installation fails to load grub

bscho · 08-30-2018, 09:50 PM

On installing after all the advice pictures a warning comes up failed to load grub clicking Ok then says installer crashed.

I have often had this on many installations but cannot figure out why.

Any help please how can I overcome this and why it happens on Linux Mint.

ondoho · 08-31-2018, 01:17 AM

is your system unbootable now?
please explain.

assuming yes:

boot live, don't start the installer, make sure which is your internal hard drive.
assuming it is /dev/sda, issue this command:

Code:

sudo grub-install /dev/sda
sudo update-grub

if that doesn't fix it show us the commands' output.

bscho · 08-31-2018, 03:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

is your system unbootable now?
please explain.

assuming yes:

boot live, don't start the installer, make sure which is your internal hard drive.
assuming it is /dev/sda, issue this command:

Code:

sudo grub-install /dev/sda
sudo update-grub

if that doesn't fix it show us the commands' output.

Thanks I have it working now. After the 5th try. I never find out why it happens.
Only difference this time is I connected by wifi and when it asked would I like the propitory additions this time I set a password.

Guess nobody else has seen this before?

colorpurple21859 · 08-31-2018, 05:28 AM

Quote:

Only difference this time is I connected by wifi

I think this is might be your answer if you wasn't connected to internet before. The installation probably needed to download some files to install grub correctly on your system.