UEFI/Secure Boot and Ubuntu

[Uncle Spellbinder]

So. I've tried to install Ubuntu (and other distros) on this computer to no avail.

My computer specs can be found here: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03524666&lang=en&cc=us&taskId=135&contentType=SupportFAQ&prodSeriesId=5295897&prodTypeId=12454

Considering I'm having a ridiculous time installing any Linux OS on this UEFI computer, I was wondering what your thoughts might be on this link: http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/858. Geared towards the Linux Mint community, it seems a good fit for any distro. As I would be ditching Windows 8 completely in favor of a 100% Linux box, you think this might do the trick?

[fantab]

Can you tell us more about... why you can't install Ubuntu? what happens when you try to install Ubuntu? Are any Errors reported?

[Uncle Spellbinder]

I get "No OS Found" or something like that. Fast boot was disabled in Windows 8 before attempting installation of Ubuntu. This happens with ALL distros I've tried.

Still, I'm curious if it's a good thing to convert my harddrive from GPT partition table to MBR partition table (or MSDOS in Linux).

From the link above:
"Use a distro of your choice in live mode. Find the program GPARTED. Wait until it recognizes all your drives and select your HDD. Right click over it, and choose the option to create a new partition table. Choose MSDOS from the list. Hit ok than apply/commit all changes. ATTENTION this will erase all your data and MS Windows (or any other OS) will disappear. Your HDD is now converted in MSDOS or MBR. You can now boot your preferred distro, create your partition scheme and install Linux."

[Uncle Spellbinder]

I obviously don't want to try the scenario I posted above unless/until I can get verification that it won't "brick" my computer.

But, in the BIOS/UEFI settings, I can completely disable Secure Boot and enable Legacy settings. In the Windows 8 power settings, Fast Boot is already disabled. Will this be enough to install Ubuntu and wipe Windows from the drive leaving me a 100% Ubuntu box?

[TNFrank]

I also had a new Windows 8 computer with that stupid UEFI deal and tried a few times to install Linux on it to no avail. Ended up taking the computer back for a full refund and used the money to buy two older non-UEFI computers which I installed Ubuntu on without a hitch. Sometimes newer isn't necessarily better.

[Uncle Spellbinder]

So, through the BIOS settings, I disabled secure boot, disabled uefi settings, enabled legacy settings and disabled fast boot. Ubuntu 13.04 installed as I remember on previous machines. I chose the "replace windows 8" option. All seems well so far.

[fantab]

If 'replace Windows8' was your goal, Then I am glad you've got it.

FYI, Ubuntu since version 12.04.2 can boot with 'Secure Boot' enabled in UEFI mode with GPT.
Windows8 has this 'Fast Startup (http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/6320-fast-startup-turn-off-windows-8-a.html)' feature which won't let the PC 'Shutdown' and keeps it in Hibernation for fast startups. Since PC won't shutdown properly it won't allow any OS to install. This feature needs to be turned off if we want to dual-boot. 'Fast Boot' is a different feature.

GUID Partition Table (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GPT) is both superior and advantageous than 'msdos' partition table. You can search the www to know more. Installing Ubuntu on GPT is recommended. Its the future.

Since you've just installed Ubuntu, I'd suggest you re-install it in UEFI mode with GPT.

My two cents....

[Uncle Spellbinder]

It's a bit confusing. For example, Though Windows 8 is not on this computer any longer, If I enter UEFI settings, there is still a "Windows bootloader" under UEFI settings. How is this possible If I've removed Windows 8?

Is there a good tutorial on how to install Ubuntu alone (no dual-boot) in UEFI mode?

[Uncle Spellbinder]

So, I returned all settings in UEFI to their original state. Tried to install Ubuntu in UEFI mode to no avail. I created a 50mb EFI boot partition as described in several different tutorials. No go.

I still find it odd that an entry for Windows Bootloader is in the UEFI settings when there is no Windows OS on the computer.

Any guidance appreciated

[fantab]

50 MB is too small make it 300mb FAT32 Partition.


Though Windows 8 is not on this computer any longer, If I enter UEFI settings, there is still a "Windows bootloader" under UEFI settings. How is this possible If I've removed Windows 8?


That is because UEFI booting store some entires in the BIOS. These can be managed/removed later using efibootmgr (http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/gutsy/man8/efibootmgr.8.html)...

