I apologize in advance for my bad english.
I was trying to dual boot Windows 7 and Kubuntu 11.10, and i get this error 'Executing 'grub-install /dev/sda5' failed. This is a fatal error.'. every time when i try install GRUB on boot partition.Tried this on my desktop and laptop and always get this error.
Hope anyone can help.Thanks!
Ubuntu – Executing ‘grub-install /dev/sda5’ failed. This is a fatal error
dual-bootgrub2kubuntuwindows 7
Best Answer
Grub is installed on the hard drive, not on the partition. I'm assuming you want to create a seperate partition to mount on /boot, but grub-install should be used on a drive (/dev/sda in this particular case), not on a partition.
As long as you set everything right (mountpoints, that is), grub-install will automatically detect your settings and adjust itself accordingly.