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sonlard_berglund
March 3rd, 2016, 06:01 PM
I have tried everything that i can find on the internet but nothing works.

I have enabled CSM and turned of secureboot but it still doesn´t work.

Anybody that know how to get ubuntu to work on this comuter?

I have windowss 10 installed on c: and i´m trying to install ubuntu on a partition e:, the c: and e: is not on the same harddrive.

I want to be make a dual boot.

I made a USB boot stick with rufus USB, unetbootin and several other USB iso software but nothing seems to work.

I get to the Ubuntu screen and then the computer stops working and i have to restart.

Anybody that know how to get this owrking?

sonlard_berglund
March 18th, 2016, 01:08 PM
anybody have an idea what to do to resolve this?

ubfan1
March 18th, 2016, 05:01 PM
You want UEFI mode, not some CSM compatibility mode. The install media boots both UEFI and legacy, so CSM is letting the machine decide which, and maybe it's choosing the wrong one. The second disk with Ubuntu probably should have gpt partitioning (not MSDOS partitioning). That will eliminate problems with primary/extended physical/logical partitions, everything in gpt is primary. Ubuntu has handled UEFI installs perfectly for years, it's the vendors who mess things up by adding non-standard restrictions, like specific names on the bootloaders or on the name in nvram to invoke them. Asus did not seem to have any issues (on an x200), but do read up on UEFI

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI

http://askubuntu.com/questions/221835/installing-ubuntu-on-a-pre-installed-windows-8-64-bit-system-uefi-supported

sonlard_berglund
March 21st, 2016, 12:37 PM
thank you...will do that