Boot with Ubuntu LiveDVD/USB and post the output of:


sudo parted -l

[Uncle Spellbinder]

At work at the moment. I've since gone back to no uefi so I have something on the computer. since this computer has basically turned into my uefi test machine, I'll reinstall Ubuntu in UEFI mode with a 300mb efi boot partition. I'll post back the results this evening.

Truly appreciate the help!

[Uncle Spellbinder]

Should everything be re-enabled? UEFI, Secure Boot, Fast Boot then disable Legacy settings?

[deadflowr]

Have you looked over oldfred's UEFI Installing -Tips (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2147295) thread?

[fantab]

Yes, just keep 'fast boot' and 'Secure boot' disabled. Secure boot is a Microsoft thing.

[Uncle Spellbinder]

@ fantab - Altighty. So all I need to do is enable UEFI and keep fast boot, secure boot and legacy disabled. I'll give it a shot after work.

@ deadflowr - Appreciate the link. I'll have a look after work.

[Uncle Spellbinder]

I'm in live DVD mode at the moment. Tried installing 64bit Ubuntu 13.04 in UEFI mode - No luck. Still says "no boot device found."

Tried Boot Repair DVD I burned (64 bit) and got an error message as follows:

error 0100 reading sector 255186

boot:
could not find kernel image: gfxboot

Here is a screenshot of the install screen just before I installed:

http://is100.imagesocket.com/images/2013/07/08/2632517-0cug.png (http://www.imagesocket.com/photos/guest/2632517)

Here is the output of sudo parted -l


ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo parted -l
Model: ATA WDC WD5000AAKX-6 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 500GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt

Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 302MB 301MB fat32 EFI System Partition boot
2 302MB 498GB 498GB ext4
3 498GB 500GB 2049MB linux-swap(v1)


Warning: Unable to open /dev/sr0 read-write (Read-only file system). /dev/sr0
has been opened read-only.
Error: Can't have a partition outside the disk!

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$

[Uncle Spellbinder]

AHhhhhh. Installed Boot Repair in the Live DVD session and ran it from within the live DVD session. It worked!

Here's the current output from sudo parted -l


unclespellbinder@wombat64:~$ sudo parted -l
[sudo] password for unclespellbinder:
Model: ATA WDC WD5000AAKX-6 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 500GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt

Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 302MB 301MB fat32 EFI System Partition boot
2 302MB 498GB 498GB ext4
3 498GB 500GB 2049MB linux-swap(v1)

unclespellbinder@wombat64:~$


Here's the report generated by Boot Repair after the repairs were made:



============================= Boot Info Summary: ===============================

=> No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda.

sda1: __________________________________________________ ________________________

File system: vfat
Boot sector type: FAT32
Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sda1 starts
at sector 0. But according to the info from fdisk,
sda1 starts at sector 2048.
Operating System:
Boot files: /EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi /EFI/ubuntu/grubx64.efi
/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootx64.efi

sda2: __________________________________________________ ________________________

File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 13.04
Boot files: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab

sda3: __________________________________________________ ________________________

File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:

============================ Drive/Partition Info: =============================

Drive: sda __________________________________________________ ___________________

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition Boot Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors Id System

/dev/sda1 1 976,773,167 976,773,167 ee GPT


GUID Partition Table detected.

Partition Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors System
/dev/sda1 2,048 589,823 587,776 EFI System partition
/dev/sda2 589,824 972,769,279 972,179,456 Data partition (Windows/Linux)
/dev/sda3 972,769,280 976,771,071 4,001,792 Swap partition (Linux)

"blkid" output: __________________________________________________ ______________

Device UUID TYPE LABEL

/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sda1 5794-2BEF vfat
/dev/sda2 696c06a1-845d-4bed-909a-b546130928ee ext4
/dev/sda3 3c3bbcb3-e5d2-4a31-989f-054f42e76283 swap
/dev/sr0 iso9660 Ubuntu 13.04 amd64

================================ Mount points: =================================

Device Mount_Point Type Options

/dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime)
/dev/sr0 /cdrom iso9660 (ro,noatime)


