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GRUB2: When I choose Windows 8, error invalid EFI file path
I had a problem with install Ubuntu 13.04 next to Windows 8. I have a Dell inspiron 15 notebook with UEFI.
In Boot-setup I changed to Legacy Boot on and switched UEFI boot off. Then I installed ...
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Medion UEFI cause black screen at boot time except on graphical CD-ROM
I have tried to install Linux on a Medion with Windows8. By default, no CD-ROM can boot. I have removed the Microsoft Boot (commercially "Secure Boot") and changed the boot options from "Windows8" ...
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Issue while installing ubuntu as dual boot [duplicate]
I have Windows 8 professional presintalled on my hp pavilion m6. I need to install ubuntu 13.04 as dual boot. The windows partition i created is not detected on ubuntu installation. How do I install ...
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UEFI mode problem with windows 8 on sony vaio
This is Manorath. I tried all the options explained in the help page regarding uefi mode when I boot my sony vaio which already contain windows 8 in uefi mode when I am using the ubuntu cd as my first ...
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Windows 8 doesn't boot after installing Ubuntu (UEFI)
I installed Ubuntu with my UEFI installation of Windows 8 (with windows 7 boot-loader because I don't know how to recover it), and after grub installed, I was no longer able to boot Windows 8.
I tried ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 64bit will not boot after upgrading Motherboard, will donate $10 to Ubuntu if someone helps resolve before Monday [duplicate]
I'm running ubuntu 13.04 64 bit on a custom computer. Yesterday I upgraded my mobo, cpu and memory. My old configuration was asus a8n-sli deluxe mobo and a AMD athlon 64 FX-60 Dual Core processor x 2 ...
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What have I to do to change from BIOS to (U)EFI after installation?
I have here a new bought laptop. It's the first device with (U)EFI I was working with. At first I did not get the installation running, so I switched back to BIOS legacy mode and installed ubuntu in ...
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Ubuntu efi portable
I need to install Ubuntu on my USB pendrive 3.0 in order to have my "portable computer" everywhere i go. BUT i need it to work also on EFI systems. I've tryied by installing ubuntu on a VirtualBox hd ...
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How can I boot Windows 8 and Ubuntu 13.04 on a PC with an EFI bootloader?
I just bought a Lenovo ideaPad Z400. I installed the ubuntu 13.04 without problem. Now, I cna't boot the windows 8. Eaither in secure boot mode enabled or disabled. I am frustrated. this is my ...
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How can I make Ubuntu the default boot option on a newer laptop (UEFI)?
I have a HP Spectre XT that I installed Ubuntu on. I have turned "Secure Boot" off and turned on "Legacy Support" in the settings. This laptop has UEFI and it always boots to Windows 8 rather than the ...
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Windows 8 Problem, liveusb, bios = blackscreen
I bought a new laptop (Asus x201) and I wanted to install Ubuntu as a Dual boot or just Ubuntu (so delete Win8), and there are everywhere problems. It started that while booting Win 8 I cannot even ...
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Unable to boot USB install image 13.04
I've tried creating a USB boot drive but it always fails with a message from Syslinux and a boot: prompt.
unknown keyword in configuration file FILE0
boot:
I've checked the md5sum of the iso - the ...
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Problems on boot Ubuntu 13.04, kernel version 3.8.0 with UEFI
few days ago I UPGRADED my Ubuntu 12.10 to Ubuntu 13.04 version on my NP300E5C samsung notebook with ssd.
I reloaded ubuntu few times and everything has gone well, BUT after a complete shutdown I ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 & UEFI mode
On a new Dell XPS 8500, I tried to install a fresh xubuntu 12.04.2 with EFI enabled but it did not work: the 'grub-efi-amd64-signed' package failed to install in /target/
As specified in ...
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Black Screen when booting live usb (Ubuntu 12.10 and 13.04) [duplicate]
this forum is my last chance. I have a Acer Aspire X3470 and I am trying to boot ubuntu live USB. I already tried to boot from the Ubuntu desktop image 12.10 and 13.04 but with the same result. When I ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 UEFI problems
Note: I've had problems with all variants of *Buntu
EDIT: Tried Ubuntu Gnome 13.04 and it just hangs during UEFI boot, just a black screen I can type on til it freezes.
EDIT 2: Tried Lubuntu 13.04 ...
