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Collection of scripts and tweaks to adapt Ubuntu and Linux Mint ISO images to let them run smooth on GPD Pocket
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Ubuntu 1804 Beta 2 - Grub Failed #117

Open Morantz opened 6 years ago

Morantz commented 6 years ago

I have tried install with & without internet connected and can't get grub2 to install on my GPD Pocket.

Is there a workaround? Can you force the updated installer into the respin?

My Respin was build with the gnome and bioticbeaver switches with the Beta 2 ISO as input.

stockmind commented 6 years ago

This seems to be a common issue and we first need to identify where the problem is and what is causing the grub install or update failure

roelandp commented 6 years ago

Was it related to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntukylin/+bug/1767067 bug which was fixed yesterday before the release?

Morantz commented 6 years ago

Tried building again with the release ISO and the resulting image fails to install at : Running /scripts/casper-premount ... done.

done.

busybox blah blah blah then

(initramfs) Unable to find a medium containing a live file system

The image is written to the same flash key use before (and to reinstall 17.10 after its' failure..) I also ran ./clean.sh and then rebuilt the image, then rewrote it to the flash key using etcher, same as all other installs.... -edited for formatting...

roelandp commented 6 years ago

@Morantz I am new to gpd pocket. I had that very same bug as well with my USB stick. But I had it too with @stockmind 's ISO. I opted for using an SD card installation instead.

Does that error just above it also indicated something like: 'Found slow USB' or something?

For me the installation of 17.1 was pretty using the solution with an sd card (couldnt find any other usb sticks at home :P) . will try asap with 18.4 too and let you know. Maybe you could try with another usb / sd card maybe?

octarect commented 6 years ago

@Morantz Hi, there. I also tried to install 18.04 on my GPD Pocket, and it's failed with the following error;

The 'grub-efi-amd64-signed' package failed to install into /target/.

Is this same as your problem?

By the way, I thought that it was related to https://askubuntu.com/questions/789998/16-04-new-installation-gives-grub-efi-amd64-signed-failed-installation-target. I have already tried the solution which is mentioned in the URL (manually partitioning), but I have still the error.

JunSaitoJP commented 6 years ago

Try it.

  1. Boot Live Ubuntu after Ubuntu installed.
  2. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair && sudo apt-get update
  3. sudo apt-get install -y boot-repair && (boot-repair &)
  4. Click Recommended repair
stockmind commented 6 years ago

Can you all check if you get this in your /var/log/syslog after install?

EFI variables are not supported on this system.
grub-install: error: efibootmgr failed to register the boot entry: No such file or directory.

I should have time in the next days to test a clean install.

octarect commented 6 years ago

@stockmind Yes, I found them in my /var/log/syslog after installation failure. (Testing Ubuntu 18.04, and Xubuntu 18.04)

EFI variables are not supported on this system.
grub-install: error: efibootmgr failed to register the boot entry: No such file or directory.
dpkg: error processing package grub-efi-amd64-signed (--configure)
 installed grub-efi-amd64-signed package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 grub-efi-amd64-signed
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Morantz commented 6 years ago

I have the same messages as octarect above. Also about 2 pages up I have the following lines: System not running in EFI mode, not installing to EFI system partition. EFI variables are not supported on this system. Not sure if the above is important or not....

Morantz commented 6 years ago

After my latest failed install of 18.04, I followed JunSaitoJP's instructions above. I got a system that now boots, but isn't correctly installed. (Installer is still installed, ect...) I did the git thing and ran: ./update.sh gnome bionicbeaver After a reboot, it takes a while for the login manager to startup. (Like a minute or so?) Looks ok after that.

Morantz commented 6 years ago

The login manager issue is related to using a 4.17 kernel and LightDM.

Xunius commented 6 years ago

I got the same error as reported by @octarect when trying to install Ubuntu-MATE 18.04, and @JunSaitoJP 's method worked for me.

stockmind commented 6 years ago

I'm uploading two new 18.04.1 ISOs, GNOME and UNITY with 4.18-rc8 mainline kernel and updated packages (grub included). Reinstalled system through the new GNOME iso and grub installed correctly as expected without issues. Let me know. System seems stable. :)

EDIT: It seems it takes long to boot sometimes, i'm checking it.

Morantz commented 6 years ago

I am very glad to hear this has been corrected. I will be traveling out of state for a couple days and will try this when I get back. Thanks @stockmind !!

bradcosine commented 6 years ago

@stockmind I'm still having the same issue where install fails with error The 'grub-efi-amd64-signed' package failed to install into /target/.

Using these ISOs on GPD Pocket 1. Are there any additional steps needed other than booting from ISO on USB? Thanks in advance for your help.

gpdpocket-gnome-20180912-4.18.0-rc8-ubuntu-18.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso gpdpocket-unity-20180912-4.18.0-rc8-ubuntu-18.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso

edit: working on a fix, will report back if it works.

bradcosine commented 6 years ago

I had to used boot-repair and was able to resolve my issue:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y boot-repair && boot-repair
Morantz commented 6 years ago

I thought he said those ISOs had been fixed. I haven't had time to reload mine in a while... I also use the boot-repair method listed by bradcosine above.

bradcosine commented 6 years ago

I'm experiencing the long boot time that @Morantz reported.. I look forward to hearing what you find on this @stockmind .. thanks.

stockmind commented 6 years ago

Ok this is odd, if i respin ISO with mainline kernel everything (grub) seems to install fine but boot times seems to be unbearable, if i respin ISO with hans kernel grub stop to install correctly ... mhmh

luzhuomi commented 6 years ago

I just tried today. Facing the exact issue.

muchweb commented 6 years ago

I just had installation GRUB error with pre-respun ubuntu-gnome 18.04 on first Pocket. Then I rebooted to liveCD again and run boot-repair script. This fixed it for me (installed system booted successfully).

luzhuomi commented 6 years ago

I just had installation GRUB error with pre-respun ubuntu-gnome 18.04 on first Pocket. Then I rebooted to liveCD again and run boot-repair script. This fixed it for me (installed system booted successfully).

Thanks. I did that and it works. =)

rpwhite3 commented 6 years ago

I was able to load the current version, got the GRUB ERROR, did the boot-repair all is good... I think it takes a few extras to start up but works like a charm. I haven't used my GPD for months as a update along the way borked it, but now all good... thanks! Going to use it for my python development machine...

qzhuyan commented 5 years ago

I managed to repair manually after installation process crash. (no restart)

sudo mount /dev/sdXXX /mnt
sudo mount /dev/sdXY /mnt/boot
sudo mount /dev/sdXX /mnt/boot/efi
for i in /dev /dev/pts /proc /sys /run /sys/firmware/efi/efivars; do sudo mount -B $i /mnt$i; done
sudo chroot /mnt
grub-install /dev/sdX
update-grub

where

I think the trick is mount efivars to tmp root before chroot.

reference: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/91620/efi-variables-are-not-supported-on-this-system https://askubuntu.com/questions/831216/how-can-i-reinstall-grub-to-the-efi-partition

hoonsubin commented 5 years ago

The repair-boot method did not work for me, so I tried @qzhuyan's method (one mentioned here to be precise), and I managed to make my Ubuntu 19.10 eoan to boot successfully. One thing to note was that when running grub-install /dev/sdX, it shows a couple of no such directories or files error, but in my case, I just ignored it and executed update-grub. Now it all works well, thanks.