"Unable to install grub2" while installing Lubuntu

Asked Oct 05 '17 at 12:17

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I recently got a Lenovo Ideapad and I want to dual boot it with Lubuntu for studying purpose,and probably for daily uses. Its built-in OS is Windows 10 and it has a 1TB hard drive.

I've made a separate 50GB partition just for Lubuntu and a live USB to install it.

It seems fine until I got an error message said that the installer cannot install grub2 on the selected hard drive

I know some people asked the exact same question before but I am not sure if that is applicable for my case

edited Oct 05 '17 at 14:20

asked Oct 05 '17 at 12:17

sosad9556

And who are these people? – George Udosen Oct 05 '17 at 13:35
If you are running Lubuntu just for study purposes, you may be better served using a virtual machine: Some of the Windows updates have been causing problems for Linux disk partitions in dual boot systems. – Charles Green Oct 05 '17 at 14:03
@Charles Green I forget to mention that I would also use it as my daily driver – sosad9556 Oct 05 '17 at 14:32
@sosad9556 Good luck with the interoperability issues! The problem with Windows updates is outlined here, and the advantage to using a VM is that you can have both OSs running at the same time. – Charles Green Oct 05 '17 at 14:51
You probably also want to read through https://askubuntu.com/questions/221835/installing-ubuntu-alongside-a-pre-installed-windows-with-uefi – Charles Green Oct 05 '17 at 14:53
Check your booting mode preferences. Your Lenovo might be preferring legacy over UEFI, and the install media has both, so a legacy install fails because there is no place to put grub (no bios_grub flagged partition) on a GPT disk. – ubfan1 Oct 05 '17 at 15:34

"Unable to install grub2" while installing Lubuntu

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