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, <tm...@netplus.ch> 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. > > > -- > François P. Rotzinger > Chemin des Vignes 20 > CH-1373 Chavornay > > -- > 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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