Fresh install won't start Ubuntu

[javierdl]

Hi all,

All I get is the text line below. And it won't continue.


/dev/sdb3: clean, 223914/19558489 files, 3564666/46000000 blocks (with a black background)

I will use the Ubuntu Live USB drive to run some commands to gather more info on the partitions for you to see what's going on.
I will use these commands:

df –h
sudo lsblk -fm
sudo parted -l

Hopefully the text line above already tells you enough to know what should be my next step.

[yancek]

It's just telling you that a filesystem check was run and found no problems so posting the output of the above commands and some info on your hardware would help. Did it ever boot successfully?

[javierdl]

Hi yancek,

Thanks for joining the thread :)

Nothing has changed so far.

Here's some drives/partitions info:

I chose sdb3 to install Ubuntu. I had formatted it as Ext4 prior to install.




df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev 7.8G 0 7.8G 0% /dev
tmpfs 1.6G 9.7M 1.6G 1% /run
/dev/sdd 30G 2.5G 28G 9% /cdrom
/dev/loop0 1.4G 1.4G 0 100% /rofs
aufs 7.9G 3.7M 7.9G 1% /
tmpfs 7.9G 152K 7.9G 1% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5.0M 4.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock
tmpfs 7.9G 0 7.9G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs 7.9G 4.0K 7.9G 1% /tmp
tmpfs 1.6G 64K 1.6G 1% /run/user/999
/dev/sdc1 1.9T 679G 1.2T 37% /media/ubuntu/TOSHIBA
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsblk -fm
NAME FSTYPE LABEL UUID MOUNTPOINT NAME SIZE OWNER GROUP MODE
sdd vfat lexar32 59AE-C2F5 /cdrom sdd 29.8G root disk brw-rw----
sdb sdb 931.5G root disk brw-rw----
├─sdb4 ext4 Files 20314bbe-a51e-4e2e-b6b1-0dabcfa32524 ├─sdb4 350.7G root disk brw-rw----
├─sdb2 ext4 3ff8f52b-26d0-415f-b890-9ed186c00c5b ├─sdb2 279.4G root disk brw-rw----
├─sdb5 swap e863d0f6-0ab2-4f1f-9fa3-55a652b02283 [SWAP] ├─sdb5 8G root disk brw-rw----
├─sdb3 ext4 567a1751-4c64-4a01-a5fe-e4e5e56a78d3 ├─sdb3 293G root disk brw-rw----
└─sdb1 vfat D45B-1044 └─sdb1 512M root disk brw-rw----
loop0 squashf /rofs loop0 1.4G root disk brw-rw----
sdc sdc 1.8T root disk brw-rw----
└─sdc1 ntfs TOSHIBA A46CE4BB6CE488FE /media/ubu └─sdc1 1.8T root disk brw-rw----
sda sda 111.8G root disk brw-rw----
├─sda4 ntfs D61C80691C804709 ├─sda4 111.2G root disk brw-rw----
├─sda2 vfat 147B-374C ├─sda2 100M root disk brw-rw----
├─sda3 ├─sda3 16M root disk brw-rw----
└─sda1 ntfs Recovery
5E447AFB447AD56D └─sda1 450M root disk brw-rw----
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo parted -l
Model: ATA Patriot Torch LE (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 120GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:


Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 473MB 472MB ntfs Basic data partition hidden, diag
2 473MB 578MB 105MB fat32 EFI system partition boot, esp
3 578MB 595MB 16.8MB Microsoft reserved partition msftres
4 595MB 120GB 119GB ntfs Basic data partition msftdata




Model: ATA WDC WD10EZEX-21M (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 1000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:


Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 538MB 537MB fat32 EF boot, esp
2 538MB 301GB 300GB ext4 Steam
3 301GB 615GB 315GB ext4 msftdata
4 615GB 992GB 377GB ext4
5 992GB 1000GB 8523MB linux-swap(v1) diag




Model: TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdc: 2000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:


Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 106MB 2000GB 2000GB primary ntfs




Model: Lexar USB Flash Drive (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdd: 32.0GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: loop
Disk Flags:


