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help with ubuntu in boot from .efi file *windows 8 problem
http://paste.ubuntu.com/5627076/
my problem is that after doing the boot repair i get this message > Please do not forget to make your BIOS boot on sda2/EFI/ubuntu/shimx64.efi file! i think that ...
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apparent low color depth on EFI Boot
I am running Ubuntu 13.04 and Mint 14 on a Mac Mini 6,2 (Late 2012) - Intel HD4000. When I boot from the legacy BIOS, I see good colour as it should appear. However, when I boot from the EFI ...
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Boot issues with Windows 8 and Ubuntu 12.10 - BIOS Setup lost!
I got a new laptop (a Vaio S series) which came with Windows 8. I wanted to install Ubuntu 12.10 alongside Windows, so I used a Ubuntu CD, booted from it and installed Ubuntu. Installation finished ...
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Can't install Ubuntu for several reasons
I'm having some issues installing Ubuntu on my Samsung NP-RV520-S02SE Laptop.
First off, I'm getting error: failure reading sector somethingsomething when booting the CD and hitting "Install Ubuntu".
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BIOS loader on EFI system
I have an unusual case. I'm not trying to partition drives or anything, I have separate physical drives for Windows and Linux. Being a new machine and all, I have UEFI.
Last time I attempted to ...
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WUBILDR.mbr file error on windows 7 and windows 8 : UEFI boot
0 down vote I am having 64bit windows 8 machine. I have tried a lot, installing the wubi and still it shows the wubildr.mbr file missing during boot. I installed Win7 and did the same, the problem ...
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I removed Ubuntu from the BIOS menu but it comes back
For reasons too long to explain, I reluctantly removed Ubuntu from my computer. After completely removing it and deleting the partition that it was installed onto, I discovered that I still had two ...
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Can't boot from liveUSB when trying to install it alongside Windows 7
I'm very noob at Linux and installing techniques. I want to install 12.04 from bootable usb flash alongside Windows 7 (also tried live CD but not working) but computer is not booting from USB flash or ...
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Attempting to dual boot Ubuntu and Windows 7 on Sony Vaio with Insyde H2O BIOS
My situation is the same that is addressed here
Sony VAIO with Insyde H2O EFI bios will not boot into GRUB EFI
and here ...
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UEFI/GPT Win 7 Load Failure in Dual Boot and no GRUB2 [Ubuntu 12.04]
Configuration:
MBB: ASRock X79 Extreme6
Win 7 installed on a INTEL 40GB SSD (GPT partitioned)
Ubuntu 14.04 on a CORSAIR 30GB SSD (Ext4 and SWAP)
I had Windows 7 installed previously in UEFI ...
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UEFI boot on my Asus k52f
I was reviewing my settings in BIOS and UEFI was disabled. I wanted to check what UEFI was so I googled it. I found out its like an upgrade to BIOS and improved boot speed. Currently I'm dual booting ...
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How can I tell if my system was booted as EFI/UEFI or BIOS?
How do I determine whether a particular running Ubuntu system was booted using EFI/UEFI, or BIOS?
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How do you get rid of EFI bios?
Well I'm trying to install ubuntu on an old 2003 made computer, the only problem is that it keeps on crashing into a kernel panic. It reverts to the text based installer, and if I takeaway the ...
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How to make use of RuntimeService in Ubuntu under UEFI boot mode?
How to make use of RuntimeService in Ubuntu under UEFI boot mode?
I want to make use of the runtimeservice of UEFI BIOS, SetVariable() or GetVariable(), and so on. What I need to do, and any lib for ...
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How to fix “Disk drive for /boot/efi is not ready or not present”? [closed]
After I updated BIOS/UEFI version to 1101 on an Asus P8Z68-V PRO motherboard Ubuntu (11.10) did not boot. After POST all I saw was a black screen with a blinking cursor in the top left corner.
I ...
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Reset button doesn't reset the machine when using Ubuntu [closed]
In my 20 years of working with computers, I've always assumed that the hardware reset button on a desktop machine was hard-wired to the motherboard, causing some kind of short-circuit which would ...
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How do I remove “Ubuntu” in the bios boot menu?
See this ubuntu appears in BIOS menu
I have this on my Lenovo s205 too.
Is there some way to remove "ubuntu" from the menu? I don't even have it installed anymore.
