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team-off Posted messages 1379 Status Member -  
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Good evening, I am busy installing on my server Ubuntu Server 16.04 the installation is going well but when I get to "Installing the GRUB boot loader" it gets stuck at 16% for over 20 minutes showing below "Searching for other operating systems..." so what can I do I've already forced a shutdown and restarted but I'm stuck on this... My question is what can I do?

Thanks in advance

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    leito666 Posted messages 83 Status Member
     
    Hello,
    I think letting it finish might be the solution...

    (Even though being stuck at 16% for 20 minutes might seem long,
    it could take more than half an hour and then get unstuck and finish the remaining 84% in 2 minutes...)

    Otherwise --> https://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/
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  2. mamiemando Posted messages 33228 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   7 944
     
    Hello,

    Do you have the same problem with another distribution (let's say a Debian testing)? That would help to see if it's related to Linux or the disk.

    Good luck
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    1. team-off Posted messages 1379 Status Member 34
       
      At first, I wanted to install Debian, but I had a problem with the Ethernet driver. I tried to install the driver but without success, so I switched to Ubuntu.

      The installation took over 2 hours. When everything was finished, I removed the CD and launched the server. At startup, during the BIOS, when it was about to launch Ubuntu, it displayed "no device.... grub rescue" or something like that. So I left only one hard drive instead of 4, reinstalled everything, and this time, there was no long installation; everything started normally.
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    2. mamiemando Posted messages 33228 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   7 944
       
      Ok thanks for your feedback even though I had a hard time deciphering it, please make a serious effort with the spelling.

      If I summarize, apparently there was a problem with one of your hard drives, that's quite surprising but oh well.

      Just for the record regarding Debian and Ethernet drivers:

      When this happens to you, take a more recent version of Debian (let's say a testing version), often it's the kernel of the live CD that is a bit too old to support certain card models, and taking a newer version is usually enough to work around the problem;

      If it still doesn't work, just install without a network. So you need to sort things out a bit and even though it's tedious, it can be done. You need to start by re-enabling the repositories in 
      /etc/apt/sources.list
      and retrieve the linux-image package (and its missing dependencies) via a PC that has network access onto a USB stick, then install these packages with 
      dpkg -i
      . Then reboot with the freshly installed kernel and everything will fall into place...

      Good luck.
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