Ubuntu grub install fail

[bobbytommerson]

So can someone tell me what I should do next? 

[Radium_Angel]

2 minutes ago, bobbytommerson said:

So can someone tell me what I should do next?

Are you dual booting? If not, you don't need grub

[bobbytommerson]

Just now, Radium_Angel said:

Are you dual booting? If not, you don't need grub

Ye I am

[bobbytommerson]

What will happen if I continue without a bootloader? 

[NelizMastr]

3 minutes ago, bobbytommerson said:

What will happen if I continue without a bootloader? 

Ubuntu won't boot. It can't use Windows Boot Manager or anything.

 

Use a dedicated drive for Ubuntu and disconnect the Windows disk during install.

[Sauron]

3 minutes ago, bobbytommerson said:

What will happen if I continue without a bootloader? 

You probably won't be able to boot to ubuntu.

 

You didn't really give us enough information to figure out a solution, how are your drives set up and what did you choose during the installation process?

[bobbytommerson]

8 minutes ago, Sauron said:

You probably won't be able to boot to ubuntu.

 

You didn't really give us enough information to figure out a solution, how are your drives set up and what did you choose during the installation process?

So first I created a partition in windows using the disk manager on the SSD in my system. There's still a hdd. Then I booted to ubuntu from a USB drive. In the ubuntu installer, I chose to create my own partitions cuz they didn't detect windows and so I couldn't choose install alongside. I then chose the partition I had previously made in windows and I separated it to the root and home partitions under ext4 and chose install. And this happened 

[bobbytommerson]

13 minutes ago, Sauron said:

You probably won't be able to boot to ubuntu.

 

You didn't really give us enough information to figure out a solution, how are your drives set up and what did you choose during the installation process?

If I cant boot ubuntu I can still boot windows right? 

[Sauron]

2 minutes ago, bobbytommerson said:

I separated it to the root and home partitions under ext4

Is there a specific reason you did this? A separate home partition is only useful if you plan on distrohopping or reinstalling ubuntu a lot... in most cases it's just a hassle. It shouldn't affect grub but try and keep it as simple as possible.

 

If you're booting in UEFI mode you probably need a dedicated /boot partition though - try making one. It should be formatted in FAT32 and about 512MB in size.

5 minutes ago, bobbytommerson said:

If I cant boot ubuntu I can still boot windows right? 

Sure, unless you messed something up during partitioning...

[bobbytommerson]

15 minutes ago, Sauron said:

Is there a specific reason you did this? A separate home partition is only useful if you plan on distrohopping or reinstalling ubuntu a lot... in most cases it's just a hassle. It shouldn't affect grub but try and keep it as simple as possible.

 

If you're booting in UEFI mode you probably need a dedicated /boot partition though - try making one. It should be formatted in FAT32 and about 512MB in size.

Sure, unless you messed something up during partitioning...

So I just need the root partition instead of both root and home? 

 

[Sauron]

2 minutes ago, bobbytommerson said:

So I just need the root partition instead of both root and home? 

 

Yeah, the home folder is under root anyway - unless ubuntu has some weird requirements.

[bobbytommerson]

10 minutes ago, Sauron said:

Yeah, the home folder is under root anyway - unless ubuntu has some weird requirements.

Thanks. Got it working 

[Sauron]

3 minutes ago, bobbytommerson said:

Thanks. Got it working 

So it was just the missing boot partition?

[bobbytommerson]

8 minutes ago, Sauron said:

So it was just the missing boot partition?

 

And I allocated the install to the wrong drive