[GRUB] Grub fails installation

[slamelov]

Hi

I'm trying to install Kubuntu 18.04. I choose manual partition and everything os ig, but after a while, a window appears saying that cant create grub at / target.



I don't know what is wrong. I'm installing into a PC with Windows 10 already installed at sda2



Please, any help?

Thanks

[GreyGeek]

The drive highlighted show no Linux installation. It shows a FAT32 partition.
Is that where you want to install Kubuntu?

Boot the LiveUSB and open a Konsole. Enter:
fdisk -l

and paste the output into a quote box in your reply.

[slamelov]

No, I want to install it at sdd3, wich has ext4 from a previous Kubuntu installation.

And GRUB at

But I have tried also at SDA.

Windows is installed at SDA2



And here is the sudo fdsk -l output:

ubuntu@kubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/loop0: 1.7 GiB, 1777819648 bytes, 3472304 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 27.3 GiB, 29260513280 bytes, 57149440 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 26FD7655-33A0-4773-9D19-242AF4EBE172

Device         Start      End  Sectors  Size Type
/dev/nvme0n1p1  2048 57141247 57139200 27.3G Microsoft basic data

Disk /dev/sda: 223.6 GiB, 240065183744 bytes, 468877312 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x1be3a1a4

Device     Boot   Start       End   Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sda1  *       2048   1126399   1124352  549M  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2       1126400 468875263 467748864  223G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

Disk /dev/sdb: 223.6 GiB, 240057409536 bytes, 468862128 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x4335100b

Device     Boot Start       End   Sectors   Size Id Type
/dev/sdb1        2048 468858879 468856832 223.6G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

Disk /dev/sdc: 1.8 TiB, 2000398934016 bytes, 3907029168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x000d0c38

Device     Boot Start        End    Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sdc1        2048 3907026943 3907024896  1.8T  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

Disk /dev/sdd: 1.8 TiB, 2000398934016 bytes, 3907029168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: FA030497-F219-4155-B24F-357E04E072A5

Device          Start        End    Sectors   Size Type
/dev/sdd1          34     262177     262144   128M Microsoft reserved
/dev/sdd2      264192 1859028991 1858764800 886.3G Microsoft basic data
/dev/sdd3  1859028992 3867967487 2008938496   958G Linux filesystem
/dev/sdd4  3867967488 3907028991   39061504  18.6G Linux swap

Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.

Disk /dev/sde: 931.5 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xc1e5efca

Device     Boot Start        End    Sectors   Size Id Type
/dev/sde1  *     2048 1953521663 1953519616 931.5G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

Disk /dev/sdf: 15 GiB, 16047407104 bytes, 31342592 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x721678c7

Device     Boot   Start     End Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sdf1  *          0 3648511 3648512  1.8G  0 Empty
/dev/sdf2       3572460 3577131    4672  2.3M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)

[slamelov]

I select manual option

Now I have choosen to install at SDD3


And here is the USB I choose

[oshunluvr]

Your trying to install grub to a GPT formatted disk. GRUB needs some space to do that. You need to make an EF02 partition on your nvme disk.

https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...light=gpt+grub

[slamelov]

Thanks! It worked

I have found, also, that changing UEFI for Legacy in Bios, works.

[Bings]

I am going to hijack this thread as the OP is sorted but I had the same initial error message but couldn't fix it with the link.

I ran through the instructions, I got this error message, I don't know whether it's related to the final error. I don't know what it means.


It finished regardless and this was the final output. My bios partition and my btrfs partition for which Kubuntu is going in.



So I went into the GUI installer and this was how I went to install Kubuntu.



However, when it comes to install the BIOS at the end, I get this message.


My motherboard is an ASUS m5a99fx pro r2.0 I have tried it set to UEFI and Other OS but it doesn't make a difference to the outcome. This is my first install on UEFI and I am stuck at what I need to do to get it working.

[oshunluvr]

You have to configure differently for EFI. The little partition needs to be an EFI partition rather than a biosgrub partition. Try converting /sdh1 to partition type EF00. QQMike has several excellent how-tos on the forum that detail how to use EFI.

[Bings]

I tried but didn't work. I did however find an option to create and EFI system partition in the installer partition manager so did that and I am now up and running. It said that the EFI System Partition needed to be 35mb in size, so I think that's why I can't just change small 1mb partition from your tutorial.

Two fixes in one thread and I'm happy to be back on Kubuntu