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Im trying to install ubuntu alongside Windows 10 on an Dell insprion 15 or 17. Im using a USB to install it. I used rufus to burn the iso
Im using UEFI bios and this is probably the 20th time at least trying to install ubuntu and none of those times have been successful. Im using try ubuntu right now. I see there is a install Ubuntu option and I see an erase ubuntu 16 lts and reinstall option.
Ive already tried that option numerous time none of which was successful, everytime I get an error saying grub-install/dev/sdb failed or something like that. So therefore I go the something else option and go onto select my partition. I see that there is already an Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS on a partition called SDB7 as EXT4
I was wondering how can I access that partition and boot onto that partition
which already has ubuntu installed on it. Thanks a lot for the help

Guy Naeem
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I have seen this with many computers, it is not the grub install that actually fails but the update-grub that makes the first config file that fails. the problem is that the if/then statement in 30_uefi-firmware errors.

the easiest fix is after it error, choose the command line prompt at the bottom of the installer menu. and use nano to edit the file /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware. I have changed mine to read:

gettext_printf "Adding boot menu entry for EFI firmware configuration\n" >&2
cat << EOF
menuentry 'uefi-firmware' {
fwsetup
}
EOF

after editing rerun install grub. note: on some systems the print command needs to be commented out temporarily for the installer

If you want to try and boot the installed Linux to make repairs from there.

there is a guide for booting an install from the grub command line here https://askubuntu.com/a/931327/694267

you will have to change the drive references as needed for your installation

ravery
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