Number Start End Size File system Flags
1 0.00B 32.0GB 32.0GB fat32




ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/ram0: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes




Disk /dev/ram1: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes




Disk /dev/ram2: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes




Disk /dev/ram3: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes




Disk /dev/ram4: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes




Disk /dev/ram5: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes




Disk /dev/ram6: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes




Disk /dev/ram7: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes




Disk /dev/ram8: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes




Disk /dev/ram9: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes




Disk /dev/ram10: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes




Disk /dev/ram11: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes




Disk /dev/ram12: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes




Disk /dev/ram13: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes




Disk /dev/ram14: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes




Disk /dev/ram15: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes




Disk /dev/loop0: 1.4 GiB, 1497772032 bytes, 2925336 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes




Disk /dev/sda: 111.8 GiB, 120034123776 bytes, 234441648 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 3B8A37AC-349D-43AC-A50E-221B3D9B64E2


Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sda1 2048 923647 921600 450M Windows recovery environment
/dev/sda2 923648 1128447 204800 100M EFI System
/dev/sda3 1128448 1161215 32768 16M Microsoft reserved
/dev/sda4 1161216 234440703 233279488 111.2G Microsoft basic data




Disk /dev/sdb: 931.5 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identif

[yancek]

You have windows on the 120GB drive with an EFI partition. You have Ubuntu on the 1TB drive which also has an EFI partition. Are you able to boot Ubuntu when you select the 1TB drive on boot or by setting it to first boot priority? Ubuntu usually installs it's EFI files to the first drive so I would start by mounting sda2 to check for an ubuntu directory and then repeat for sdb1. If you can boot Ubuntu, open a terminal and run the command: sudo efibootmgr That should output some info on boot options and priority.

[javierdl]

Are you able to boot Ubuntu when you select the 1TB drive on boot or by setting it to first boot priority?
I am using Tux4Ubuntu (https://tux4ubuntu.blogspot.ca/2016/12/tuxedo-up-for-new-year.html) Boot Loader. Is based on rEFInd. I have it selected as my 1st booting option in the BIOS. I hope this addresses your question.


Ubuntu usually installs it's EFI files to the first drive
Well, I am pretty sure the installer actually asked me where exactly to install the booting files (as opposed to choosing the best place on its own). Unfortunately I don't recall what I chose :(


I would start by mounting sda2 to check for an ubuntu directory and then repeat for sdb1.
Just as long as it's an Ubuntu directory is enough? Or does it have to have certain subdirectories/files?


If you can boot Ubuntu, open a terminal and run the command: sudo efibootmgr That should output some info on boot options and priority.
Would this work from a Live USB? That's the only way I can run Ubuntu so far.

Thanks

[yancek]

I don't know what Tux4Ubuntu is and have never used rEFind so can't help with that. If you selected to install the efi files for Ubuntu to the 1TB drive, I expect you would need to select that drive under the boot options from the BIOS on boot to boot Ubuntu. Since the various manufacturers have very different ways to access and change the BIOS settings it is not possible to tell you speifically how to do it.

On my system, when I mount the efi partition which is sda1, there is an EFI directory with several sub-directories including one name ubuntu. In the ubuntu directory I have the following and I expect you would or should see them.


bootx64.efi* fbx64.efi* fw/ fwupx64.efi* grub.cfg* grubx64.efi* mmx64.efi* shimx64.efi*


Boot the Ubuntu from the flash drive and create a mount point for sdb1, the Ubuntu drive EFI partition: sudo mkdir /mnt/sdb1
Then mount it: sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/sdb1 and check for the files. If they arent' there, repeat the process substituting sda2 in the commands above for sdb1 and check for an ubuntu directory.

