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    [SOLVED] Problems (re)installing Ubuntu 20.04 on Laptop with UEFI SSD - get "ubi partman failed with exit code 10"

    Once again forgive the ignorance @Fanboi but how do I do that? Do I just edit the thread title to put in the word SOLVED? [at the beginning or the end?] or is there a button somewhere to push/link to click?
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    [SOLVED] Problems (re)installing Ubuntu 20.04 on Laptop with UEFI SSD - get "ubi partman failed with exit code 10"

    OK @Fanboi thanks So, I'm documenting what I'm doing now for posterity, let's see how it goes. Rebooted into grub ls (hd1,2)/boot/ gives me an initrd.img and vmlinuz (among other files) linux (hd1,2)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/nvme0n1p1 initrd (hd1,2)boot//initrd.img boot - so I got lots of logs...
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    [SOLVED] Problems (re)installing Ubuntu 20.04 on Laptop with UEFI SSD - get "ubi partman failed with exit code 10"

    Hi @Lord Boltar thanks for your reply So I'm having a problem quite early on in these particular instructions: If I type ls (hd0,1)/ I get a reply of just `efi/` If I try ls (hd1,1)/ I see `efi/ grub/` Just to make that clear I checked on the disks (using the liveCD) and this means hd0 is...
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    [SOLVED] Problems (re)installing Ubuntu 20.04 on Laptop with UEFI SSD - get "ubi partman failed with exit code 10"

    Hi @Fanboi After all that it boots into Grub 2.04 with "minimal BASH-like editing.... :-( Just because you didn't mention it - I want to check - I still have Secure Boot OFF Also, when you said "Note the numbers, NNNN, of each item that isn't a BIOS standard, eg: BootNNNN UEFI Bloody-Thing"...
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    [SOLVED] Problems (re)installing Ubuntu 20.04 on Laptop with UEFI SSD - get "ubi partman failed with exit code 10"

    OK. so I changed to Legacy boot - didn't instantly fix anything. After changing to Legacy boot, I did yet another reinstall with the "erase disk" option - didn't choose fancy ZFS this time. "No Boot Device Found. Press any key to reboot the machine" Pressing any key doesn't do anything. Need...
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    [SOLVED] Problems (re)installing Ubuntu 20.04 on Laptop with UEFI SSD - get "ubi partman failed with exit code 10"

    OK, tried that - unfortunately the same issue - just boots to grub now
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    [SOLVED] Problems (re)installing Ubuntu 20.04 on Laptop with UEFI SSD - get "ubi partman failed with exit code 10"

    Secure boot is off. It now boots into Grub 2.04 I tried 'ls' and looked at the various drives - none of them show me much info. just the sizes of the partitions I have. I didn't see any Fast Boot setting in the BIOS. I followed the instructions in the link you sent - those suggest turn Secure...
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    [SOLVED] Problems (re)installing Ubuntu 20.04 on Laptop with UEFI SSD - get "ubi partman failed with exit code 10"

    Thank you @Lord Boltar - I did that. When I reboot sfter the reinstall I now get a message: No Boot Device Found. Press any key to reboot the machine (Pressing any key doesn't do anything) To be clear - having formatted to a single partition of ext4, the Ubuntu install has now repartitioned...
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    ubi partman failed with exit code 10.

    Thanks - new topic : here
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    [SOLVED] Problems (re)installing Ubuntu 20.04 on Laptop with UEFI SSD - get "ubi partman failed with exit code 10"

    Hi there I saw this question here and Condoman suggested I open a new topic - sorry if I've done it wrong. I'm trying to install Ubuntu 20.04 on my laptop and getting this error: "ubi partman failed with exit code 10". To be honest it's a reinstall, because I had everything working and then...
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    ubi partman failed with exit code 10.

    Hi Condobloke! I'm trying to install Ubuntu 20.04 on my lattop and getting this same error. To be honest it's a reinstall, because I had everything working and then messed it up by deleting a partition in the Disks app - my fault. Anyway, I don't care too much about saving data I just want a...
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