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How can I change/convert a Ubuntu MBR drive to a GPT, and make Ubuntu boot from EFI?
I recently have upgraded my PC, my new Motherboard (ASUS M5A99X EVO) uses UEFi instead of the regular MBR option.
I have a Ubuntu 11.10 installation that I did when I had my previous hardware (MSI MS ...
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How to fix MBR partition prior to Ubuntu Installation? A partition overlaps GPT backup sectors
My main problem is that i have just acquired an ASUS laptop with WINDOWS 7 and I want to install Ubuntu on it.
I want to have a dual boot to choose between both Operating systems, I read that it's ...
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Installing Ubuntu 12.04 on EFI system
Fellas, need help. Trying to install Ubuntu 12.04 on laptop to dual boot alongside Win7. I have UEFI and GPT partitioning scheme. It has optional Legacy boot mode though. I can boot from Ubuntu USB/CD ...
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How do I create a multiboot environment using LVM for your *buntu operating systems on a GPT formatted system drive, in a UEFI based system?
My reason for using LVM is that I reinstall, upgrade and generally mess around with my OS installs so much that I have found that LVM gives me fantastic flexibility in moving, expanding, cloning and ...
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Proper alignment of partitions on an Advanced Format HDD using Parted
First I create a properly aligned partition in a new GPT table using parted by specifying percentages for start and end of the partition:
# parted -a optimal /dev/sdb
GNU Parted 2.3
Using /dev/sdb
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Ubuntu 12.04 installer and gparted do not detect the existing windows partitions [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to fix MBR partition prior to Ubuntu Installation? A partition overlaps GPT backup sectors
I just bought a new laptop that comes with Windows 7 preinstalled and I ...
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Why does the first partition start at sector 34 when I choose “Guided - Use entire disk” during install?
After choosing "Guided - Use entire disk" during installation of Ubunsut Server 12.04 I find that the first partition starts on sector 34. Why that specific sector and not the first one?
(parted) ...
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Mount exited with exit code 13
I have a 1TB external hard drive that I recently formatted to NTFS. It was mounting on my Ubuntu 11.10 fine until just now. I didn't make any changes to affect my OS or my exhdd.
The error that I get ...
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Dual Boot Installing Ubuntu 12.04 with Windows 7 (64) on a non UEFI system
I cannot seem to install the correct boot loader for a non-UEFI firmware system. I'm trying to install Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows 7 (64) which are technically compatible with GPT but for windows only if ...
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Full hdd capacity not recognised on new additional disk
I've added a new 3TB hdd to my Ubuntu Server 12.04 system for media (already has another drive for the OS), but it's only showing 2.2TB capacity
df -H
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/dev/sdb1 2.2T ...
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How do I install Ubuntu 12 on a 64bit PC with UEFI and GPT SSD disk, with no current OS?
How do I install Ubuntu 12 on a new 64bit PC which has UEFI instead of BIOS and a GPT formatted SSD disk, with no current OS ?
I have already tried and although it seemed to install, it would not ...
