Let's say the chosen drive for installation is /dev/sda. A command like: wipefs -af /dev/sda should work well for this purpose. -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Sat, 8 Jun 2024, rodney jackson wrote: > i will give it another try, before i installed the drive into the computer i > used windows to delete all partitions. > > so even though i deleted the partitions it canstill see disk label? > > what is the best way to make sure everything is wiped clean before attempting > another installation? > > I do have other computers running linux, I have fedora and linux mint. > > any info would be appreciated. > > Rodney > > > On 6/8/2024 17:34, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > Beyond the partitions there's the disk label. You might try erasing the > > disk label and try the install again. If the installer found a disk label > > it didn't like that could stop an grub installation. > > > > > > -- > > Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> > > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. > > Please use in that order." > > Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > > > On Sat, 8 Jun 2024, rodney jackson wrote: > > > >> I have just installed Trisquel 11 on a duo desktop. > >> > >> and the installation was going well until the end. > >> > >> it gave me a fatal error and it said it could not install grub boot loader. > >> > >> so even though it is installed it will not boot up. > >> > >> the partitions were deleted before i did the installation. > >> > >> so how can i fix this i tried this twice. > >> > >> any help would be appreciated. > >> > >> i installed Trisquel a while back on a dell laptop which is a duo processor > >> as > >> well and it works perfectly. > >> > >> so i am not sure why i am having issues on this desktop. > >> > >> Rodney > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to blinux-list+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxx. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to blinux-list+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxx.