Ubuntu Installation :: Grub PC 1.98 Lubuntu 6 Failed To Install Or Upgrade

May 30, 2010

I installed a new Ubuntu OS in my computer, (I downloaded it yesterday) on a dual boot pc (windows xp) Installation went smooth until it reached grub-pc. It was installing grub-pc (1.98 lubuntu6). It hanged there for several hours. Finally I interrupted the installation. When I went to the installed packages I got a message telling: Grub-PC 1.98 Lubuntu 6 Failed to Install or Upgrade. I'm pretty new to Linux so I know nothing about it, but I wish to go away from Windows XP.

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May 20, 2010

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Feb 1, 2010

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Executing 'grub-install /dev/sda' failed

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The System Monitor says:
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during the install of ubunto, i tell him to create a / partition, using 480GB as the third partition, and i created a 4th partition as a swap for linux. the install process the information, install the DATA on the third partition... BUT grub, can't !!! it failed... it keep looking for a /dev/sda disk... when installing GRUB, i can chose the drop down, for the 1.5TB disk, and when i press OK, he just simply try again to access /dev/sda disk... which is full of course and within a BIOS raid..........

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Oct 2, 2010

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Dec 6, 2010

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After running the update, everything ran fine. The script ran update-grub and everything seemed ok. However when I rebooted, my laptop booted into GRUB and only showed windows and the recovory partition. Desktop would boot strait into windows with no selection (I knew how to fix it for the desktop since it happed a few days later)

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I'm not sure what is causing the problem, but I think I remember there being an update to GRUB when I ran the updater. The fix works, just a bit of a hassle, but I thought I would bring it to someone's attention in case it happens to them.

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Need Lubuntu install howto

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BIOS - No support for USB Boot
BIOS - Supports network boot

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What options available to install Lubuntu as the only OS? Need step-by-step howto.

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Jun 5, 2011

My Specs;
Desktop PC, Tiger Direct, Firefly BCD.
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Intel Celeron 1.3 GHz x86 Family 6 Model 11 Stepping 1.
Bios; American Megatrends Inc., 062710, 7/15/1997
SMBIOS Ver. 2.3
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Master HD 20MB half full with 40MB Slave HD. WinXP service pack 3 and all updates are current, with one glitch, system will not 'restart' have to press off button, then have to press off button twice again to start XP running again. Tried to run off CD using xubuntu, Lubuntu 11.04 and Unbuntu 11.04. A page of errors covers the screen, I have a photo attached which I hope you can download and zoom in on.

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Aug 23, 2010

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I tried booting from cd again and check disc for defects. It said it found 2 files with errors, press any key to reboot. Which I did and it just booted right back into the freeze. Maybe since I have to manually make it boot from cd every time it was wanting to boot back into the CD after the disc check, I'm not sure. I tried burning a new iso on a slower speed, same thing for a total of 3 reinstalls with the same effect. The only thing different about this install compared to my others is:

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Jan 24, 2011

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Feb 4, 2011

I'm trying to install Lubuntu 10.10 on a board with a AMD Geode LX800 @ 500MHz and 256 MB of memory. I've been sucessful in running in Live Cd mode from a CF card, however when trying to install it gets stuck with either this message "syscall_call+0x7/0xb" or this "kernel_thread_helper". I've tried to install with this parameter "acpi=off", but still no sucess.I've tried to install from a external cd drive to a CF, from a USB pen drive to a CF, from a CF to a HDD, etc...

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Mar 27, 2010

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Nov 16, 2010

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