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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 ...
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EFI - GPT dual-boot quantal AMD64 - impossible boot windows 7
I tried to install Ubuntu Quantal AM64 on a EFI - GPT notebook (asus X501U) in dualboot.
Ubuntu works fine, but i can't boot windows anymore.
HDD is partitioned in this way:
sda1 0.2 Gb ...
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GPT partition table problem: Windows 7 and Ubuntu dual boot
I hope you guys will help me get through this situation I have gotten myself into.
I bought a new samsung ultra book running windows 8. I knew going into the purchase that I wanted to ditch windows ...
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I want to get rid of Ubuntu and boot my Windows 8 partition
I've installed Ubuntu many times but since I purchased a new laptop (Lenovo Y580) I wanted to try Ubuntu 12.10 amd64 on it. So, without knowing what was UEFI nor GPT I installed it and everything was ...
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Ubuntu LiveUSB doesn't recognize my Windows 8 installation
I have a laptop with UEFI (secure boot disabled) with Windows 8.
I am trying to install Ubuntu 12.10 or 12.04 along side Windows 8 on my primary hard drive, which uses GPT. I am only presented with ...
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Windows doesn't boot after Ubuntu installation
I have had serious problems installing Ubuntu and Windows and have dual boot. Recently I installed both operating systems, Ubuntu was the last one, and after that my computer was booting directly to ...
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Unable to install Ubuntu 12.10 on windows 8 machine/ error no5
Installing crashes halfway through "Copying Files," showing an I/O device error error number 5.
There was problem in beginning of installation too--Ubuntu was not detecting the installed Windows 8 ...
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How to install linux on a computer with GPT?
I recently installed Windows 7 on a computer. Left a partition to install linux. Today when I tried to install linux, the installer (of two distros that I tried) failed to recognise the already ...
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How to update multiple EFI system partitions on several disks?
I have three identical disks with identical partitioning using the GPT partition table format:
# sudo parted /dev/sda p
Model: ATA WDC WD30EZRX-00M (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 3001GB
Sector size ...
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Ubuntu will not boot
I had Ubuntu running on an acer easyStore box. When the power supply got too loud, I decided to move the harddrive to a desktop box. However, when I tried to boot up, the screen tells me to pick a cd ...
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Copy a “bad” GPT partition table to another drive
I'm trying to copy a GPT partition table. To make a long story short, I had a RAID5 on 4 drives (Intel Matrix Storage Manager, not Linux software RAID). What I have now is:
1 empty drive
2 drives ...
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Backup recovery partition of windows 8 in GPT
My friend have acer Laptop which had windows 8 pre installed and a recovery partition(SDA 7). He want to use only windows 8 but wants to make a backup of his recovery partition(sda 7) since "recovery ...
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ubuntu 12.10 grub doesn't appear efi mode
After a number of failed attempts on installing Ubuntu and Linux in the hybrid-gpt of Windows, in which I wanted different partitions by gparted, I ended up creating againg a conventional partitions ...
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Dual Boot ubuntu 12.04 and Windows 7 on two separate SSDs with UEFI
With the following setup I get a blinking cursor after installation:
Windows 7 64bit installed in first SSD (not UEFI, using MBR)
Installation of Ubuntu 12.04 64Bit on gpt partioned disk seems to ...
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Have I fixed my partition problem with os x 10.5.8? Are my GPT and MBR back to normal?
I'm new to linux and I have overstepped by abilities. I tried dual booting os x 10.5.8 with ubuntu 11.10 with rEFIt, but I been having problems with partitioning. Instead of enduring more headaches, ...
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How to install Xubuntu 12.10 after getting an incompatible gpt table message?
I tried to install Xubuntu 12.10 X64 and in the section about partitioning it got stuck with the message that it is not compatible with gpt table partition, I had a Windows 7 which I re-installed for ...
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GPT and os x - partition missing
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I'm fixing my fiends USB drive.
AFIK it was inserted into Windows, and partition were corrupted.
I did manage to fix GUID headers with gpt_surgeon.py and mount it, but then mac did got messy, ...
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How do I boot Ubuntu 12.04 from expresscard ssd
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop x64 on a Thinkpad on an express card SSD (GPT).
"Ubuntu" shows up in bootable devices in BIOS. But the boot fails and drops to the grub rescue prompt.
ls at the grub ...
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Ubuntu from a GPT drive?
First hello, and thanks for helping. Basically what I am trying to do is install Ubuntu on my Acer Aspire One. I plan a dualboot (Hackintosh) and as anyone who has used a Hackintosh knows, OS X will ...
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LUKS no longer accepts my my passphrase
I created a 4 drive RAID5 setup using mdadm and upgrading from 2TB drives to the new Hitachi 7200RPM 4TB drives. I can initially open my luks partition, but later can no longer access it.
I can no ...
