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    Installation failed

    I had a problem where GRUB 2 decided to pack up so I decided to do a fresh install from 18.04 to 20.04 LTS, using dual boot with Windows 10.

    I got near to the end of the install (93% I think) and it then said the installer has crashed, and it booted me up into the live version.

    I've no idea why it fails. If I then click the upper left hand corner of the screen where it says to install Kubuntu and go through the process it appears to just hang on the final "install" section where it says "the installation will finish soon. We hope you enjoy Kubuntu!"

    Any ideas?!

    In the partition set up I went manual and kept all of the partitions the same, the only one I formatted was my old root partition and kept my old home as /home.

    Thanks in advance
    Last edited by CanyonRoss; Oct 05, 2020, 09:34 AM. Reason: More information
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    You made sure you were pointing grub to the correct install location?
    That may not be sda these days if you are efi
    My efi partition is sda1 so I point grub there, YMMV
    Another thing. Have you let the media check run as the live system starts, you actually have to manually exit the check, but it's worth letting the check run
    kubuntu 20.10
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      #3
      Ooh you might be onto something... When I chose GRUB location I chose sda4 =which is where I'm mounting "/" as I assumed it'd install it fresh there?

      I'll leave it as the default option and see what happens. I'll report back within an hour or so.

      Thanks for your help so far, it is much appreciated.
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        #4
        Default seems to be sda for me all the time
        But for me that's not right so I have to change it because I am efi and that partition is sda1 for me
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          #5
          Thanks. I think I have a couple of efi partitions...?!
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            #6
            Yes, I have 2 hard drives. One of which holds my Windows system and has an efi partition. My other hard drive has a windows (ntfs) data partition as well as my old Linux system which also has an efi partition.

            Not sure which to choose, and then do I choose the specific partition (eg sda3) or the device (eg sda)?

            Thanks!
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              OK so I reported the bug and turns out it'd already been reported, and it was saying it was due to trying to install the 3rd party during the install process.

              So I tried again from scratch but didn't tick that box and the installation was successful.

              Now, the issue I have is that I still have a GRUB problem. It just says minimal bash-like line editing is supported... "

              Any thoughts?

              Thanks very much!
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                #8
                Right...

                I have managed to get in but it is not perfect. If I reboot my laptop and just leave it be, I get that GRUB error. If I press F12 and choose "boot options" and then choose "Ubuntu" I get the normal GRUB screen and I can load up Ubuntu or windows.

                Whilst not the end of the world it is not ideal. Can someone help? For reference, I currently have secure boot switched off.

                edit - I have managed to solve it using the following website:

                https://itsfoss.com/fix-minimal-bash...b-error-linux/

                Although despite Ubuntu having priority over Windows booting, it still booted straight into Windows. So I went back into the UEFI settings and disabled Windows boot so it forced it to Ubuntu, so now, GRUB loads as it should and I can choose between Ubuntu and Windows, both of which boot as they should.

                Thanks very much for your help!
                Last edited by CanyonRoss; Oct 05, 2020, 12:59 PM.
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by CanyonRoss View Post
                  OK so I reported the bug and turns out it'd already been reported, and it was saying it was due to trying to install the 3rd party during the install process.

                  So I tried again from scratch but didn't tick that box and the installation was successful.

                  Now, the issue I have is that I still have a GRUB problem. It just says minimal bash-like line editing is supported... "

                  Any thoughts?

                  Thanks very much!
                  That's insane. 3rd party has not affected the installs previously. Off with his head!
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                    Originally posted by jglen490 View Post
                    That's insane. 3rd party has not affected the installs previously. Off with his head!
                    This is only the second time I have installed Kubuntu, and the last time I didn't have any problems. For years prior to this I was using OpenSUSE, so you will have to forgive my ignorance
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                      #11
                      Originally posted by CanyonRoss View Post
                      This is only the second time I have installed Kubuntu, and the last time I didn't have any problems. For years prior to this I was using OpenSUSE, so you will have to forgive my ignorance
                      Sorry, "his" referring to whomever it was who let a silly error be introduced to the install code
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                        #12
                        Originally posted by jglen490 View Post
                        Sorry, "his" referring to whomever it was who let a silly error be introduced to the install code
                        Ah, my mistake for misunderstanding
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                          #13
                          I have to ssd's but only one efi partition
                          Not too sure why you have two
                          The process is the same across all disros really
                          kubuntu 20.10
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                            #14
                            Originally posted by kernelbasher View Post
                            I have to ssd's but only one efi partition
                            Not too sure why you have two
                            The process is the same across all disros really
                            Here is the output of fdisk -l

                            Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 238.49 GiB, 256060514304 bytes, 500118192 sectors
                            Disk model: PM951 NVMe SAMSUNG 256GB
                            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: E1759D5F-E66F-4164-AD8D-1C0606EC9EE8

                            Device Start End Sectors Size Type
                            /dev/nvme0n1p1 2048 1026047 1024000 500M EFI System
                            /dev/nvme0n1p2 1026048 1288191 262144 128M Microsoft reserved
                            /dev/nvme0n1p3 1288192 472838758 471550567 224.9G Microsoft basic data
                            /dev/nvme0n1p4 472840192 474882047 2041856 997M Windows recovery environment
                            /dev/nvme0n1p5 474882048 500117503 25235456 12G Windows recovery environment

                            Disk /dev/sda: 465.78 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors
                            Disk model: Samsung SSD 840
                            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: 065C7579-2817-12D8-AF68-409E07B2B396

                            Device Start End Sectors Size Type
                            /dev/sda1 2048 206847 204800 100M Microsoft basic data
                            /dev/sda2 206848 756570111 756363264 360.7G Microsoft basic data
                            /dev/sda3 756570112 757620735 1050624 513M EFI System
                            /dev/sda4 757620736 839540735 81920000 39.1G Windows recovery environment
                            /dev/sda5 975849472 976771071 921600 450M Microsoft basic data
                            /dev/sda6 839540736 956318079 116777344 55.7G Linux filesystem
                            /dev/sda7 956319744 975849471 19529728 9.3G Linux swap

                            Partition table entries are not in disk order.
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                              #15
                              Well depends which disk is the boot disk. You basically the same as me, in that you have a nvme and a standard sata ssd
                              Foe me my sata ssd is the boot device so my efi is there
                              If your system is working now? You should be happy.
                              But whichever device is the boot device, then grub will have or should have been put in the efi partition of that device
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