Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Could not boot Ubuntu alongside Windows 8

[I'm a beginner to Linux]
Hi
I installed Ubuntu 14.04 alongside Windows 8 following instructions in here - http://www.everydaylinuxuser.com/2013/09/install-ubuntu-linux-alongside-windows.html


Without much awareness of UEFI boot mode, I selected /dev/sda (not an EFI boot partition) for boot loader during the Ubuntu installation. I couldn't boot to Ubuntu, it always boots Windows 8.


Based on advice in the forums, booted using live CD and tried Boot repair.


Beginning with "Recommended repair", I tried several attempts still unable to fix anything.


Here are the key settings in the last attempt:



  • Associated boot partition with EFI option (which is in /dev/sda7)


  • Selected to use default EFI file name and to backup and rename Windows EFI file names.


  • Disabled SEcureboot



Like I said, no solution yet.


Here is the paste bin link http://paste.ubuntu.com/7703609/
Few things I noticed in this output (not sure if they are relevant)



  • Unusual EFI: Please report this message to boot.repair@gmail.com


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



Should I try to do a clean reinstall selecting /dev/sda7 as bootloader? will it break Windows?


Thanks in advance!

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