=========================== sda2/boot/grub/grub.cfg: ===========================

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
set have_grubenv=true
load_env
fi
set default="0"

if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then
menuentry_id_option="--id"
else
menuentry_id_option=""
fi

export menuentry_id_option

if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi

function savedefault {
if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
saved_entry="${chosen}"
save_env saved_entry
fi
}

function recordfail {
set recordfail=1
if [ -n "${have_grubenv}" ]; then if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}

function load_video {
if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
insmod all_video
else
insmod efi_gop
insmod efi_uga
insmod ieee1275_fb
insmod vbe
insmod vga
insmod video_bochs
insmod video_cirrus
fi
}

if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then
font=unicode
else
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,gpt2'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2 696c06a1-845d-4bed-909a-b546130928ee
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 696c06a1-845d-4bed-909a-b546130928ee
fi
font="/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2"
fi

if loadfont $font ; then
set gfxmode=auto
load_video
insmod gfxterm
set locale_dir=$prefix/locale
set lang=en_US
insmod gettext
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ]; then
set timeout=10
else
set timeout=10
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray
if background_color 44,0,30; then
clear
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
function gfxmode {
set gfxpayload="${1}"
if [ "${1}" = "keep" ]; then
set vt_handoff=vt.handoff=7
else
set vt_handoff=
fi
}
if [ "${recordfail}" != 1 ]; then
if [ -e ${prefix}/gfxblacklist.txt ]; then
if hwmatch ${prefix}/gfxblacklist.txt 3; then
if [ ${match} = 0 ]; then
set linux_gfx_mode=keep
else
set linux_gfx_mode=text
fi
else
set linux_gfx_mode=text
fi
else
set linux_gfx_mode=keep
fi
else
set linux_gfx_mode=text
fi
export linux_gfx_mode
menuentry 'Ubuntu' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-696c06a1-845d-4bed-909a-b546130928ee' {
recordfail
load_video
gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode
insmod gzio
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,gpt2'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2 696c06a1-845d-4bed-909a-b546130928ee
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 696c06a1-845d-4bed-909a-b546130928ee
fi
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-19-generic root=UUID=696c06a1-845d-4bed-909a-b546130928ee ro quiet splash $vt_handoff
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.8.0-19-generic
}
submenu 'Advanced options for Ubuntu' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-696c06a1-845d-4bed-909a-b546130928ee' {
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 3.8.0-19-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.8.0-19-generic-advanced-696c06a1-845d-4bed-909a-b546130928ee' {
recordfail
load_video
gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode
insmod gzio
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,gpt2'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2 696c06a1-845d-4bed-909a-b546130928ee
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 696c06a1-845d-4bed-909a-b546130928ee
fi
echo 'Loading Linux 3.8.0-19-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-19-generic root=UUID=696c06a1-845d-4bed-909a-b546130928ee ro quiet splash $vt_handoff
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.8.0-19-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 3.8.0-19-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.8.0-19-generic-recovery-696c06a1-845d-4bed-909a-b546130928ee' {
recordfail
load_video
insmod gzio
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,gpt2'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2 696c06a1-845d-4bed-909a-b546130928ee
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 696c06a1-845d-4bed-909a-b546130928ee
fi
echo 'Loading Linux 3.8.0-19-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-19-generic root=UUID=696c06a1-845d-4bed-909a-b546130928ee ro recovery nomodeset
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.8.0-19-generic
}
}

### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###

### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###
menuentry 'System setup' $menuentry_id_option 'uefi-firmware' {
fwsetup
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then
source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg
elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

=============================== sda2/etc/fstab: ================================

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# / was on /dev/sda2 during installation
UUID=696c06a1-845d-4bed-909a-b546130928ee / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /boot/efi was on /dev/sda1 during installation
#UUID=5794-2BEF /boot/efi vfat defaults 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda3 during installation
UUID=3c3bbcb3-e5d2-4a31-989f-054f42e76283 none swap sw 0 0
UUID=5794-2BEF /boot/efi vfat defaults 0 1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

=================== sda2: Location of files loaded by Grub: ====================

GiB - GB File Fragment(s)

8.422660828 = 9.043763200 boot/grub/grub.cfg 1
1.087020874 = 1.167179776 boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-19-generic 2
1.087020874 = 1.167179776 vmlinuz 2
1.897861481 = 2.037813248 boot/initrd.img-3.8.0-19-generic 1
1.897861481 = 2.037813248 initrd.img 1

