View Full Version : [ubuntu] GRUB won't install on Lenovo Y580
SportsGuy2
August 28th, 2012, 12:35 AM
I recently purchased a Lenovo Y580 laptop. It has a 32GB SSD mSATA drive and a 1TB HDD. I tried to use the SSD for only Windows, but that wasn't working out (it was too small). I had to revert to Lenovo's "RapidDrive" where it uses both the SSD and HDD as the C:/ drive.
I shrunk this volume for my Ubuntu installation and everything went smoothly except it wouldn't allow GRUB to install. It alerted me it wouldn't work on the partiton I chose and none of the other partitions would allow it to be installed on it, either.
Any help is much appreciated! :D
oldfred
August 28th, 2012, 02:07 AM
Is this like Intel's Smart Response but on Lenovo?
Intel Smart Response Technology & Dell XPS
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2036204
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2020155
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2038121
That is seen as RAID and causes issues. But if you do not care about the use with Windows you can remove the RAID and use as a boot drive for Ubuntu.
You may have to remove Raid parameters on any drive that was RAID.
SportsGuy2
August 28th, 2012, 02:35 AM
When I put in "dmraid -ay", it says I have no raid disks.
I need to keep the Windows installation, but I have all of the repair disks I need.
oldfred
August 28th, 2012, 04:06 AM
This may let the Desktop or liveCD see the RAID partitions so you can install grub correctly.
# Is able to search Linux Software Raid partitions (MD Raids) if
# the "mdadm" package is installed.
sudo apt-get install lvm2
sudo apt-get install mdadm
or Boot-Repair which automatically downloads mdadm
Boot Repair -Also handles LVM, GPT, separate /boot and UEFI dual boot.:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
You can repair many boot issues with this or 'Create BootInfo' report (Other Options) & post the link it creates, so we can see your exact configuration an diagnose advanced problems.
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