Installation Issues with Flash Drive

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Ubuntu doesn't allow me to fully install it because at the end when it asks, "Ubuntu needs to restart. Would you like to do it now?", without hesitation I click continue. Upon rebooting it prompts me a 2nd time if I want to install or try it out.

If I remove the flash drive after rebooting, I get a message saying the computer has no OS.

All I have done is transition from windows to ubuntu and deleted windows. That was an option provided by ubuntu. — Shane Wilson, Aug 13 '15 at 00:35
yeah thats what i keep getting so where do i go to delete that media file — Shane Wilson, Aug 13 '15 at 00:37
If i didnt install correctly how am i on right now the flashdrive allows me be on but i think the computer thinks thats my internal — Shane Wilson, Aug 13 '15 at 00:42
i wish i could show you what it says on my files i have a screenshot — Shane Wilson, Aug 13 '15 at 00:43
on my devices is had computer then 2 volumes one is 16gb and one is 496gb and it wont let me use that 495 gb and that 16 is not the one that is running ubuntu right now — Shane Wilson, Aug 13 '15 at 00:45
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo grub-install /dev/sda Installing for i386-pc platform. grub-install: error: failed to get canonical path of `/cow'. — Shane Wilson, Aug 13 '15 at 00:46
i continue to get errors all over the board cause nothing in the answer is in order if u dont mine could u put them in order for me please it would be a great help — Shane Wilson, Aug 13 '15 at 00:54
Shane, could you [edit] your question and copy-paste all the relevant data from the comments into your question? :-) — Fabby, Aug 13 '15 at 03:25

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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It might be a (U)EFI problem. Do you know if your computer boots in UEFI (needs an EFI partition) or CSM (needs an MBR)? If the former, you could have a look at my question here (How to install Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit with a dual-boot RAID 1 partition on an UEFI/GPT system?) and ignore the RAID parts. Good luck!

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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answered Aug 13 '15 at 20:15

Niclas Börlin

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