=============================== StdErr Messages: ===============================

File descriptor 8 (/proc/11774/mounts) leaked on lvscan invocation. Parent PID 20287: bash
File descriptor 14 (/usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-dark/places/16/user-home.svg) leaked on lvscan invocation. Parent PID 20287: bash
No volume groups found

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION :
=================== log of boot-repair 2013-07-08__23h17 ===================
boot-repair version : 3.199~ppa6~raring
boot-sav version : 3.199~ppa6~raring
glade2script version : 3.2.2~ppa45~raring
boot-sav-extra version : 3.199~ppa6~raring
boot-repair is executed in live-session (Ubuntu 13.04, raring, Ubuntu, x86_64)
ls: cannot access /home/usr/.config: No such file or directory
CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit
BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash --

WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sda'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.


=================== os-prober:
/dev/sda2:Ubuntu 13.04 (13.04):Ubuntu:linux

=================== blkid:
/dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/sda1: UUID="5794-2BEF" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/sda2: UUID="696c06a1-845d-4bed-909a-b546130928ee" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sda3: UUID="3c3bbcb3-e5d2-4a31-989f-054f42e76283" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sr0: LABEL="Ubuntu 13.04 amd64" TYPE="iso9660"


1 disks with OS, 1 OS : 1 Linux, 0 MacOS, 0 Windows, 0 unknown type OS.


WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sda'! The util sfdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.


WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sda'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.



=================== sda2/etc/default/grub :

# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
# For full documentation of the options in this file, see:
# info -f grub -n 'Simple configuration'

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
GRUB_TIMEOUT=10
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

# Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs
# This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains
# the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...)
#GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef"

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
#GRUB_TERMINAL=console

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480

# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true

# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
#GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"

# Uncomment to get a beep at grub start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"




=================== sda2/etc/grub.d/ :
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 24 17:05 grub.d
total 72
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7541 Apr 9 09:29 00_header
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5974 Apr 9 08:53 05_debian_theme
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11381 Apr 9 09:29 10_linux
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10258 Apr 9 09:29 20_linux_xen
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1688 Dec 5 2012 20_memtest86+
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10976 Apr 9 09:29 30_os-prober
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1426 Apr 9 09:29 30_uefi-firmware
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 214 Apr 9 09:29 40_custom
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 216 Apr 9 09:29 41_custom
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 483 Apr 9 09:29 README


/boot/efi detected in the fstab of sda2: UUID=5794-2BEF (sda1)
efibootmgr -v
gui-g2slaunch.sh: line 127: efibootmgr: command not found
=================== UEFI/Legacy mode:
BIOS is EFI-compatible, and is setup in EFI-mode for this live-session.
SecureBoot disabled. (maybe sec-boot, Please report this message to boot.repair@gmail.com)


=================== PARTITIONS & DISKS:
sda1 : sda, not-sepboot, no-grubenv nogrub, no-docgrub, no-update-grub, 32, no-boot, no-os, is-correct-EFI, part-has-no-fstab, part-has-no-fstab, no-nt, no-winload, no-recov-nor-hid, no-bmgr, notwinboot, nopakmgr, nogrubinstall, no---usr, part-has-no-fstab, not-sep-usr, standard, not-far, /mnt/boot-sav/sda1.
sda2 : sda, not-sepboot, grubenv-ok grub2, grub-efi , update-grub, 64, with-boot, is-os, not--efi--part, fstab-without-boot, fstab-has-goodEFI, no-nt, no-winload, no-recov-nor-hid, no-bmgr, notwinboot, apt-get, grub-install, with--usr, fstab-without-usr, not-sep-usr, standard, farbios, /mnt/boot-sav/sda2.

sda : GPT, no-BIOS_boot, has-correctEFI, not-usb, has-os, 2048 sectors * 512 bytes


=================== parted -l:

Model: ATA WDC WD5000AAKX-6 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 500GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt

Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 302MB 301MB fat32 EFI System Partition boot
2 302MB 498GB 498GB ext4
3 498GB 500GB 2049MB linux-swap(v1)




Warning: Unable to open /dev/sr0 read-write (Read-only file system). /dev/sr0
has been opened read-only.


Error: Can't have a partition outside the disk!

=================== parted -lm:

BYT;
/dev/sda:500GB:scsi:512:512:gpt:ATA WDC WD5000AAKX-6;
1:1049kB:302MB:301MB:fat32:EFI System Partition:boot;
2:302MB:498GB:498GB:ext4::;
3:498GB:500GB:2049MB:linux-swap(v1)::;



Warning: Unable to open /dev/sr0 read-write (Read-only file system). /dev/sr0
has been opened read-only.


