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Linux Mint Xfce 22.1 won't properly install in Lenovo x130e (self.linuxquestions)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by Someonelol to c/[email protected]

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Hello, I recently bought an old Lenovo Thinkpad X130e (ca. 2012) and tried installing Linux Mint ver. 22.1 Xfce edition into the laptop's HDD and received a "Linux Mint unable to install GRUB in dev/sda" error that only let me boot into a GRUB terminal after rebooting. Is there an easily available installation guide/manual for this laptop I could take a look at? I've tried adjusting the BIOS' UEFI/boot settings but haven't had any luck. I figure there's a way to manually configure the HDD to have a bootable partition during installation but I'm not sure what I'm doing exactly.

UPDATE: Finally fixed the issue. I rebooted on the USB stick iso after the latest GRUB install error and ran the Boot Repair utility from the start menu. It automatically fixed the issue and was able to successfully boot without the USB. Hopefully this helps someone if they run into a similar issue later.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You sure the drive isnt fried? Sounds like a bad drive to me.

[–] Someonelol 1 points 5 days ago

Very sure. The vendor sent it with Mint Cinnamon installed. I opted to wipe the HDD for the sake of security and to install Xcfe instead.