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site for Ubuntu users and developers. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise executing grub-install /dev/sdb failed to the top I receive the error 'grub-install /dev/sda failed' while attempting to install Ubuntu as the computer's only OS. up vote 20 down vote favorite 7 I am attempting to install Ubuntu on a box which was previously running Windows 7. I have also experienced the dreaded "Unable to install GRUB" error. I am not attempting to dual boot. I have previously run a Windows boot disk and manually install grub removed all existing partitions. If I run the Ubuntu 12.04 install CD and click install after the config screens, I get the error Executing 'grub-install /dev/sda' failed. This is a fatal error. (It is the same error as this question: Unable to install GRUB) All the questions I've read while looking for a solution are related to dual boot. I'm not interested in dual boot, I'm after a clean out the box Ubuntu install. How can I achieve this? (For my sanity, please use very simple instructions when responding. I don't claim to have any talent either for linux or as a sysadmin) Additional details copied from comments dated: 2012-05-29 ~15:19Z After booting from the CD, clicking Try Ubuntu, and then sudo fdisk /dev/sda I get fdisk: unable to seek on /dev/sda: Invalid argument sudo fdisk /dev/sdb gives Device contains neither a valid DOS partiion table, nor Sun, SGI or OSF disklabel. Building a new DOS disklabel with disk identifier 0x15228d1d. Changes will remain in memory only until you decide to write them. After that of course, the previous content won't be recoverable. Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 4 will be corrected by w(rite). Command (m for help): I should add the Live CD desk
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how it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top Ubuntu installation failure - Unable to install GRUB up vote 2 down vote favorite Lately I bought a http://askubuntu.com/questions/143678/i-receive-the-error-grub-install-dev-sda-failed-while-attempting-to-install-u new laptop - Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro 13" - Intel i5-4210U, 256 SSD. I have tried to install Ubuntu 14.04 using these guides: Ubuntu on Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro http://peaceplantsandpushups.com/2014/03/12/22/ After I did step 7 in the second guide, I haven't succeeded to save, so I restarted my computer in order to do it again. From this point, I couldn't boot into Ubuntu, and every time I try to reinstall Ubuntu I get this annoying error: Unable to install GRUB http://askubuntu.com/questions/532540/ubuntu-installation-failure-unable-to-install-grub in /dev/sda Executing 'grub-install /dev/sda' failed. This is a fatal error. I tried to follow this guide: "Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sda" when installing GRUB But it isn't working. I have no idea how to proceed. How do I fix this? 14.04 dual-boot grub2 lenovo share|improve this question edited Feb 7 at 2:15 Aaron Hall 212112 asked Oct 5 '14 at 15:27 Alon Netser 11112 are you using a predefined boot option? I would recommend you try a something else install and define the efi partition manually –sbergeron Oct 5 '14 at 15:40 Can you describe your solution a bit more? What do you mean "predefined boot", and how can I define the EFI partition manually? –Alon Netser Oct 6 '14 at 16:42 add a comment| 4 Answers 4 active oldest votes up vote 3 down vote Solving 'grub-install /dev/sda' failed error. sudo mount /dev/sdaX /mnt # Make "X" the partition that has Ubuntu installed (i.e. /dev/sda2). for i in /sys /proc /run /dev; do sudo mount --bind "$i" "/mnt/$i"; done sudo chroot /mnt update-grub if no errors skip this grub-install /dev/sdX (x is the hard drive that has linux installed (i.e. /dev/sda) update-grub Reboot the system share|improve this answer answered Oct 5 '14 at 16:02 CheddieMerai 693724 I have already deleted and formatted the partition which had Ubuntu 14.04 on it ,because it didn't boot, and I thought reinstalling Ubunt
Operating Systems Microsoft Windows Personal QuestionWhy do I get the message 'Grub install failed, this is a fatal error' while installing Ubuntu alongside Windows 8.1?UpdateCancelAnswer Wiki6 Answers Steve Jacobs, Senior Unix Admin (Since 1988)Written 99w agoSince you didn't provide https://www.quora.com/Why-do-I-get-the-message-Grub-install-failed-this-is-a-fatal-error-while-installing-Ubuntu-alongside-Windows-8-1 a lot of information, there are several things might be causing the issue:Drive space https://www.reddit.com/r/linux4noobs/comments/37nqid/unable_to_install_grub_in_devsda_this_is_a_fatal/ for Ubuntu: Did you shrink the windows partition to allow Ubuntu to be installed along side Windows?Are you using Secure Boot? Older versions of Ubuntu have issues dealing with that. It's worth disabling it if possible. One way to tell if it's enabled is to open a powershell session as an Administrator and type "Confirm-SecureBootUEFI". If it returns "true", grub in secure boot is enabled, if it's "false" or "cmdlet not supported", secure boot is not enabled.Are you using UEFI or BIOS? If you're using UEFI, this is a pretty good guide: https://help.ubuntu.com/communit... If you're using UEFI, disabling it is likely to break your Windows installation. I prefer running Unix natively and running any other OSs inside a VM (VirtualBox, KVM, VMWare, etc).9.2k Views · View Upvotes · Answer requested by Nelson NwezeakuRelated QuestionsMore Answers grub installation failed BelowHow should I fix the 'Could not install grub in /dev/sda fatal error' while dual booting Ubuntu 14.04 after Windows 10?How do i solve the problem"unable to install grub /dev/sda" while installing Ubuntu 16.04 in dual boot windows 10?How do I fix error sudo grub-install/dev/sda command not found while dual booting 1.99-21 ubuntu3.4 after Windows 10?I am a PhD student in Computer Science, and I failed to install Ubuntu alongside Windows 8 on my new PC. Shall I feel bad about this?How can I get rid of the initramfs error while installing Ubuntu 14.10? Kaustubh Ghanekar, Linux AdministratorWritten 99w agoTry following:1. Make sure that you are connected to internet while installing the OS.2. If internet is not available, do "Try Ubuntu" and then when Ubuntu starts, do "Install Ubuntu" by clicking icon on Desktop.3. If that still doesn't work, you may have to do some command line stuff.Do "Try Ubuntu" and when ubuntu starts, type below command in terminal.sudo dpkg --remove-architecture i3865.5k Views · View Upvotes Simon Greenwood, Tried quite a few, settled on the one that annoys me least.Written 68w agoWhat it says on the tin, pretty much. Grub, which is the Linux boot manager, hasn't been installed in the Master Boot Record on your computer's disk. A fix appears to be to boot into Windows and let the
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