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Failed to mount /boot/efi
I just downloaded the lastest Version of Ubuntu13.04 from the official website(of course it is amd64)and my Computer is the ASUS-A45V Laptop.I used the universal usb installer to creater a boot usb ...
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Inspiron 7520 UEFI boot Ubuntu 13.03 after upgrade
I have upgraded my 12.10 version of Ubuntu for 13.10 and I am experiencing a weird problem.
When I am booting my computer, it searches for media and after failing twice it finally boot.
What could ...
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an error occurred while mounting /boot/efi
I'm a new Ubuntu user.
I have UEFI system and after few tries I succeeded to install (via usb), the latest version of ubuntu.
Now when I'm trying to boot from grub i get this message:
an error ...
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Can I use wubi if I have a UEFI motherboard and Windows Vista?
Am I safe if I am not using Windows 8?
Also, I built the computer myself, it was not a computer pre-built with Windows 8.
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How to boot over multiple drives on a UEFI motherboard using Grub2
I have an SSD and a HDD, on a UEFI Motherboard. I can switch OS by changing boot order in BIOS, but I would prefer it if Grub2 simply listed Windows7 as a boot option.
Solving should help anyone who ...
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Grub EFI entries and Boot-Repair
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 on a Dell laptop with OEM Windows 8 on it.
At first, my Grub menu didn't show at all, so I changed the /etc/default/grub file commenting the line GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0.
After ...
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dell inspiron 15z problems booting Ubuntu in UEFI mode
After several tries I managed to install Ubuntu 12.04 in EFI mode (GPT partition table) on my DELL Inspiron 15z. What worked for me is what is in this post http://askubuntu.com/a/224332/149034, i.e. I ...
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Ubuntu on Asus F201E
My grandpa just bought a new netbook, the Asus f201e, shipped with Windows 8 :( After 5 minutes he said "I don't want this crap" and so I ow try to install Ubuntu 12.10 64bit there. Have the iso ...
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initramfs - Unable to find a medium containing a live file system
I'm desperately trying to install ubuntu 12.10 64bit on my new Ultrabook.
Its a Sony T13 with 8gb ram, 256gb ssd, i7, windows 8.
I have an extra partition, D: "UBUNTU" already created with about ...
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Ubuntu boots to black screen until battery is removed and reinserted
I have a Toshiba laptop that was running Windows 8. I installed Ubuntu 12.10 and deleted Windows 8 in the install. Ubuntu worked fine until I shut the PC down. When I tried to start it again it ...
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How can I fix the missing /NST/AutoNeoGrub0.mbr error on Windows 8?
I have installed Ubuntu 12.10 onto my Windows 8 UEFI HP Pavilion g6 laptop. I installed ubuntu by clicking 'something else' in the installation window.
I then made 4 partitions: /boot , / , /home and ...
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Unable to get the grub even after Boot-Repair is performed [duplicate]
I have hp pavillion sleekbook 14 with windows 8. I installed ubuntu only to find out that it cant be booted. I performed boot-repair as others in this forum have did. The boot-repair was successful. ...
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Booting Stuck at “Loading Initial Ram Disk…”
I just installed Ubuntu on my system. My system have UEFI. No secure boot enabled. I ran the installation DVD in EFI mode. After installation, everything works fine. But if I update the kernel or do ...
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How can I install Ubuntu on my MacBook Pro without EFI interference?
I have a late 2011 macbook pro, that I bought in early 2012. Is it possible to cleanly install ubuntu without the irritating EFI mac 'shell' surrounding the install, making the mac boot sound and ...
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No boot options on Efi computer
5 months ago I installed Ubuntu on a new Fujitsu Lifebook AH 532, chucking out Windows.
Only now, when I want to reinstall for various reasons, do I realise that my computer has no bios but EFI (or ...
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Dell latitude doesn't get past Dell splash screen
I got this new Dell Latitude E6420, I installed ubuntu 12.10 which works fine except for one issue. After I press the power button it hangs at a Dell splash screen and doesn't do anything. If I press ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 UEFI Installation with Windows 8 acer apsire [duplicate]
I'm trying to install Ubuntu 12.10 on my Acer Aspire at work. I need to keep the original Windows 8 and would like to have Ubuntu running alongside it. So far I've only been able to get the Ubuntu ...
