GRUB error on Ubuntu 20.04 with Libre Renegade ROC-RK3328-CC

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I’m trying to use the ROC-RK3328-CC as the controller for a hexapod robot. I followed the instructions in Ubuntu 22.04.1 Jammy LTS for Libre Computer Boards to a T. I downloaded the image associated with my board “ubuntu-22.04.1-preinstalled-server-arm64+roc-rk3328-cc.img.xz”, I extracted the image using 7zip, and I flashed it to the recommended microSD card–a SanDisk Extreme 128GB–using Win32DiskImager. It wrote successfully to the SD card, but then when I go to verify it, it says it "Verification failed at sector: 2048. I don’t understand what’s going wrong, but I proceeded anyway.

I put the SD card in the board and started it up, created a new password, and then tried to run sudo apt update and then sudo apt upgrade, but partially into that, I get an error saying “GRUB failed to install to the following devices: /dev/mmcblk1p1”. I’m given the option to continue anyway or install GRUB. If I choose to stop and install GRUB, it says:

“The grub-efi package is being upgraded. This menu allows you to select which EFI system partitions you’d like grub-install to be automatically run for, if any. Running grub-install automatically is recommended in most situations, to prevent the installed GRUB core image from getting out of sync with GRUB modules or grub.cfg. GRUB EFI system partitions:
[ ] /dev/mmcblk1p1 (268 MB; /boot/efi) on 127865 MB ???”

When I select that, it then tries to run grub-install, but fails again telling me “failed to install on /dev/mmcblk1p1”. This brings me back to selecting whether I want to continue anyway or not. I’m stuck in this loop and I don’t know how to fix it. I’ve been banging my head against a wall for days trying to just get this to work. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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Don’t select anything. Just continue.

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When I continue, it just gives me the same error that it failed to install GRUB and loops me back to that same selection screen.

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Because you have the first option selected. Disable the first option.

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I’ve tried both options. If I select yes and continue anyway it tries to run grub-install and fails again, bringing me back to that screen. If I select no, then it asks me which partition I want grub-install to be automatically run for. The only option I’m given there is /dev/mmcblk1p1 in /boot/efi. When I select that, it tries to install GRUB again and then fails, bringing me back to the first screen again.

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Do not select anything, just continue without having any device selected.

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There is no way to not select anything. The only option presented is “/dev/mmcblk1p1 (268 MB; /boot/efi) on 127865 MB ???”

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Unselect that device and then choose continue.

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Sorry, but how do I unselect it? Hitting enter just selects it and tries to install grub.

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Hit tab and then press space.

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So I don’t need to install grub at all? I thought I’d need it to boot ubuntu properly.

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GRUB is already installed. There’s no need to install it again.

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Understood. Should I be concerned at all about the image file failing verification when I flash it onto the sd card?

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No, that is because you have automount enabled in Windows. Windows mounts the drive and modifies the data. Disable automount to avoid that error.

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That seemed to work, although the only error I got was:
“u-boot-rpi:arm64
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
W: Operation was interrupted before it could finish”

Is this an issue, or should I be fine now to continue installing ROS?