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just getting started using Linux here, so sorry if this is a basic question. I have tried a lot of the fixes in similar posts here and on other forums but to no avail. Most refer to dual-boot systems, which mine is not.

I am trying to install Linux on a standalone hard drive in my desktop system. AMD64, Asus B450 mobo, Ryzen 3600, RTX 2070, and a kind of old Hyper X SSD. I was getting some APCI errors, but turned APCI off and that fixed that which allows me to run Ubuntu on my flash drive without issue. It is the only drive on my system and it is completely clean, erased in Gparted before install.

However, whenever I try to install linux on my drive, I keep getting the same error

Executing 'grub-install/dev/sda' failed. This is a fatal error.

Sometimes it gives me an error report, other times it does not. I have tried inducing the more detailed error message but haven't succeeded the past few times.

After attempting an install, without quitting the trial, if I run the installer again I get the following error after selecting my installation options (normal vs minimal)

ubi-partman failed with exit code 10. Further information may be found in /var/log/syslog. Do you want to try...

Which points me to a huge log file whose information I can share.

I have set Secure Boot to type "Other OS". Fast Boot is disabled. CSM is enabled and set to UEFI first for all parameters. I have also tried pre-setting the partitions with GParted to no avail.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Bustapalapano
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The below steps helped me fix similar failing Ubuntu-20.4 installation on a MacMini2019.

After grub-install fails try this https://www.linux.com/training-tutorials/how-rescue-non-booting-grub-2-linux/

grub> set root=(hd0,1) "this can be different for you so search partitions to find correct one"

grub> linux /boot/vmlinuz-X.XX.X-XX-generic root=/dev/sda1 "instead of sda1 per the tutorial I gave nvme0n1p2, for you can be nvme0nXpX or sdaX"

grub> initrd /boot/initrd.img-X.XX.X-XX-generic
grub> boot

This helped me boot but still had to fix grub. After apt update and apt upgrade I did the following: Change boot order using efibootmgr

sudo su
cd /boot/efi/EFI
mv BOOT BOOT_bak
cp -R ubuntu BOOT
cd BOOT
mv shimx64.efi bootx64.efi
MinasA1
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