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I've installed Ubuntu 18.10 on a brand new PC. First off, I wiped Windows that was pre-installed on the SSD + SATA disk. I installed Ubuntu no issue whatsoever (not the first time I do so, anyway). Now comes the time to remove the USB (install) media and reboot. So far so good.



It reboots, and I get dropped to the GRUB command prompt.



I googled around and found that I could fix whatever boot issue I had by using a nifty tool called "boot-repair", from the LiveCD.



I did so, but I could not effect the repairs as boot-repair insisted that I close all package managers such as synaptic and so. Thing is, none were running, so well, I could not complete the repair.



Boot-repair has a nice feature that allows it to collect info and publish it. If you need, you can consult it: http://paste.ubuntu.com/p/MYhdHt8kb5/



Now, I know there's nothing wrong about EFI, secureboot (disabled), CSM (Asus' "legacy mode") as I managed to install Fedora 29 with the same exact bios settings, on the same disk (actually the same, re-formatted partitions).



Before switching with a heavy heart to F29, I tried Ubuntu Server 18.04.1, Ubuntu 18.10, Kubuntu 18.10. Same result the 3 times.



I'm not that familiar on how to fix Grub in any way, I hope that my link above gives anyone enough to help me.










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  • I have a hunch that the partitions from Fedora are causing a problem. Have you tried deleting them?

    – wjandrea
    Feb 5 at 1:02








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    F29 came after Ubuntu.. I tried installing Ubuntu, got stuck at Grub, then installed F29. I wasn't clear, sorry (Engl. is not my main language, apologies). Moreover... As I really hate Fedora, nowadays, so I took a chance and installed Debian 9 in the off-chance that it'll work.. so it did, re-using the partition scheme I had with F29 (I did not wipe anything). So it's most likely is a Ubuntu issue.

    – J.F.Gratton
    Feb 5 at 1:50











  • To recap: - Wiped Win10 pre-installed on pc - Tried to install ubuntu 18.10, ubuntu server 18.04.01, kubuntu 18.10. All installed succesfully but stuck at Grub - wiped disks, installed F29 : success - formated filesystems but kept the sizing and layout, installed Debian 9: works (writing this post from D9)

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    Feb 5 at 1:50
















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I've installed Ubuntu 18.10 on a brand new PC. First off, I wiped Windows that was pre-installed on the SSD + SATA disk. I installed Ubuntu no issue whatsoever (not the first time I do so, anyway). Now comes the time to remove the USB (install) media and reboot. So far so good.



It reboots, and I get dropped to the GRUB command prompt.



I googled around and found that I could fix whatever boot issue I had by using a nifty tool called "boot-repair", from the LiveCD.



I did so, but I could not effect the repairs as boot-repair insisted that I close all package managers such as synaptic and so. Thing is, none were running, so well, I could not complete the repair.



Boot-repair has a nice feature that allows it to collect info and publish it. If you need, you can consult it: http://paste.ubuntu.com/p/MYhdHt8kb5/



Now, I know there's nothing wrong about EFI, secureboot (disabled), CSM (Asus' "legacy mode") as I managed to install Fedora 29 with the same exact bios settings, on the same disk (actually the same, re-formatted partitions).



Before switching with a heavy heart to F29, I tried Ubuntu Server 18.04.1, Ubuntu 18.10, Kubuntu 18.10. Same result the 3 times.



I'm not that familiar on how to fix Grub in any way, I hope that my link above gives anyone enough to help me.










share|improve this question

























  • I have a hunch that the partitions from Fedora are causing a problem. Have you tried deleting them?

    – wjandrea
    Feb 5 at 1:02








  • 1





    F29 came after Ubuntu.. I tried installing Ubuntu, got stuck at Grub, then installed F29. I wasn't clear, sorry (Engl. is not my main language, apologies). Moreover... As I really hate Fedora, nowadays, so I took a chance and installed Debian 9 in the off-chance that it'll work.. so it did, re-using the partition scheme I had with F29 (I did not wipe anything). So it's most likely is a Ubuntu issue.