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No Grub and Can't Boot into Windows 8 After installing Ubuntu 12.10
First, I installed Windows 8 in my desktop PC. (Not pre-installed... I did it by myself). Then I booted the Ubuntu dvd in UEFI mode (Did the same with Windows 8) and installed Ubuntu 12.10 64bit. ...
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Where is secure boot UEFI enabled Ubuntu 12.04.2? [closed]
currently I'm downloading
ubuntu 12.04.2 from official
http://www.ubuntu.com/download
I just read on m.h-online.com and on linux.com that Secure UEFI Boot version have been released.
So I wanted ...
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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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How can i install ubuntu12.10 along with window 8 on UEFI firmware? [duplicate]
i've frequently tried to install ubuntu 12.10 on a drive partition on my machine(Sony vaio sve15128) having window 8 previously installed.But i failed everytime to bootup linux after selecting ubuntu ...
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Problem installing ubuntu TOSHIBA Satellite P855-32U
I have a new laptop which runs win 8 (UEFI firmware), I want to install Ubuntu 12.04.2 but I cannot even make the liveUSB start booting.
I have test the USB in another laptop and I know it was ...
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unable to boot ubuntu 12.04. efi invalid error
note: when i insert my live usb ubuntu after asus logo it directly show a secure boot screen.(with option try ubuntu, install ubuntu, check)
my boot menu is esc. when i press that i get a screen in ...
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How to clean up menu options in Grub2?
I am a complete newbie when it comes to Linix and Ubuntu. I have finally figured out how to create a dual boot system that has Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 on it. The Windows is on a completely ...
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how to remove ubuntu from efi boot options
I removed Ubuntu from the efi boot menu but it comes back
i already use easybcd but it still comes back
i try remove it manual from my efi bios but it still comes back
i already delete all of my ...
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EFI Dual-boot issue with Windows 7 and xubuntu 12.10
Thank you so much for reading. I'm pretty desperate for an answer at this moment.
So anyways, I recently solved this issue allowing me to install xubuntu 12.10 correctly. This was a problem with the ...
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Dualboot Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 on UEFI Unable to Boot to Ubuntu
Here is the layout of my disk:
/dev/sda1 (EFI partition)
/dev/sda2 (Recovery partition)
/dev/sda3
/dev/sda4 (Windows 7 partition -- boot)
/dev/sda5 (/boot)
/dev/sda6 (swap)
/dev/sda7 (/)
I have ...
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problems with win 8 [duplicate]
I have a HP compaq CQ58, with Win 8 preinstalled. I want to install Ubuntu on a different partition, and I have tried both with Ubuntu 10.12 and with Linux Secure Remix, I have disabled Secure Boot on ...
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How can I remove Ubuntu from the UEFI boot options?
I have a Gigabyte motherboard. GA-Z77X-UD3H to be specific.
I recently installed Ubuntu and deleted it again, but it still shows up on the UEFI boot option even if I removed all hard drives connected ...
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Ubuntu and Windows 8 Boot problems (SSD uefi)
I hope someone can help me because I just dont know what else to do! I have a Dell XPS 15z that has 1TB HDD and 128GB SSD. It came with Windows 8 installed on the SSD. First thing I did was install ...
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Error PXE-e61 after instaling Ubuntu 12.04(x64) in a pre installed Windows 8 Machine
AFter following the steps that are presented here(Installing Ubuntu on a Pre-Installed UEFI Supported Windows 8 system), I could not boot the pc, even back to windows 8. I partitioned the Hard Drive, ...
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Can't boot into ubuntu after doing clean install of 12.10
I'm trying to do a clean install of only ubuntu then be able to run windows 7 inside virutal box. I created a LiveCD of 12.10 and performed a regular install of ubuntu. However, when i try to boot ...
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Installing 64 bit 12.10 on Lenovo H430 with pre-installed Windows 8
I have a Lenovo H430 desktop trying to install Linux on a second hard drive, and here's what I've tried so far:
Installing 12.10 from the Live CD, on a second drive, with the Windows 8 drive ...
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Ubuntu 12.04.1 and Windows 7 on same PC
Have Ubuntu installed on a 1TB SATA 3 Hard Drive. Also have Windows 7 installed on a separate 1TB SATA 3 Hard Drive. Unplugged Windows Hard Drive before installing Ubuntu as previous versions of ...
