Install fatal error

dkdias · April 9, 2025, 2:52pm

I supposed that is possible, but I just checked my download file and it says Cinnamon?

dkdias · April 9, 2025, 2:57pm

Honestly, I don’t really care whether it loads Ubuntu Studio or Cinnamon to my SSD? I just don’t like having to use the “live usb” to make my laptop work.

g-schick · April 9, 2025, 4:14pm

Can you start the install again and stop on selecting where to install?

dkdias · April 9, 2025, 4:55pm

I can try to install again, absolutely, but it will give me an error, “Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sda Executing ‘grub-install /dev/sda’ failed. This is a fatal error”

Where should I tell it to install it, which ssd drive?

dkdias · April 9, 2025, 5:01pm

If I do the “Automated installation” it is asking for the autoinstall.yaml url or local file path? What should I put in the box?

g-schick · April 9, 2025, 5:02pm

You should not do ‘Automated installation’.

dkdias · April 9, 2025, 5:04pm

okay , I will do the interactive installation… it is now asking to

install ubuntu studio alongside Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS
Erase disk and install Ubuntu Studio
manual installation

dkdias · April 9, 2025, 5:07pm

there are advanced features in Number 2, if I need to tweek something???

g-schick · April 9, 2025, 5:07pm

As you wrote before you should chose ‘2’.

dkdias · April 9, 2025, 5:08pm

Okay, I’ve tried that before and I will do it again. Do I need to tweak anything in the advanced features?

g-schick · April 9, 2025, 5:09pm

Yes. You need to check the installation drive!

dkdias · April 9, 2025, 5:10pm

advanced features offer

None
Use LVM
3)Use LVM and encryption
Erase disk and use ZFS
Erase disk and us ZFS with encryption

g-schick · April 9, 2025, 5:11pm

Did you already select a disk?

dkdias · April 9, 2025, 5:11pm

the second “3” is actually “4” and the “4” is actually "5’

dkdias · April 9, 2025, 5:12pm

No, not yet… any advanced features I need to use?

g-schick · April 9, 2025, 5:12pm

You should select 1 ‘None’

dkdias · April 9, 2025, 5:15pm

Okay, I have selected “none” and now it is asking for the ssd.

sda 240 gb Acer
sdb 1 tb Scandisk

g-schick · April 9, 2025, 5:16pm

Your choice in previous posts was 1 sda? Then select 1.

dkdias · April 9, 2025, 5:18pm

I set up the account password etc and the timezone and it is now installing it. In the past I went through everything and failed at the very end when it tried to write the Grub to the ssd??

g-schick · April 9, 2025, 5:19pm

You have not been asked if install should use the whole ssd or something like that?