    – J.F.Gratton
    Feb 5 at 1:50











  • To recap: - Wiped Win10 pre-installed on pc - Tried to install ubuntu 18.10, ubuntu server 18.04.01, kubuntu 18.10. All installed succesfully but stuck at Grub - wiped disks, installed F29 : success - formated filesystems but kept the sizing and layout, installed Debian 9: works (writing this post from D9)

    – J.F.Gratton
    Feb 5 at 1:50














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I've installed Ubuntu 18.10 on a brand new PC. First off, I wiped Windows that was pre-installed on the SSD + SATA disk. I installed Ubuntu no issue whatsoever (not the first time I do so, anyway). Now comes the time to remove the USB (install) media and reboot. So far so good.



It reboots, and I get dropped to the GRUB command prompt.



I googled around and found that I could fix whatever boot issue I had by using a nifty tool called "boot-repair", from the LiveCD.



I did so, but I could not effect the repairs as boot-repair insisted that I close all package managers such as synaptic and so. Thing is, none were running, so well, I could not complete the repair.



Boot-repair has a nice feature that allows it to collect info and publish it. If you need, you can consult it: http://paste.ubuntu.com/p/MYhdHt8kb5/



Now, I know there's nothing wrong about EFI, secureboot (disabled), CSM (Asus' "legacy mode") as I managed to install Fedora 29 with the same exact bios settings, on the same disk (actually the same, re-formatted partitions).



Before switching with a heavy heart to F29, I tried Ubuntu Server 18.04.1, Ubuntu 18.10, Kubuntu 18.10. Same result the 3 times.



I'm not that familiar on how to fix Grub in any way, I hope that my link above gives anyone enough to help me.










share|improve this question
















I've installed Ubuntu 18.10 on a brand new PC. First off, I wiped Windows that was pre-installed on the SSD + SATA disk. I installed Ubuntu no issue whatsoever (not the first time I do so, anyway). Now comes the time to remove the USB (install) media and reboot. So far so good.



It reboots, and I get dropped to the GRUB command prompt.



I googled around and found that I could fix whatever boot issue I had by using a nifty tool called "boot-repair", from the LiveCD.



I did so, but I could not effect the repairs as boot-repair insisted that I close all package managers such as synaptic and so. Thing is, none were running, so well, I could not complete the repair.



Boot-repair has a nice feature that allows it to collect info and publish it. If you need, you can consult it: http://paste.ubuntu.com/p/MYhdHt8kb5/



Now, I know there's nothing wrong about EFI, secureboot (disabled), CSM (Asus' "legacy mode") as I managed to install Fedora 29 with the same exact bios settings, on the same disk (actually the same, re-formatted partitions).



Before switching with a heavy heart to F29, I tried Ubuntu Server 18.04.1, Ubuntu 18.10, Kubuntu 18.10. Same result the 3 times.



I'm not that familiar on how to fix Grub in any way, I hope that my link above gives anyone enough to help me.







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  • I have a hunch that the partitions from Fedora are causing a problem. Have you tried deleting them?

    – wjandrea
    Feb 5 at 1:02








  • 1





    F29 came after Ubuntu.. I tried installing Ubuntu, got stuck at Grub, then installed F29. I wasn't clear, sorry (Engl. is not my main language, apologies). Moreover... As I really hate Fedora, nowadays, so I took a chance and installed Debian 9 in the off-chance that it'll work.. so it did, re-using the partition scheme I had with F29 (I did not wipe anything). So it's most likely is a Ubuntu issue.

    – J.F.Gratton
    Feb 5 at 1:50











  • To recap: - Wiped Win10 pre-installed on pc - Tried to install ubuntu 18.10, ubuntu server 18.04.01, kubuntu 18.10. All installed succesfully but stuck at Grub - wiped disks, installed F29 : success - formated filesystems but kept the sizing and layout, installed Debian 9: works (writing this post from D9)

    – J.F.Gratton
    Feb 5 at 1:50



















  • I have a hunch that the partitions from Fedora are causing a problem. Have you tried deleting them?

