reinstall 18.04 and before that back up all your data to another external harddisk before installing 18.04.
On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 9:15 AM, buster brown <8...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > I had Ubuntu Mate 17.10 installed previously. > > The Ubuntu 18.04 installer crashed when trying to install Grub at very > end of the 18.04 install. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/8567 > > Title: > installation failure at "grub" step, dell inspiron 4150 > > Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu: > Invalid > > Bug description: > This should probably be a "critical" bug but I'll leave that for you > to decide. > > Dell Inspiron 4150, 512Mb memory, 30GB hard disk. > hda1 is winxphome. The other partitions were RH8, which I blew > away completely (new partitioning shown below). > > All goes sweetly until the grub step. I tried to install to MBR. > This failed with syslog messages like: > /sbin/grub-install: no such file > and > cannot lock /var/lib/dpkg - are you root? > > also, /var/lib/dpkg had file mode 0777. Is that wise? > > I tried forcing grub to install (ie picked the "yes" option > in the prompt that said grub has failed, do you want to try again? > This failed. > > Tried lilo as well, it complained in the logfile about overwriting > the existing kernel. It also failed, for reasons which are unclear. > > I tried rebooting, which failed but at least dropped me into a grub > prompt. I > gave it these commands: > grub> root (hd0,1) > grub> kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 > grub> initrd /initrd.img > grub> boot > > This started booting but failed during /etc/init.d/rcS.d, > /var/run/utmp no such file or directory > starting syslogd > at which point it seemed to get completely wedged. > > > I didn't have time to save the logs from the first stage, the best I > could do > was run ls -lRt from a knoppix disk after bailing from > the installer. Let me know if those listings would be helpful. > I also made a copy of / if that would help. > > I gave up and installed debian sarge, netinst20040921. > That worked ok. > > This is the partition table - as it was after ubuntu failed to > boot and before I began reinstallation (debian sarge). > > Disk /dev/hda: 30.0 GB, 30005821440 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3648 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hda1 * 1 1020 8193118+ 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/hda2 1021 1051 249007+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda3 1052 3648 20860402+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA) > /dev/hda5 1052 1416 2931831 83 Linux > /dev/hda6 3527 3648 979933+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda7 1417 1538 979933+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda8 1539 1600 497983+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda9 1601 1843 1951866 83 Linux > /dev/hda10 1844 3526 13518666 83 Linux > > Partition table entries are not in disk order > > > lspci -v > 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset Host > Bridge > (rev 04) > Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 > Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] > Capabilities: [e4] #09 [d104] > Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 2.0 > > 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset AGP > Bridge (r > ev 04) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) > Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 32 > Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32 > I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff > Memory behind bridge: fc000000-fdffffff > Prefetchable memory behind bridge: e0000000-e7ffffff > > 0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #1) (rev > 02) (prog > -if 00 [UHCI]) > Subsystem: Intel Corp. Latitude C640 > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11 > I/O ports at bf80 [size=32] > > 0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 42) (prog-if > 00 [Norm > al decode]) > Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 > Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=10, sec-latency=32 > I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000ffff > Memory behind bridge: f4000000-fbffffff > > 0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02) > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 > > 0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801CAM IDE U100 (rev 02) > (prog-if 8a [ > Master SecP PriP]) > Subsystem: Intel Corp. Latitude C640 > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11 > I/O ports at <ignored> > I/O ports at <ignored> > I/O ports at <ignored> > I/O ports at <ignored> > I/O ports at bfa0 [size=16] > Memory at 20000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K] > 0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM AC'97 > Audio Co > ntroller (rev 02) > Subsystem: Cirrus Logic: Unknown device 5959 > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11 > I/O ports at d800 [size=256] > I/O ports at dc80 [size=64] > > 0000:00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Modem Controller (rev > 02) (pro > g-if 00 [Generic]) > Subsystem: Conexant: Unknown device 5422 > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11 > I/O ports at d400 [size=256] > I/O ports at dc00 [size=128] > > 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon > Mobility M7 > LW [Radeon Mobility 7500] (prog-if 00 [VGA]) > Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 012b > Flags: bus master, VGA palette snoop, stepping, 66MHz, medium > devsel, la > tency 32, IRQ 11 > Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] > I/O ports at c000 [size=256] > Memory at fcff0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] > Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=128K] > Capabilities: [58] AGP version 2.0 > Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 > > 0000:02:00.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M > [Tornado] (rev > 78) > Subsystem: Dell 3C920 Integrated Fast Ethernet Controller > [Latitude C640 > ] > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11 > I/O ports at ec80 [size=128] > Memory at f8fffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128] > Expansion ROM at f9000000 [disabled] [size=128K] > Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2 > > 0000:02:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420 > Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 012b > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11 > Memory at 20001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] > Bus: primary=02, secondary=03, subordinate=06, sec-latency=176 > Memory window 0: 20400000-207ff000 (prefetchable) > Memory window 1: 20800000-20bff000 > I/O window 0: 00004000-000040ff > I/O window 1: 00004400-000044ff > 16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001 > > 0000:02:01.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420 > Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 012b > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11 > Memory at 20002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] > Bus: primary=02, secondary=07, subordinate=0a, sec-latency=176 > Memory window 0: 20c00000-20fff000 (prefetchable) > Memory window 1: 21000000-213ff000 > I/O window 0: 00004800-000048ff > I/O window 1: 00004c00-00004cff > 16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001 > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/ > +bug/8567/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/8567 Title: installation failure at "grub" step, dell inspiron 4150 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/8567/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
