PhantamaroK
May 31st, 2013, 11:18 PM
I have a Lenovo IdeaPad Y500 with 2 drives: a 256GB mSATA SSD and a 1TB SATA HDD. I want to be able to dual boot (Windows 8 on the SSD, Ubuntu on the HDD), with an 800GB partition on the HDD for my data.
I don't want either operating system rewriting the bootloader of the other, so I installed each operating system with only one hard drive present (removed the other). The BIOS is set to legacy mode only (I think this is necessary for the mSATA install). Now that both operating systems are installed, I inserted both drives, and I can boot from the Windows drive, and not from the Ubuntu drive. Ubuntu boots if the SSD is removed. Windows can see the 800GB data partition on Ubuntu's HDD. When I select the Ubuntu HDD drive from the boot menu, the screen goes black and the computer stays on.
Can anyone tell me what is stopping Ubuntu from booting? Why is it bothered by the presence of another drive?
I don't want either operating system rewriting the bootloader of the other, so I installed each operating system with only one hard drive present (removed the other). The BIOS is set to legacy mode only (I think this is necessary for the mSATA install). Now that both operating systems are installed, I inserted both drives, and I can boot from the Windows drive, and not from the Ubuntu drive. Ubuntu boots if the SSD is removed. Windows can see the 800GB data partition on Ubuntu's HDD. When I select the Ubuntu HDD drive from the boot menu, the screen goes black and the computer stays on.
Can anyone tell me what is stopping Ubuntu from booting? Why is it bothered by the presence of another drive?