Error: Can't have a partition outside the disk!


=================== mount:
/cow on / type overlayfs (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,size=10%,mode=0755)
/dev/sr0 on /cdrom type iso9660 (ro,noatime)
/dev/loop0 on /rofs type squashfs (ro,noatime)
none on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (rw)
none on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
none on /sys/firmware/efi/efivars type efivarfs (rw)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
none on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=5242880)
none on /run/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
none on /run/user type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=104857600,mode=0755)
gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/ubuntu/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=ubuntu)
/dev/sda1 on /mnt/boot-sav/sda1 type vfat (rw)
/dev/sda2 on /mnt/boot-sav/sda2 type ext4 (rw)


=================== ls:
/sys/block/sda (filtered): alignment_offset bdi capability dev device discard_alignment events events_async events_poll_msecs ext_range holders inflight power queue range removable ro sda1 sda2 sda3 size slaves stat subsystem trace uevent
/sys/block/sr0 (filtered): alignment_offset bdi capability dev device discard_alignment events events_async events_poll_msecs ext_range holders inflight power queue range removable ro size slaves stat subsystem trace uevent
/dev (filtered): alarm ashmem autofs binder block bsg btrfs-control bus cdrom cdrw char console core cpu cpu_dma_latency disk dri dvd dvdrw ecryptfs fb0 fd full fuse hidraw0 hidraw1 hidraw2 hidraw3 hidraw4 hpet input kmsg log mapper mcelog mem net network_latency network_throughput null oldmem port ppp psaux ptmx pts random rfkill rtc rtc0 sda sda1 sda2 sda3 sg0 sg1 shm snapshot snd sr0 stderr stdin stdout uinput urandom usb v4l vga_arbiter vhost-net video0 zero
ls /dev/mapper: control
ls /mnt/boot-sav/sda1: /*/*/*/*

=================== hexdump -n512 -C /dev/sda1
00000000 eb 58 90 6d 6b 64 6f 73 66 73 00 00 02 08 20 00 |.X.mkdosfs.... .|
00000010 02 00 00 00 00 f8 00 00 3f 00 ff 00 00 00 00 00 |........?.......|
00000020 00 f8 08 00 40 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 |....@...........|
00000030 01 00 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000040 00 00 29 ef 2b 94 57 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |..).+.W |
00000050 20 20 46 41 54 33 32 20 20 20 0e 1f be 77 7c ac | FAT32 ...w|.|
00000060 22 c0 74 0b 56 b4 0e bb 07 00 cd 10 5e eb f0 32 |".t.V.......^..2|
00000070 e4 cd 16 cd 19 eb fe 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 6e |.......This is n|
00000080 6f 74 20 61 20 62 6f 6f 74 61 62 6c 65 20 64 69 |ot a bootable di|
00000090 73 6b 2e 20 20 50 6c 65 61 73 65 20 69 6e 73 65 |sk. Please inse|
000000a0 72 74 20 61 20 62 6f 6f 74 61 62 6c 65 20 66 6c |rt a bootable fl|
000000b0 6f 70 70 79 20 61 6e 64 0d 0a 70 72 65 73 73 20 |oppy and..press |
000000c0 61 6e 79 20 6b 65 79 20 74 6f 20 74 72 79 20 61 |any key to try a|
000000d0 67 61 69 6e 20 2e 2e 2e 20 0d 0a 00 00 00 00 00 |gain ... .......|
000000e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
*
000001f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa |..............U.|
00000200

WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sda'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.


=================== df -Th:

Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/cow overlayfs 2.8G 108M 2.7G 4% /
udev devtmpfs 2.7G 12K 2.7G 1% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 555M 832K 554M 1% /run
/dev/sr0 iso9660 785M 785M 0 100% /cdrom
/dev/loop0 squashfs 738M 738M 0 100% /rofs
none tmpfs 4.0K 0 4.0K 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs tmpfs 2.8G 1.1M 2.8G 1% /tmp
none tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock
none tmpfs 2.8G 80K 2.8G 1% /run/shm
none tmpfs 100M 36K 100M 1% /run/user
/dev/sda1 vfat 287M 132K 287M 1% /mnt/boot-sav/sda1
/dev/sda2 ext4 457G 3.1G 430G 1% /mnt/boot-sav/sda2

=================== fdisk -l:

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 976773167 488386583+ ee GPT


EFI detected. Please check the options.
Partition outside the disk detected.