    – wjandrea
    Feb 5 at 1:02








  • 1





    F29 came after Ubuntu.. I tried installing Ubuntu, got stuck at Grub, then installed F29. I wasn't clear, sorry (Engl. is not my main language, apologies). Moreover... As I really hate Fedora, nowadays, so I took a chance and installed Debian 9 in the off-chance that it'll work.. so it did, re-using the partition scheme I had with F29 (I did not wipe anything). So it's most likely is a Ubuntu issue.

    – J.F.Gratton
    Feb 5 at 1:50











  • To recap: - Wiped Win10 pre-installed on pc - Tried to install ubuntu 18.10, ubuntu server 18.04.01, kubuntu 18.10. All installed succesfully but stuck at Grub - wiped disks, installed F29 : success - formated filesystems but kept the sizing and layout, installed Debian 9: works (writing this post from D9)

    – J.F.Gratton
    Feb 5 at 1:50

















I have a hunch that the partitions from Fedora are causing a problem. Have you tried deleting them?

– wjandrea
Feb 5 at 1:02







I have a hunch that the partitions from Fedora are causing a problem. Have you tried deleting them?

– wjandrea
Feb 5 at 1:02






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F29 came after Ubuntu.. I tried installing Ubuntu, got stuck at Grub, then installed F29. I wasn't clear, sorry (Engl. is not my main language, apologies). Moreover... As I really hate Fedora, nowadays, so I took a chance and installed Debian 9 in the off-chance that it'll work.. so it did, re-using the partition scheme I had with F29 (I did not wipe anything). So it's most likely is a Ubuntu issue.

– J.F.Gratton
Feb 5 at 1:50





F29 came after Ubuntu.. I tried installing Ubuntu, got stuck at Grub, then installed F29. I wasn't clear, sorry (Engl. is not my main language, apologies). Moreover... As I really hate Fedora, nowadays, so I took a chance and installed Debian 9 in the off-chance that it'll work.. so it did, re-using the partition scheme I had with F29 (I did not wipe anything). So it's most likely is a Ubuntu issue.

– J.F.Gratton
Feb 5 at 1:50













To recap: - Wiped Win10 pre-installed on pc - Tried to install ubuntu 18.10, ubuntu server 18.04.01, kubuntu 18.10. All installed succesfully but stuck at Grub - wiped disks, installed F29 : success - formated filesystems but kept the sizing and layout, installed Debian 9: works (writing this post from D9)

– J.F.Gratton
Feb 5 at 1:50





To recap: - Wiped Win10 pre-installed on pc - Tried to install ubuntu 18.10, ubuntu server 18.04.01, kubuntu 18.10. All installed succesfully but stuck at Grub - wiped disks, installed F29 : success - formated filesystems but kept the sizing and layout, installed Debian 9: works (writing this post from D9)

– J.F.Gratton
Feb 5 at 1:50










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Solved: instead of burning the kubuntu 18.10 ISO to an USB key (dd if=$SOURCE of=/dev/sdh bs=4M), I burned on a DVD. Slapped the DVD in the PC, and voilà.



Weird, tho.... dd is such a reliable tool.






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    Solved: instead of burning the kubuntu 18.10 ISO to an USB key (dd if=$SOURCE of=/dev/sdh bs=4M), I burned on a DVD. Slapped the DVD in the PC, and voilà.



    Weird, tho.... dd is such a reliable tool.






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      Solved: instead of burning the kubuntu 18.10 ISO to an USB key (dd if=$SOURCE of=/dev/sdh bs=4M), I burned on a DVD. Slapped the DVD in the PC, and voilà.



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        Solved: instead of burning the kubuntu 18.10 ISO to an USB key (dd if=$SOURCE of=/dev/sdh bs=4M), I burned on a DVD. Slapped the DVD in the PC, and voilà.



        Weird, tho.... dd is such a reliable tool.






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        Solved: instead of burning the kubuntu 18.10 ISO to an USB key (dd if=$SOURCE of=/dev/sdh bs=4M), I burned on a DVD. Slapped the DVD in the PC, and voilà.



        Weird, tho.... dd is such a reliable tool.







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