14kmtnman
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Admin - Not sure where to put this, so if it needs to be move somewhere else please do so. I know there has to be a vast amount of computer knowledge in this collective, especially based on what we all talk about Tenere wise. I am in need of some advice (actually help). I converted one of my laptops to Linux, I did the download via a usb to Mint. Everything booted fine (I looked at and opened most of the menu items) and then I finished the install and during one of the steps, I erased the MS os and partitions per the option. I did this because I thought all was ok, but then as the install was completing I got this error "unable to install grub in/dev/sda This is a fatal error". I read somewhere that it should have been grub in/dev/sdb, but that was after the fact. I have tried several fixes off the web, but nothing seems to work. I even downloaded Boot-repair. The main issue is the screen comes up with just grub> _. The computer will not reboot off of the usb into either Mint (iso file) or Ubuntu (iso file). Both worked for me before. It doesn't recognize the Boot-repair either. When I type in ls, I get this - (proc) (hd0) (hd0,gpt2) (hd0,gpt1) (cd0) error: failure reading sector 0x0 from "cd0". This seems like it should be a relatively simple fix, but I am at a complete loss as to how to proceed. I guess I didn't read deep enough into the process steps from different sites. How do I get past the grub>? Any words of wisdom or step by step process to follow to get it rebooted into a working condition? Is it possible to start all over from scratch? Rebuild from what I have now? Or would it better/possible to have a phone call or do facetime if need be to walk me thru my mess? Pm's work. Distance beer?