=================== Recommended repair
Recommended-Repair
This setting will reinstall the grub-efi of sda2, using the following options: sda1/boot/efi,
Additional repair will be performed: unhide-bootmenu-10s backup-and-rename-efi-files


/boot/efi added in sda2/fstab
Mount sda1 on /mnt/boot-sav/sda2/boot/efi
ls /mnt/boot-sav/sda2/boot/efi: /*/*/*/*
Unhide GRUB boot menu in sda2/etc/default/grub
grub-install (GRUB) 2.00-13ubuntu3,grub-install (GRUB) 2.

chroot /mnt/boot-sav/sda2 efibootmgr -v
BootCurrent: 0021
Timeout: 2 seconds
BootOrder: 0012,0021,001A,000A,0003,0004,0011,0019,0009,0002, 0010,0018,0000,0001,0013,0017,001F,000F,0006,0020, 0014,001C,000C,0005
Boot0000* USB Floppy/CD Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0500000001)AMBO
Boot0001* USB Floppy/CD Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0500000001)AMBO
Boot0002* USB Hard Drive Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0200000001)AMBO
Boot0003* ATAPI CD-ROM Drive Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0300000001)AMBO
Boot0004* Windows Boot Manager HD(2,200000,b4000,1ad47b94-1931-48dd-b9fe-c49d53bf3ae6)File(EFIMicrosoftBootbootmgfw.efi)WIN DOWS.........x...B.C.D.O.B.J.E.C.T.=.{.9.d.e.a.8.6 .2.c.-.5.c.d.d.-.4.e.7.0.-.a.c.c.1.-.f.3.2.b.3.4.4.d.4.7.9.5.}....................
Boot0005 USB Floppy/CD Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0500000000)AMBO
Boot0006 Hard Drive Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0200000000)AMBO
Boot0009* USB Hard Drive Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0200000001)AMBO
Boot000A* ATAPI CD-ROM Drive Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0300000001)AMBO
Boot000C USB Floppy/CD Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0500000000)AMBO
Boot000F Hard Drive Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0200000000)AMBO
Boot0010* USB Floppy/CD Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0500000001)AMBO
Boot0011* USB Hard Drive Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0200000001)AMBO
Boot0012* ATAPI CD-ROM Drive Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0300000001)AMBO
Boot0013* CD/DVD Drive BIOS(3,0,00)AMGOAMNO........o.h.p. . . . . . .D.V.D. .A. . .D.S.8.A.8.S.H....................A.............. .............>..Gd-.;.A..MQ..L.9.6.2.7.8.3.4.0.8.4.1.7. . . . . . . . ......AMBO
Boot0014* USB Floppy/CD Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0500000000)AMBO
Boot0017* Hard Drive BIOS(2,0,00)AMGOAMNO........o.W.D.C. .W.D.5.0.0.0.A.A.K.X.-.6.0.3.C.A.0....................A................ ...........>..Gd-.;.A..MQ..L. . . . .W. .-.D.M.W.Y.A.X.U.5.4.4.0.4.3......AMBO
Boot0018* USB Floppy/CD Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0500000001)AMBO
Boot0019* USB Hard Drive Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0200000001)AMBO
Boot001A* ATAPI CD-ROM Drive Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0300000001)AMBO
Boot001C USB Floppy/CD Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0500000000)AMBO
Boot001F Hard Drive Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0200000000)AMBO
Boot0020* Realtek PXE B03 D00 BIOS(6,0,00)AMBO
Boot0021* UEFI: hp DVD A DS8A8SH ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(11,0)03120a000200ffff0000CD-ROM(1,6168c,11c0)AMBO