You need to boot the flash drive UEFI in order to run the efibootmgr command. You should see a black screen with white text which tells you it is booting UEFI. On boot, you should have a specific key for your system for boot options. When I have a bootable flash drive attached and hit the F9 key on my system for boot options, there are 2 options for the flash by name (Sandisk, Lexar, Toshiba??) and you need to select the one which has UEFI in the option

[javierdl]

Ok, so I did as you advised:



sudo mkdir /mnt/sdb1
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/sdb1


I guess the directory you're looking for is in sdb1:



/mnt/sdb1$ find /mnt/sdb1 -type d -print
/mnt/sdb1
/mnt/sdb1/EFI
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/ubuntu
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/ubuntu/fw
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bg-BG
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/cs-CZ
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/da-DK
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/de-DE
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/el-GR
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/en-GB
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/en-US
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/es-ES
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/es-MX
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/et-EE
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/fi-FI
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/fr-CA
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/fr-FR
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/hr-HR
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/hu-HU
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/it-IT
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/ja-JP
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/ko-KR
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/lt-LT
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/lv-LV
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/nb-NO
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/nl-NL
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/pl-PL
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/pt-BR
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/pt-PT
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/qps-ploc
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/ro-RO
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/ru-RU
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/sk-SK
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/sl-SI
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/sr-Latn-CS
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/sr-Latn-RS
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/sv-SE
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/tr-TR
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/uk-UA
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/zh-CN
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/zh-HK
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/zh-TW
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/Fonts
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/Resources
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/Resources/en-US
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Microsoft/Recovery
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/Boot
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/refind
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/refind/drivers_x64
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/refind/icons
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/refind/keys
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/refind/themes
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/refind/themes/tux-refind-theme
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/refind/themes/tux-refind-theme/icons
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/refind/icons-backup
/mnt/sdb1/EFI/tools
/mnt/sdb1/boot-sav
/mnt/sdb1/boot-sav/log
/mnt/sdb1/boot-sav/log/2017-01-27__21h23boot-repair12
/mnt/sdb1/boot-sav/log/2017-01-27__21h23boot-repair12/sda
/mnt/sdb1/boot-sav/log/2017-01-27__21h23boot-repair12/sda1
/mnt/sdb1/boot-sav/log/2017-01-27__21h23boot-repair12/sda2
/mnt/sdb1/boot-sav/log/2017-01-27__21h23boot-repair12/sda3
/mnt/sdb1/boot-sav/log/2017-01-27__21h23boot-repair12/sda5
/mnt/sdb1/boot-sav/log/2017-01-27__21h23boot-repair12/sdb
/mnt/sdb1/boot-sav/log/2017-01-27__21h23boot-repair12/sdb1
/mnt/sdb1/boot-sav/log/2017-01-27__21h23boot-repair12/sdb2
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/mnt/sdb1/boot-sav/log/2017-05-26__19h16boot-repair22/sda4
/mnt/sdb1/boot-sav/log/2017-05-26__19h16boot-repair22/sda5
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/mnt/sdb1/boot-sav/log/2017-05-29__13h59boot-info36/sdb
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/mnt/sdb1/boot-sav/log/2017-05-31__21h06boot-repair34/sda2
/mnt/sdb1/boot-sav/log/2017-05-31__21h06boot-repair34/sda3
/mnt/sdb1/boot-sav/log/2017-05-31__21h06boot-repair34/sda4
/mnt/sdb1/boot-sav/log/2017-05-31__21h06boot-repair34/sda5
/mnt/sdb1/boot-sav/log/2017-05-31__21h06boot-repair34/sdb
/mnt/sdb1/boot-sav/log/2017-05-31__21h06boot-repair34/sdb1
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/mnt/sdb1/boot-sav/log/2017-05-31__21h06boot-repair34/sdb4
/mnt/sdb1/boot-sav/log/2017-05-31__21h06boot-repair34/sdb5
/mnt/sdb1/boot-sav/log/2017-05-31__21h06boot-repair34/sdb6
/mnt/sdb1/boot-sav/mbr_backups
/mnt/sdb1/System Volume Information



Now what? (as in: What's next?)
Is this something Boot Repair Disk could repair?
I suppose at the moment the boot files are not pointing to the right location to find the Ubuntu system dir, right?
If then we need to do that somehow.

[javierdl]

According to Boot Rep D, it successfully repaired it.
However, after choosing Ubuntu on the top of the Grub2 list, it shows the word Ubuntu with a dots animation moving from left to right, suggesting that is loading it, but it takes forever. Prior to that it said it encounter a problem with the video card and asked me to choose what to do. I chose to load the default video settings. And that's when the dots animation started.

