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Win7 + Lubuntu 16.04 (via USB Memory stick) did not finish installing and when rebooted: boots only into Ubuntu. As expected, Lubuntu was installed in the second HDD partition: Windows partition shrunk to 40GB and was unformatted for Lubuntu.

This is the screenshot of where installation froze: enter image description here

Is it possible to command the USB install to continue setting up and finish the dual boot mecahnism?

gatorback
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  • The screenshot says it's stuck at initramfs, not at installing Grub. I don't understand why bring LILO into play which is not the default bootloader for these installation media AFAIK. The procedure to install Grub after the installation has been described in http://askubuntu.com/q/88384/40581, you should also run update-initramfs -u in addition to update-grub, because my guess is that it got stuck at creating the initrd. This is all guesswork though, you should provide installation logs if you expect accurate answers. – LiveWireBT Nov 12 '16 at 02:55

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First you must update the initramfs. Then you need to reinstall grub and update it. Here are the steps.

  1. Once you have logged in Lubuntu, open a terminal using Ctrl + Alt + T.
  2. First log into root shell using sudo -s.
  3. Run update-initramfs -u and hit Enter
  4. After the execution of the command has completed run grub-install /dev/sdX where sdX is your HDD. If the OS is installed on internal HDD, then replace sdX by sda. The command would then look like grub-install /dev/sda.
  5. After the grub has installed, run update-grub.
  6. After the command has finished executing log out of the root shell by pressing Ctrl + D.
  7. Now close the terminal and reboot the system.

You will now have the option to boot into either OSes.

Severus Tux
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  • @cedael: Thank you for the well written suggestion: the instructions were followed and attempts to reboot do not present the menu \ options for OS. Please revise answer with any additional steps – gatorback Nov 12 '16 at 14:20