[Bug 1677283] Re: Grub failed to install on SDX? "Fatal error" a thinking circe came up, if i waited for the circle to dissapear i wasn't able to cancel, Chose another partition for a bootloader or contine without. Only pressing before the thinking circle finished would make the options work but not really then it just crashed to this point

[Frederick]

Yes, i tried installing it on a fresh empty non formatted drive. Still
didnt work. Not to mention you avoided my problem right from the get go if
i press install along with Windows i expect the option to work. So don't
blame me for "chosing" something wrong, it suggested i could install
alongside Windows wich then didnt work. After all this BS i then i
disconect all drives but 1 drive wich i then deletes the entire partion on.
And it STILL didn't work. Now imagine me using a entire evening on this BS.
and you just brush me off with a "you cant do that" its quite simple the
installation didnt work. A simple thing as installing the os failed. I
would like linux as my desktop, i have installed it serveral times. But 10
YEARS ago i installed it and it -automatically- mind you installed the is
and added my then 2 windows partitions with -NO- work on my part. It just
worked now 10 years later on a LTS release mind you, I can't even install
it... And you brush it off entirely with explation that cooked down means
"it's your fault" you don't even suggest in your post to try another
partition or drive?, you just state I did something wrong. _wow_ .
I want Linux to work as a desktop but as long as doing even the simplest
things take so much effort even for a experienced PC enthusiast its not
gonna happen.


TL:DNR The installer didn't work as intended and I did try several things
before reporting. Not to mention that the fact the installer didn't respond
after it failed was a dead giveaway


Den mandag den 3. april 2017 skrev Phillip Susi <psusi at ubuntu.com>:
> You tried to install grub to /dev/sdd1, which is a Windows partition.
> You can't do that.  You need to install it to the entire drive (
> /dev/sdd, or /dev/sda ) and make sure your bios is set to boot from that
> drive.
>
>
> ** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
>        Status: New => Invalid
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> Title:
>   Grub failed to install on SDX? "Fatal error" a thinking circe came up,
>   if i waited for the circle to dissapear i wasn't able to cancel, Chose
>   another partition for a bootloader or contine without.  Only pressing
>   before the thinking circle finished would make the options work but
>   not really then it just crashed to this point
>
> Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
>   Invalid
>
> Bug description:
>   Grub didn't install it couldn't install on the partion it had chosen
>   itself (first install "Alongside with windows 10 loader " second
>   install i tried erease Ubuntu and try again" wich didn't work Third
>   time i tried another drive entirely wich also didn't work. My USB
>   stick was in a USB 2.0 port.
>
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
>   Package: ubiquity 2.21.63.3 [modified:
lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1-generic 4.8.11
>   Uname: Linux 4.8.0-36-generic x86_64
>   ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
>   Architecture: amd64
>   CasperVersion: 1.376.2
>   Date: Wed Mar 29 17:13:56 2017
>   InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper
initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
>   LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64
(20170215.2)
>   ProcEnviron:
>    PATH=(custom, no user)
>    XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
>    LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>   SourcePackage: grub-installer
>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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Med venlig hilsen Frederick Hansen.
sincerely Frederick Hansen.

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Title:
  Grub failed to install on SDX? "Fatal error" a thinking circe came up,
  if i waited for the circle to dissapear i wasn't able to cancel, Chose
  another partition for a bootloader or contine without.  Only pressing
  before the thinking circle finished would make the options work but
  not really then it just crashed to this point

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Grub didn't install it couldn't install on the partion it had chosen
  itself (first install "Alongside with windows 10 loader " second
  install i tried erease Ubuntu and try again" wich didn't work Third
  time i tried another drive entirely wich also didn't work. My USB
  stick was in a USB 2.0 port.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.21.63.3 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1-generic 4.8.11
  Uname: Linux 4.8.0-36-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.376.2
  Date: Wed Mar 29 17:13:56 2017
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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