Reinstall the grub-efi of sda2
Installation finished. No error reported.
grub-install --efi-directory=/boot/efi --target=x86_64-efi : exit code of grub-install :0
(debug) beglsefi1 ubuntu/grubx64.efi ; ubuntu , /mnt/boot-sav/sda2/boot/efi .
ls /mnt/boot-sav/sda2/boot/efi: /*/*/*/*
df /dev/sda1
cp /mnt/boot-sav/sda2/boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu/grubx64.efi /mnt/boot-sav/sda2/boot/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi (& .grb)
df /dev/sda1
cp /mnt/boot-sav/sda2/boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu/grubx64.efi /mnt/boot-sav/sda2/boot/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootx64.efi (& .grb)
df /dev/sda1
cp /mnt/boot-sav/sda2/boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu/grubx64.efi /mnt/boot-sav/sda2/boot/efi/EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi (& .grb)
ls /mnt/boot-sav/sda2/boot/efi:
Add /mnt/boot-sav/sda2/boot/efi efi entries in /mnt/boot-sav/sda2/etc/grub.d/25_custom

chroot /mnt/boot-sav/sda2 efibootmgr -v
BootCurrent: 0021
Timeout: 2 seconds
BootOrder: 0012,0021,001A,000A,0003,0004,0011,0019,0009,0002, 0010,0018,0000,0001,0013,0017,001F,000F,0006,0020, 0014,001C,000C,0005
Boot0000* USB Floppy/CD Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0500000001)AMBO
Boot0001* USB Floppy/CD Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0500000001)AMBO
Boot0002* USB Hard Drive Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0200000001)AMBO
Boot0003* ATAPI CD-ROM Drive Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0300000001)AMBO
Boot0004* Windows Boot Manager HD(2,200000,b4000,1ad47b94-1931-48dd-b9fe-c49d53bf3ae6)File(EFIMicrosoftBootbootmgfw.efi)WIN DOWS.........x...B.C.D.O.B.J.E.C.T.=.{.9.d.e.a.8.6 .2.c.-.5.c.d.d.-.4.e.7.0.-.a.c.c.1.-.f.3.2.b.3.4.4.d.4.7.9.5.}....................
Boot0005 USB Floppy/CD Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0500000000)AMBO
Boot0006 Hard Drive Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0200000000)AMBO
Boot0009* USB Hard Drive Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0200000001)AMBO
Boot000A* ATAPI CD-ROM Drive Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0300000001)AMBO
Boot000C USB Floppy/CD Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0500000000)AMBO
Boot000F Hard Drive Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0200000000)AMBO
Boot0010* USB Floppy/CD Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0500000001)AMBO
Boot0011* USB Hard Drive Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0200000001)AMBO
Boot0012* ATAPI CD-ROM Drive Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0300000001)AMBO
Boot0013* CD/DVD Drive BIOS(3,0,00)AMGOAMNO........o.h.p. . . . . . .D.V.D. .A. . .D.S.8.A.8.S.H....................A.............. .............>..Gd-.;.A..MQ..L.9.6.2.7.8.3.4.0.8.4.1.7. . . . . . . . ......AMBO
Boot0014* USB Floppy/CD Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0500000000)AMBO
Boot0017* Hard Drive BIOS(2,0,00)AMGOAMNO........o.W.D.C. .W.D.5.0.0.0.A.A.K.X.-.6.0.3.C.A.0....................A................ ...........>..Gd-.;.A..MQ..L. . . . .W. .-.D.M.W.Y.A.X.U.5.4.4.0.4.3......AMBO
Boot0018* USB Floppy/CD Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0500000001)AMBO
Boot0019* USB Hard Drive Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0200000001)AMBO
Boot001A* ATAPI CD-ROM Drive Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0300000001)AMBO
Boot001C USB Floppy/CD Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0500000000)AMBO
Boot001F Hard Drive Vendor(b6fef66f-1495-4584-a836-3492d1984a8d,0200000000)AMBO
Boot0020* Realtek PXE B03 D00 BIOS(6,0,00)AMBO
Boot0021* UEFI: hp DVD A DS8A8SH ACPI(a0341d0,0)PCI(11,0)03120a000200ffff0000CD-ROM(1,6168c,11c0)AMBO

chroot /mnt/boot-sav/sda2 update-grub
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-19-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.8.0-19-generic
Adding boot menu entry for EFI firmware configuration
Unhide GRUB boot menu in sda2/boot/grub/grub.cfg

Boot successfully repaired.

You can now reboot your computer.

[oldfred]

When you say it works it that just Boot-Repair or your entire system?

You still show Windows .efi files in your efi partition. Probably when Ubuntu installed it did not erase those even though the Windows partitions were deleted. If you backed up Windows you may want to back up the Windows files in the efi partition and then delete them.
But UEFI is also smart and saves its own data, so you have still have Windows entries in UEFI also. You have to delete those from your UEFI or with low level 'EFI shell environment' which now is part of many UEFI installs or can be installed.

