I have a Lenovo MIIX 310 ideapad and I want to install the latest LTS version of Ubuntu on a micro SD card and select Ubuntu vs its default Windows 10 in the bcdedit.
How can I do this?
Download the latest LTS version of Ubuntu from http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop.
Create an install media, either USB or DVD from the downloaded ISO.
Boot to the install media. Make sure you are booting mode type UEFI
so that the installer will recognize you want to install in that mode, which is required for dual booting your current Windows 10 installation.
Try Ubuntu without installing
option for access to help with any problems during the install. Then run the Install Ubuntu
application on the desktop.AFter following the installation prompts confirm to reboot the computer. Choose Ubuntu
in your BIOS boot option. You'll have the option in the boot menu of choosing which OS to boot.
To have Windows as your default boot choice, count string with 0 to the boot choices on the screen. If windows is the 4th one down, the count will be 3. While in Ubuntu, edit your grub file and place your choice on the default boot line.
Make Windows the Default Boot option
Edit /etc/default/grub
:
Change from:
GRUB_DEFAULT=0 #GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0 GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
Change to:
GRUB_DEFAULT=3 #GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0 GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
Now update your grub with:
$ sudo update-grub
sudo lshw -c network
? Also, keep in mind that (a possible catch 22) you may need all the current update drivers from the repository to have full access to the computer's hardware. This will require a network connection... you may need to provide a wired connection for this part.
Aug 21, 2017 at 17:42
grub
does not work at all and just opens a bash-like command line.
sudo fdisk -l
when the SD card I installed Ubuntu on is connected to the miix 310 using a microSD to USB adapter (it is NOT in the internal microSD slot, and there are no cards in there).