#1 2018-06-07 21:50:16

Rampant_Cake

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Grub-install dummy failed (resolved)

I'm trying to install Bunsenlabs off a liveusb onto my new Dell inspiron 7000, I don't wish to dual boot so I choose to automatically partition the entire hard drive.

When I get to the "Install the Grub boot loader on a hard disk" I get: Executing 'grub-install dummy' failed. This is a fatal error. I've looked on many posts online trying to sus out what the issue is but I have very little knowledge when it comes to linux.

I also got: "efi variables are not supported on this system" when typing commands into the shell in an attempt to manually install grub but I really have no clue what I was doing.

Hopefully someone has an idea of what I should do as I really don't want to run win10.

Edit: Using the CD iso and the text based installer worked for me.

Last edited by Rampant_Cake (2018-06-07 23:57:11)

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: Grub-install dummy failed (resolved)

I can only presume that the machine has a GPT disk and was not booted in UEFI mode when you tried initially — GRUB will fail in that situation unless there is a BIOS boot partition present on the disk.

When it worked you must have had the system booted in UEFI mode, the type of ISO image and installer should not make any difference to the bootloader.

Check if you are booted in UEFI mode now with

[ -a /sys/firmware/efi ] && echo UEFI || echo Not UEFI

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johnraff

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Re: Grub-install dummy failed (resolved)

The CD install iso doesn't contain any EFI boot files. That was among the things removed to save space, on the presumption that no-one with a computer so old that it couldn't boot from a USB stick would need EFI support.

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berniz95

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Re: Grub-install dummy failed (resolved)

Reply moved to new thread (new issue with possibly different solution)

Last edited by berniz95 (2018-08-15 14:13:50)