
When I boot from the drive I get a blank screen with a flashing cursor.
#Install grub on usb error install
This gave no errors and seemed to successfully install GRUB to my USB drive. I finally tried the following sudo mount -t ext3 /dev/sdf1 /mnt/USB I don't know why, it simply said, "Boot-Repair ran with errors." Nothing more descriptive than that. I'm installing from archlinux-2019.01.01-x8664.iso on an UEFI system and following the Installation guide down to the 'Partition the disks' section and expected to pick up these instructions again at the start of the 'Installation' section after following dm-crypt/Encrypting an entire system section Encrypted boot partition (GRUB) to set up. I did this and Boot-Repair ran, but gave an error. If it previously had an install the hard drive I.
#Install grub on usb error how to
Boot-Repair wouldn't do this on my normal install (I don't know why) and told me I needed to boot into a LiveCD environment. This article contains information that shows you how to fix Cant boot from USB - Grub Error both (. I then ran Boot-Repair and used the advanced options to select "Reinstall GRUB" on "/dev/sdf". I can't remember the exact error at the moment, but I can try to run it again later and edit the question. After getting the 'GRUB failed to install to Sda.' error, I pulled the USB stick, and clicked. I tried this with the OMV installation using Win32diskimager. At this point, the installer is done with the installation media anyway.

Grub-install -force -no-floppy -root-directory=/mnt/USB /dev/sdf An easy trick for regular Debian installs is to simply pull the installation media out before the GRUB installation. I attempted to reinstall, but this seemed to have no effect as I was left with a non-bootable drive.Īfter the normal install failed I tried mount /dev/sdf1 /mnt/USB It then prompted me to try to reinstall GRUB or continue without a bootloader. At the end of the process I got an errorĮxecuting 'grub-install /dev/sdf' failed.

The rest of the install seems to go fine. I'm trying to install Lubuntu to a USB drive, but I'm having a difficult time installing GRUB to the drive.
