Total newbie here. I want to install Ubuntu 14.04.3 alongside Win 8.1 that's already there. I'm getting the same error no matter what - "The attempt to mount a file system with type vfat in SCSI1 (0,0,0), partition #1 (sda) at /boot/efi failed. I tried all of the following:
- Selected "install ubuntu alongside windows..." - result is that installation stalls.
- Selected "something else" and tried creating 3 manual partitions: ~45GB for root ("/") as ext4, ~17GB for swap, ~30GB as ext4 for "/home". Result - the above error message.
- Somebody had suggested partitioning using GParted and then running installer.. Tried this too, but GParted doesn't let me partition as "Logical".. I only see "primary".. But, even then in GParted, I don't see an option to set "/" or "/home" etc.. So I got to do this in the installer? If yes, then what's the point in partitioning beforehand?
Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks!
sudo fsck.vfat -t -a /dev/sda1
from live installer. With UEFI you have gpt which does not have logical partitions only primary. If you create partitions with gparted, you must use Something Else to tell installer which partition is / (root) and which is /home. It will find swap automatically.