[oldfred]

I regularlyinstall another copy of Ubuntu into sdb drive. And it invariably overwrites my /EFI/ubuntu folder on sdb. I always select grub to install to sdb, it even says installing to sdb during install, but always overwrites sda. I keep trying every new version to see if fixed, but not thru current 17.10.

What video card? You may need nomodeset?
At grub menu you can use e for edit, scroll to linux line and replace quiet splash with nomodeset.
How to set NOMODESET and other kernel boot options in grub2 - both BIOS liveCD & grub first boot ( also UEFI with grub)
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1613132
How to add boot parameters, grub menu after install (also grub when UEFI)
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBootParameters

If you did not have Internet connecting when installing, no updates or extra options would be installed. You will have to do those once you get it working.

[javierdl]

Thank you so much oldfred, I'll look into that :)

[javierdl]

yancek,

I finally got what you asked done:



ubuntu@ubuntu:/mnt/sdb1/EFI$ efibootmgr
BootCurrent: 0000
Timeout: 1 seconds
BootOrder: 0000,0002,0001,0003
Boot0000* ubuntu
Boot0001* refind
Boot0002* rEFInd Boot Manager
Boot0003* UEFI: Lexar USB Flash Drive 8.07



The above makes sense, because it has no problem loading the rEFInd boot loader. Which is good.
However, once it loads, I choose Ubuntu and it still only goes as far as a black screen with this line of text:



/dev/sdb3: clean, 223914/19558489 files, 3564666/46000000 blocks

[oldfred]

Black screen is then most often video issue.
What video card/chip do you have?

At grub menu you can use e for edit, scroll to linux line and replace quiet splash with nomodeset.
How to set NOMODESET and other kernel boot options in grub2 - both BIOS liveCD & grub first boot ( also UEFI with grub)
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1613132
How to add boot parameters, grub menu after install (also grub when UEFI)
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBootParameters

(https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBootParameters)
http://askubuntu.com/questions/162075/my-computer-boots-to-a-black-screen-what-options-do-i-have-to-fix-it


(https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBootParameters)

[javierdl]

What's new is that I succeeded to get bcdedit in windows to change its bootmgr path to "\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi".

Now when I try to boot into Ubuntu from the rEFInd boot loader instead of showing that line of text showing "/dev/sdb3: clean, 223914/19558489 files, 3564666/46000000 blocks", now it can further. Except not far enough to load Ubuntu.
It's more obvious that the problem is with the video card drivers.
So I did as oldfred advised: At the Grub2 page I replaced "quiet splash" for "nomodeset". See the attached screen photo I included herein.
I also tried "nouveau.modeset=0", resulting in similar outputting.

What should I try next?

[oldfred]

Does the recovery mode get you to a terminal? Second or third grub menu entry perhaps under advanced options.
That automatically has nomodeset and does not load the gui.

[javierdl]

I tried it but I did not end up with a Terminal choice :(
What if I just reinstall, but providing you with a clear partitions layout to be sure we're doing things right. Because obviously I underestimated that before.

[oldfred]

Can you just connect the one drive you want Ubuntu on, so seen as sda?
And then in UEFI mode, you must have gpt partitioning and one of the first partitions as the ESP - efi system partition.
See link below in my signature for general UEFI install instructions and links to any more details you think you might need.

[javierdl]

Ok, I'll unplug the SSD (sda/Win10). And do as you say with the HD.
Thanks oldfred. At least this way, I shall have a better start, and minimize surprises along the way.

[javierdl]

Btw, do you know if it'll be enough unplugging disk 1, or should I also plug disk 2 to the same cable where disk 1 was?
I'm going to have to wait until Monday to continue with this :(

[oldfred]

I have found it important to have hard drives plugged into SATA ports in order. And no gaps.
Not sure if as critical on initial install.

But when I skipped a SATA port, and rebooted, my flash drive filled into the missing port. Or my sdf flash drive on reboot became sdb and every other drive changed up one. System still booted as UUID used, but some commands that use device like /dev/sdc, I had to be careful which drive was which.