[Uncle Spellbinder]

The entire system is working. No issues booting into Ubuntu. I overwrote Windows. I have no interest in keeping/using Windows. Any specific advice on how would I go about deleting any Windows files/remnants/entries?


Ahhhh. Just looking at the links in your signature...........

[Uncle Spellbinder]

Nothing in UEFI Boot Manager regarding Windows. But LOTS of entries:


unclespellbinder@wombat64:~$ sudo efibootmgr
[sudo] password for unclespellbinder:
BootCurrent: 0021
Timeout: 2 seconds
BootOrder: 0012,001A,000A,0003,0004,0011,0019,0009,0002,0010, 0018,0000,0001,0021,0013,0017,001F,000F,0006,0020, 0014,001C,000C,0005
Boot0000* USB Floppy/CD
Boot0001* USB Floppy/CD
Boot0002* USB Hard Drive
Boot0003* ATAPI CD-ROM Drive
Boot0005 USB Floppy/CD
Boot0006 Hard Drive
Boot0009* USB Hard Drive
Boot000A* ATAPI CD-ROM Drive
Boot000C USB Floppy/CD
Boot000F Hard Drive
Boot0010* USB Floppy/CD
Boot0011* USB Hard Drive
Boot0012* ATAPI CD-ROM Drive
Boot0013* CD/DVD Drive
Boot0014* USB Floppy/CD
Boot0017* Hard Drive
Boot0018* USB Floppy/CD
Boot0019* USB Hard Drive
Boot001A* ATAPI CD-ROM Drive
Boot001C USB Floppy/CD
Boot001F Hard Drive
Boot0020* Realtek PXE B03 D00
Boot0021* UEFI: WDC WD5000AAKX-603CA0
unclespellbinder@wombat64:~$

[fantab]

Not really sure how to go about removing Windows entries but got a word about your 498GB '/' partition. Having only one partition that big for '/' is NOT a good idea. It is good for now but in future you should seriously consider splitting that partition into two.

30GB for '/' is plenty. '/' partition stores your System-files and application files.
30GB FREE in case you want to try another distro or another version or flavor of Ubuntu.
All the remaing GB '/home'. /home partition stores your DATA like music, documents etc. so having it separate is a GOOD idea. It will also be very helpful when reinstalling Ubuntu as you can easily format '/' partition clean and install new ubuntu, without worrying too much about loosing data.

Personally, I use a simple Linux, ext4, partition to store my DATA. I don't use /home. My '/' partition is 30GB. A simple DATA partition is excellent for me since I boot multiple Distros and I don't want to share my dotfolder/files (applications data/settings/preferences) between distros.

-- my two cents.

I am glad you got your dual-boot going.

[oldfred]

I do the same as fantab with data partitions, partly because I also have multiple installs. I usually keep old install and put new one in another partition but want the same data in both and maybe be able to boot both with same data and not have any issues of a shared /home.

You should just be able to go into your efi partition and delete the entire Microsoft folder. Boot-Repair may have seen those entries and added them to 25_custom. You can just delete those boot stanza's from 25_custom. See info on housecleaning entries for info on editing 25_custom if desired. Or ask for more info if help still needed.

[Uncle Spellbinder]

Thanks for the info, guys. Until now, a I rarely partitioned manually (unless it was a distro like Manjaro which basically required it via the cli installer). With distros like Ubuntu, I always used the "install alongside" or "replace" options and leg the installer do the work. And fantab - just to clarify, this is a standalone I stall. No dual boot.

So far so good with everything. If I have any further questions, I'll start a new thread or ask in oldfred's thread.

Thanks again, guys.

[odysseusjak]

Uncle Spellbinder,

I have a buddy with the exact same rig. I can install 13.04, but when it reboots, I get a black and white GRUB screen asking if I want to try Ubuntu or install it, etc. I created a 200MB UEFI partition, a 2MB BIOS partion, and then set up manual Ubuntu partition's like I normally do. Mind you, this was after doing just a "replace Windows" option, and then a regular manual partition install, then found that I "needed" to have the other two partitions.

What is it I'm missing? Could you detail the steps you took to get Ubuntu installed and running properly?

Thanks for the help!