Re: [xubuntu-users] Trying to install 16.04.3 LTS, reached a place with no way out but the power button :(

2017-11-29 Thread CryptKiddie 
Have you tried Ubuntu minimal installer? 

Alternatively, you could install Xubuntu without a bootloader and then try ti 
install grub from a live Linux. 

Lukas 


Am 29. November 2017 09:39:57 MEZ schrieb Brian :
>On 11/29/2017 01:25 AM, CryptKiddie wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Did you keep your Debian? Then you could simply skip the bootloader
>> installation and use debians grub to boot your Ubuntu
>
>No, I wiped out Debian, but it's an idea...
>
>Brian.
>
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Re: [xubuntu-users] Trying to install 16.04.3 LTS, reached a place with no way out but the power button :(

2017-11-29 Thread Len Philpot 
On Wed, 2017-11-29 at 01:28 -0500, Brian wrote:
> Not directly related, but a new LTS version will be released next
> > April.
> > If you can't work this issue out, why not try 17.10 and see if it
> > does
> > better? It'll be supported until 18.04 is available.
> > 
> I suppose that's a possibility, but I sure would like to know why
> Xubuntu is unable to write the bootloader while Debian apparently has
> no problem in doing so. It doesn't exactly fill me with confidence in
> Xubuntu... :(
> 
> Brian.
> 

I suspect it's highly specific, which of course doesn't help you
specifically, but I've been running 16.04 for months (year or more)
without any issues other than what I've done to myself now and then.
It's very stable.

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Re: [xubuntu-users] Trying to install 16.04.3 LTS, reached a place with no way out but the power button :(

2017-11-29 Thread Brian 
On 11/29/2017 01:25 AM, CryptKiddie wrote:
> Hi,
> Did you keep your Debian? Then you could simply skip the bootloader
> installation and use debians grub to boot your Ubuntu

No, I wiped out Debian, but it's an idea...

Brian.

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