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I got "invalid magic number" when trying to set up grub
Maybe one of these?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_number_(programming)
IDK but it was my fault, I was a noob and was trying to run Ubuntu server from live usb with one (1) month of Linux experience, at least I experimented Idk, that's the point I guess.
That's absolutely the point.
I've done most of my learning after messing up my system (or at least learnt the lessons that stuck the most).