JOZeldenrust
December 2nd, 2012, 08:05 PM
Hey everybody,
I recently got a new PC, after my ancient one finally gave out. It came with Windows 8 preinstalled, and after five years of using Linux exclusively, I kind of want to keep Windows around so I can play some games without endless fiddling in Wine. I still want Ubuntu as my every day OS, though, so I wanted to set up a dual boot system.
So I downloaded a LiveCD image, burned it onto a DVD, and tried to run it. My PC wouldn't boot from the DVD, and I couldn't get into the BIOS (I can now), so I took the LiveCD up on its offer to help me boot from DVD.
I was presented with a nice menu offering the choice between Windows 8 and Ubuntu. I chose Ubuntu, and was greeted with an error message. Turns out I needed the 64 bit version. So I downloaded that, and installing Ubuntu onto the partition I had created for it was a breeze.
There's just one little problem: it's not dual boot. I have two possible boot partitions, one for Win 8, one for Ubuntu. If I set the BIOS to boot from the Win 8 partition, I get the nice menu from earlier, and selecting Win 8 works, but selecting Ubuntu makes the PC try to boot from CD again, which isn't what I want. If I set the BIOS to boot from the Ubuntu partition, it straight up boots into Ubuntu.
So, how do I fix it so I have a boot sequence that gives me two working options, one for Win 8 and one for Ubuntu?
Any advise will be greatly appreciated.
I recently got a new PC, after my ancient one finally gave out. It came with Windows 8 preinstalled, and after five years of using Linux exclusively, I kind of want to keep Windows around so I can play some games without endless fiddling in Wine. I still want Ubuntu as my every day OS, though, so I wanted to set up a dual boot system.
So I downloaded a LiveCD image, burned it onto a DVD, and tried to run it. My PC wouldn't boot from the DVD, and I couldn't get into the BIOS (I can now), so I took the LiveCD up on its offer to help me boot from DVD.
I was presented with a nice menu offering the choice between Windows 8 and Ubuntu. I chose Ubuntu, and was greeted with an error message. Turns out I needed the 64 bit version. So I downloaded that, and installing Ubuntu onto the partition I had created for it was a breeze.
There's just one little problem: it's not dual boot. I have two possible boot partitions, one for Win 8, one for Ubuntu. If I set the BIOS to boot from the Win 8 partition, I get the nice menu from earlier, and selecting Win 8 works, but selecting Ubuntu makes the PC try to boot from CD again, which isn't what I want. If I set the BIOS to boot from the Ubuntu partition, it straight up boots into Ubuntu.
So, how do I fix it so I have a boot sequence that gives me two working options, one for Win 8 and one for Ubuntu?
Any advise will be greatly appreciated.