Well, then it somehow corrected itself through no intervention on my part other
than to specify /dev/sda1
I guess my DELL is possessed like Christine.
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No, it didn't. From your syslog:
Jun 6 20:21:36 ubuntu ubiquity: grub-install: error: cannot open
`/boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu/shimx64.efi': Input/output error.
Jun 6 20:21:36 ubuntu kernel: [ 921.974168] FAT-fs (sda1): Corrupted
directory (i_pos 133127)
It wasn't so corrupt that it couldn't be re
No... you are not listening. The reason it failed is because it tried
to install to /dev/sda instead of /dev/sda1. Aparently in an EFI system
that does not work. If my EFI partition was corrupt, I would not have
been able to boot into Windows either. The moment I realized what it
was doing, I p
That is exactly what it does. The reason it failed is because your EFI
system partition was corrupt, so it could not write the files there.
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Actually, it's not corrupt. I discovered the problem. Apparently grub
will not install to the MBR of an EFI system. I discovered this purely
by accident as I found this information absolutely nowhere. It will
however install to the Windows EFI partition. So I solved my own
problem. Someone m
Your EFI system partition is corrupt. You will need to repair it with
dosfsck in linux or chkdsk in windows.
** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
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