Hello Lubuntu community, as the title states I have been having troubles installing Lubuntu 21.04 on my Lenovo ideapad 320-15IAP. I have thoroughly followed the step-by-step guide to install Lubuntu. I am able to boot into Lubuntu after flashing the ISO to my USB, but when I run through the installation setup (where it says Install Lununtu 21.04), it proceeds to install, installing the bootloader and that is where the error pops up. I thought it may have been the USB, so I tried another, and the problem persisted. I have tried the Erase disk, Manual partitioning, and Replace a partition options, but I get the same error for all three of the options.
I checked the hash sum and it is correct. Iām not totally sure what you mean by firmware? The BIOS settings version? I couldnāt find Boot Order Lock but here are the BIOS settings in pictures below.
Technically you do not have a BIOS, but a UEFI firmware. Unfortunately, the firmware is still called BIOS, (even on the Lenovo support site). The latest firmware is 5RCN36WW from september 2018. And unfortunately it is only available as an *.exe file (Windows).
In the picture, I do not see any setting, that could cause your problem. Maybe it is in the āSecurityā tab.
Because the firmware blocks not only write access, but also read access, I strongly suggest you the following:
Change the firmware setting āBoot Modeā from ā[UEFI]ā to ā[Legacy Support]ā.
When you start the installer, you should see on the āPartitionsā screen on the upper left side the word āBIOSā instead of āEFIā. If you see āBIOSā, you are in the correct boot mode and can continue with the installation. If not, you will very likely run into the same problem again.
Because you use GPT as partition table, you need a ābios_grubā partition. I am not sure, if the installer creates it automatically. If the partition is not created automatically, you will either need to do it manually or (easier) change the partition table to MBR.
I fixed this problem and successfully installed Lubuntu. I had cleared all the partitions of the hard drive after restarting, then installed again and got no errors. Thatās what fixed the calamares error for me. Thanks @apt-ghetto and @ubun-ie for the help as it is now working.
Hi not sure if this is the right place, maybe I should start a new topic, but I am having a similar error. I have an older system that is booting with legacy bios (not EFI). Iām dual booting windows 10, and the install process goes perfectly up until this near-last stage which fails with the same pop-up window as BillJoe1979 but a different error messageā
"Boost.Python error in job ābootloaderā.
Command āgrub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=ubuntu --forceā returned non-zero exit status 1.
Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
grub-install: error: /boot/efi doesnāt look like an EFI partition.
"
which is correct, it isnāt an EFI partition. Iāve been burning google down but I havenāt found a way to ask Lubuntu to install on a legacy bios partition. Would appreciate any help!