Same happened with newer system where I had DVD between SSD & HDD in SATA port order. HDD was sdb, but some grub commands I use HDD was hd2, not hd1 as expected, SSD was hd0 in all cases as in SATA0 port.

So make sure Ubuntu drive is in lowest SATA port, and when replugging in Windows drive make sure it is in same port it currently is in, probably SATA0. but if flash drive becomes sda, then have Ubuntu in SATA0 for install, and then Windows in SATA0, & Ubuntu in SATA1 once set up.

[javierdl]

I just did a backup of my SSD with Win10.
And I'm ready to unplug the SSD and plug the HD in the same sata cable for it to be the only drive plugged while I reinstall Ubuntu. But I wanted to share my partitions layout with you before I do that, in case you think is better I change something. I am aware that the installer will erase things and may change the layout too, that's ok with me. I already backed up whatever needed backing up.



Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:

Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 538MB 537MB fat32 EF boot, esp
2 538MB 301GB 300GB ext4 Steam
3 301GB 615GB 315GB ntfs msftdata
4 615GB 992GB 377GB ext4
5 992GB 1000GB 8523MB linux-swap(v1) diag



Not sure this could help, but here it is:


sudo lsblk -fm
NAME FSTYPE LABEL UUID MOUNTPOINT NAME SIZE OWNER GROUP MODE
sdd vfat lexar32 59AE-C2F5 /cdrom sdd 29.8G root disk brw-rw----
sdb sdb 931.5G root disk brw-rw----
├─sdb4 ext4 Files 20314bbe-a51e-4e2e-b6b1-0dabcfa32524 ├─sdb4 350.7G root disk brw-rw----
├─sdb2 ext4 3ff8f52b-26d0-415f-b890-9ed186c00c5b ├─sdb2 279.4G root disk brw-rw----
├─sdb5 swap e863d0f6-0ab2-4f1f-9fa3-55a652b02283 [SWAP] ├─sdb5 8G root disk brw-rw----
├─sdb3 ntfs Shared 6E121CD8385C391F ├─sdb3 293G root disk brw-rw----
└─sdb1 vfat D45B-1044 └─sdb1 512M root disk brw-rw----
loop0 squashf /rofs loop0 1.4G root disk brw-rw----

[oldfred]

You have a large / (root), and then a large data (Steam) partition.
I typically use a smaller root, but if just using the data partition for Steam games you may need more space.

Only if you choose auto install, would system repartition. You need to only use Something Else install option and choose (change button) the same / partition for new / partition.

Be sure to boot in UEFI mode.
Shows install with screen shots. Both BIOS purple accessibility screen & UEFI black grub menu screen
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI
(https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI)
If dual booting with Windows a shared NTFS data partition is also recommended.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DiskSpace


(https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI)

[javierdl]

Which one is root? Is it sdb1?
And what size do you normally set it to?

[oldfred]

If you labeled Steam partition sdb2 which is ext4 correctly then that is just another data partition.
And then only other ext4 partition is sdb4.

I normally use 25 to 30GB for /. But I have all data in /mnt/data that is normally in /home so my /home is tiny, just user settings. I even move some hidden folders that can get larger like Firefox & Thunderbird profiles.

Showing only partitions, not tempfs & other system mounts. But I do not run games or any really large applications.


fred@Asusz97:~$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda6 24G 8.5G 15G 38% /
/dev/sda1 500M 27M 473M 6% /boot/efi
/dev/sdb4 385G 116G 250G 32% /mnt/data

[javierdl]

Alright, so Ubuntu was installed successfully! :)
I am typing this with it.
Good thing is the rEFInd booting files remained there in the same boot partition.
I will replug the Win10 SSD drive and cross my fingers that things are working. Otherwise I hope the needed fixing won't be too complicated.
Wish me luck!

[javierdl]

YEEESSSSS!!!!!
You're a LINUX GENIUS oldfred !!! :)
I loaded both OSs without a glitch!

Thanks a million, once more!

I'll go now do the Clonezilla backup for the HD drive with Ubuntu

[oldfred]

Not me, you did it. :)

[javierdl]

Linux Genius, and super humble and modest. They just don't come better than this! ;)