f.sardis
June 12th, 2014, 06:31 PM
So the laptop is an SVZ1311C5E with UEFI turned on. It has two SSD set to GPT from Windows 8.1
Windows is installed on the first SSD and I want to install 14.04 x64 on the second SSD with the boot manager on the Windows SSD so I can select what to boot from GRUB.
I am using an external USB DVD drive because the laptop doesn't have one. Ubuntu displays the message Could not open "\EFI\BOOT\fallback.efi": 14
and then proceeds to the usual menu for running a demo or installing. I choose to install and when it comes to partitioning, it tells me that no other OS was detected and that it plans to wipe the disk and install.
Problem 1) which disk of the two is it planning to wipe? I am assuming it wants to wipe the first SSD which has Windows so no thanks I will partition manually. Which takes us to the second problem.
Problem 2) if i partition manually and since it is completely oblivious to the existence of Windows on the first SSD, I am afraid that if I put GRUB on the first SSD, it will wipe Windows boot record and I will lose Windows anyway.
So what is the recommended solution in this case? I get the impression that ubuntu detects the system is running UEFI but fails to find the UEFI boot on the DVD so it falls back to Legacy which is what makes it blind to the Windows installation. It sees the UEFI partitions on the first disk but it doesn't see the OS installed. I checked the DVD and the .img file for problems and they are both clean. Secure boot is disabled as reported by Windows and there is no option in the BIOS to change it anyway.
Thanks in advance for any ideas.
Windows is installed on the first SSD and I want to install 14.04 x64 on the second SSD with the boot manager on the Windows SSD so I can select what to boot from GRUB.
I am using an external USB DVD drive because the laptop doesn't have one. Ubuntu displays the message Could not open "\EFI\BOOT\fallback.efi": 14
and then proceeds to the usual menu for running a demo or installing. I choose to install and when it comes to partitioning, it tells me that no other OS was detected and that it plans to wipe the disk and install.
Problem 1) which disk of the two is it planning to wipe? I am assuming it wants to wipe the first SSD which has Windows so no thanks I will partition manually. Which takes us to the second problem.
Problem 2) if i partition manually and since it is completely oblivious to the existence of Windows on the first SSD, I am afraid that if I put GRUB on the first SSD, it will wipe Windows boot record and I will lose Windows anyway.
So what is the recommended solution in this case? I get the impression that ubuntu detects the system is running UEFI but fails to find the UEFI boot on the DVD so it falls back to Legacy which is what makes it blind to the Windows installation. It sees the UEFI partitions on the first disk but it doesn't see the OS installed. I checked the DVD and the .img file for problems and they are both clean. Secure boot is disabled as reported by Windows and there is no option in the BIOS to change it anyway.
Thanks in advance for any ideas.