I’ve recently downloaded the 17.10.1 ISO for Ubuntu MATE to install on my laptop. Unfortunately, despite the installation proceeding and completing without hassle, the system does not boot after I restart. Here’s what I’ve done so far ( please note that this worked flawlessly in the past, and works fine with Ubuntu proper, and Ubuntu based systems like Elementary OS and Mint )…
Upon boot, I selected Install Ubuntu MATE. I then connected to WiFi, and began the installation process. Custom partitioning options selected and are as follows. 1a) New Partition Table. 2a) New 768MB EFI partition. 3a) New 768MB Ext4 /boot partition. 4a) New 242000MB XFS / partition. 5a) New 12GB swap partition. 6a) Install bootloader to `/dev/sda1’, where the EFI partition is. 7a) Reboot to nothing. System can’t even be found in the UEFI file explorer. So I tried this again, three times to no avail.
So I changed my method. I figured maybe we don’t need a separate /boot anymore. Maybe Ubuntu’s GRUB is finally up to snuff, and I was hopeful! Until I wasn’t… I followed the same steps as above with the only exception being no separate /boot partition. No such luck. I then booted into the live system and tried to manually format things with GParted, then assign mount points in the installer… No bueno.
Is anyone aware of an existing issue that may be stopping me? Any tips? Also, yes, I very much do intend to use XFS and not Ext4 for my root partition. Any assistance would be appreciated. ( I’m also willing to file bug reports and help there, I just have no idea where the issue lies, so I don’t know what or where to file. ) @Wimpy, do you have any advice or suggestions?