev/sda1)?
>
> Good luck, François
> On 2/1/23 19:09, Clarence Fender wrote:
>
> Xubuntu 22.04 to laptop, USB boot (~2yrs old, linux-specific)
> "something else" disk part
> sda is where everything goes except HOME
> sdb/nvm_etc  is /HOME
>
> Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sda
> Executing `grub-install /dev/sda` failed
> fatal error
> --> Can't fix this, no matter what I do.
>
> Spent a long time researching: common problem going back years. Seems to
> revolve around boot, legacy vs new. I haven't touched any boot settings.
> Tried different partitions and flags. Tried using sda1 instead of sda -
> same error.
>
> sda   - all primary partitions
> 1M (appears by itself, no format)
> 500M  tried /BOOT and nothing
> 50G  ext4  /
> 16M swap
> remainder of space ext4 but not mounted
>
> sdb  ext4 /HOME
>
> Is there a different sda partitioning I need? No data on it so no worries.
> If I had hair, I'd be pulling it out.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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Re: [xubuntu-users] unable to install grub

[Michele Mor]

Hi,
Have you tried to reinstall xubuntu from a usb/dvd?
It should set up the grub automatically.
If your data is in a different partition, there should be no risk of
deleting it (but always do a back up first).

I have tried to repair a corrupted grub manually, but spent hours and did
not succeed. At the end I decided to reinstall.

Good luck.
Michele

On Wed, 1 Feb 2023, 18:25 François P. Rotzinger,  wrote:

> Maybe, you should create an EFI partition. Typing "df", do you get
> something like
>
> /dev/nvme0n1p1973952 6184967768   1% /boot/efi
>
> (or perhaps /dev/sda1)?
>
> Good luck, François
> On 2/1/23 19:09, Clarence Fender wrote:
>
> Xubuntu 22.04 to laptop, USB boot (~2yrs old, linux-specific)
> "something else" disk part
> sda is where everything goes except HOME
> sdb/nvm_etc  is /HOME
>
> Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sda
> Executing `grub-install /dev/sda` failed
> fatal error
> --> Can't fix this, no matter what I do.
>
> Spent a long time researching: common problem going back years. Seems to
> revolve around boot, legacy vs new. I haven't touched any boot settings.
> Tried different partitions and flags. Tried using sda1 instead of sda -
> same error.
>
> sda   - all primary partitions
> 1M (appears by itself, no format)
> 500M  tried /BOOT and nothing
> 50G  ext4  /
> 16M swap
> remainder of space ext4 but not mounted
>
> sdb  ext4 /HOME
>
> Is there a different sda partitioning I need? No data on it so no worries.
> If I had hair, I'd be pulling it out.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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Re: [xubuntu-users] unable to install grub

[François P . Rotzinger]

Maybe, you should create an EFI partition. Typing "df", do you get 
something like


/dev/nvme0n1p1 973952 6184    967768   1% /boot/efi

(or perhaps /dev/sda1)?

Good luck, François

On 2/1/23 19:09, Clarence Fender wrote:

Xubuntu 22.04 to laptop, USB boot (~2yrs old, linux-specific)
"something else" disk part
sda is where everything goes except HOME
sdb/nvm_etc  is /HOME

Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sda
Executing `grub-install /dev/sda` failed
fatal error
--> Can't fix this, no matter what I do.

Spent a long time researching: common problem going back years. Seems 
to revolve around boot, legacy vs new. I haven't touched any boot 
settings. Tried different partitions and flags. Tried using sda1 
instead of sda - same error.


sda   - all primary partitions
1M (appears by itself, no format)
500M  tried /BOOT and nothing
50G  ext4  /
16M swap
remainder of space ext4 but not mounted

sdb  ext4 /HOME

Is there a different sda partitioning I need? No data on it so no worries.
If I had hair, I'd be pulling it out.

Thanks.



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[xubuntu-users] unable to install grub

[Clarence Fender]

Xubuntu 22.04 to laptop, USB boot (~2yrs old, linux-specific)
"something else" disk part
sda is where everything goes except HOME
sdb/nvm_etc  is /HOME

Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sda
Executing `grub-install /dev/sda` failed
fatal error
--> Can't fix this, no matter what I do.

Spent a long time researching: common problem going back years. Seems to
revolve around boot, legacy vs new. I haven't touched any boot settings.
Tried different partitions and flags. Tried using sda1 instead of sda -
same error.

sda   - all primary partitions
1M (appears by itself, no format)
500M  tried /BOOT and nothing
50G  ext4  /
16M swap
remainder of space ext4 but not mounted

sdb  ext4 /HOME

Is there a different sda partitioning I need? No data on it so no worries.
If I had hair, I'd be pulling it out.

Thanks.
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