Install error

[Member millaram]

I am trying to install ANTIX-19.3_x64-full from a DVD to the HDD of an old PC – AMD Athlon 64 processor 3000+, 61.5GB HDD, 1.7GB RAM. When I reach “95% – Installing GRUB” I get the error message “GRUB installation failed. You can reboot to the live medium and use the GRUB Rescue menu to repair the installation”. I don’t understand what this means. When I reboot the PC after removing the DVD, I get a blank screen. Can someone help please?
Thanks
Alistair Millar – Edinburgh

[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

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Welcome.

Are you sure the hard drive is healthy?
At the beginning of the installation procedure, did you choose auto-install or custom?

I would boot the live dvd and try installing again.

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[Member millaram]

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Thanks for your reply
I think the hard drive is OK. I have installed both Ubuntu and LinuxLite with no problems. They were both a bit slow so I want to see if antiX runs faster.
I chose auto-install.
I have tried rebooting from the DVD three times and got the same error message each time.
Thanks again
Alistair

[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

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Where are you installing grub to?

If you have already completed setting up user account and passwords before you get that error, boot the live dvd and use the app Boot Repair (first option) in the Control Centre > Maintenance

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[Member Xecure]

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Xecure wrote:

boot to the live media and go to
Control Centre > Maintenance > Boot repair.
1. First you will need to reinstall grub (select that option and follow the instructions for your specific case, be it MBR for Legacy_BIOS systems or EFI for UEFI systems).
2. Then, run “boot repair” again (or don’t close it and go back to the beginning), but this time select Grub repair instead. Again, follow the instructions for your specific case.

Once you are done, reboot and you should be able to see the antiX boot screen.

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[Member millaram]

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Thanks Xecure
I have done as you suggested. When I get to Control Centre > Maintenance > Boot Repair I am asked for the Administrator password. The system does not recognize the root password I entered during the failed installation on the HDD. I have repeated the installation using a different root password and it still won’t accept it. I seem to be going round in circles.
Alistair

[Member Xecure]

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In antix, it usually asks for the user password.
On live CD/USB, the default password for the default user is demo, so try it again on live and see if you can reinstall grub and see if iafter reinstalling grub you can boot into the installed antiX system.

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[Member millaram]

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Thanks again Xecure. The password “demo” is what I needed. I have now been able to install and repair GRUB as you described. antiX is now booting from the hard drive. I am now off to discover its features and how it runs on my PC.
Alistair

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Great. Let us know if you find anything you see strange or don’t understand.

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Hi AntiX new friends. I’m installing AntiX for use on a Dell e6400 travel-tasks laptop. I replaced the spinning HDD with a 500GB PNY SSD. I used SysRescueCD 8.03 (on a bootable flash drive)’s GParted to create a DOS partition table and 4 partitions: 4GB linux-swap, 60GB for ext4 linux root/user, 100GB formatted ntfs for a virtual Win7-32 that I need for legacy software, and the rest approx 300GB for ext4 linux home. I downloaded the AntiX 19.4-64 full ISO and checked its MD5, burned a DVD, and booted it. During install I checked for bad HDD sectors. All went well until I got the error message “GRUB installation failed. You can reboot to the live medium and use the GRUB Rescue menu to repair the installation.” The machine would not boot, just danced a restart loop with the BIOS offering <F12> for a boot menu.
Much struggle: I don’t understand what’s the “live medium”? I could not find a GRUB Rescue menu on the AntiX DVD boot. I tried various advice from online without success: mx-boot-repair in terminal was not found. I hunted through antiX-cli-cc and the AntiX desktop menus without finding anything relevant. One post said missing flags (boot, esp) on the boot partition could cause the error, and they were indeed missing. I set them but it didn’t help.
Here’s what worked: brought up GParted again, reformatted the two linux partitions, set flags boot and esp on the root/user partition. Reinstalled from the DVD. Success!
Wish me luck setting up fixed ip internet access, and a virtual Win box. I’m liking AntiX a lot so far. My partner records music (Janis June Respect the Sign is his work), is a big Slackware fan, and hates systemd, and I have a lot of limited-resource hand-me-down machines to configure for fixed-income friends. I figure my upcoming travel is a good chance to really try AntiX in action.

Happy camper, interesting world.

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KGHN, If you have a problem, it’s best to create a new topic of your own, and if the problem is similar to one you found, put a link to the old topic in your post.

Welcome to antiX, glad you solved it…

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