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 <[email protected]> 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, <[email protected]> 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 >> [email protected] >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users >> > -- > xubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users >
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