Hi, Did you keep your Debian? Then you could simply skip the bootloader installation and use debians grub to boot your Ubuntu Lukas
Am 29. November 2017 03:13:33 MEZ schrieb Brian <b_li...@patandbrian.org>: >Hi all, > >If anybody has any ideas on this one, I would be grateful... > >I'm currently using 64-bit Debian Stretch, but was recommended to give >Ubuntu a try. Since I use XFCE on Debian, I downloaded 64-bit Xubuntu >16.04.3 LTS via the torrent, verified a correct checksum, burned it to >a DVD, and attempted an installation. > >All appeared to go just fine until I got an error message "Sorry an >error occurred and it was not possible to install the bootloader in >the specified location". This was setting the disk configuration >manually (so as to keep existing data) and I'd selected my first (of >four) hard drives for the bootloader. > >I was left with a screen giving me three options > >Choose a different device to install the bootloader on > >Continue without a bootloader > >Cancel the installation > > >Now, I could select any of my four drives in option 1, or select >options 2 or 3, but either clicking the OK button (or hitting ALT-O) >with ANY of the above permutations had no effect. It *appeared* that >the button was being pressed, i.e. it gave that appearance when >clicked or ALT-O, but absolutely nothing happened, I just stayed stuck >at that screen. The only way out that I could find was to hit the >power button (I tried all four drives and all three options). I >retried the installation once more with the same results, not >surprisingly. > >So, I went back to my Debian Stretch media, and Debian installed again >without any problem whatsoever, bootloader on the first hard drive. It >seems to work just fine, that's what I'm running now. > >This is on an AMD Phenom II 6-core with 8 GB of memory, plenty of free >disk space, etc. > >It seems very puzzling that the installation procedure does NOT seem >to have hung, I can change between the three options, or select any of >the four drives, but I just can't get the installation to run without >that error, and can find no way out when the error occurs. > >Anybody have any ideas, please? > > >Brian. > >-- >xubuntu-users mailing list >xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com >Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users
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