I have a Lenovo IdeaPad Y400 that came pre-installed with Windows 8. I would like to run Ubuntu alongside it in a dual-boot configuration. I've spent the past week fiddling around, re-installing both Windows and Linux in various configurations, and I've come awfully close to success, but seem to have hit a snag with Grub.
For my most recent attempt, I took the following steps:
- Disabled Secure Boot
- Re-imaged Windows 8 from a hidden recovery partition, effectively restoring the machine to factory state
- Activated an option called Legacy Support in the BIOS (or is it UEFI
now?) - Booted Ubuntu 13.04 x64 from a USB stick, chose "install alongside Windows" and accepted all default options
- After a restart, found that I could boot Ubuntu, but could not boot Windows
- Once into Ubuntu, I ran Boot Repair with recommended settings and accepted all defaults.
- When Boot Repair finished, I was presented with the following message:
The boot files of [The OS now in use - Ubuntu 13.04] are far from the
start of the disk. Your BIOS may not detect them. You may want to
retry after creating a /boot partition (EXT4, >200MB, start of the
disk). This can be performed via tools such as gParted. Then select
this partition via the [Separate /boot partition:] option of [Boot
Repair]. (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootPartition)
- I followed the instructions at the url in the message, creating a 1GB EXT 4 partition near the start of the drive
- when I tried to run Boot Repair again, the "Separate /boot partition" option on the "Grub Location" tab was disabled.
- The new partition is /dev/sda11 and has the label GRUB.
- On restart, I get the following error message:
error: file '/boot/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found.
grub rescue>
- However, if I manually choose the boot partition by hitting F12, I can boot into Windows no problems. Selecting Ubuntu from the boot device menu gives me a Grub menu with the following options:
Ubuntu
Advanced options for Ubuntu
Windows UEFI recovery bootmgfw.efi
Windows Boot UEFI recovery
Windows UEFI recovery LrsBootmgr.efi
Windows Boot UEFI recovery bkpbootx64.efi
Windows Recovery Environment (loader) (on /dev/sda3)
Windows 8 (loader) (on /dev/sda5) System setup
- Selecting Ubuntu from this menu allows me to get to my Ubuntu desktop. I haven't tried the other options yet for fear of losing the progress that I've made.
So it looks like I have successfully dual-booted the machine, but that Grub is broken for some reason or another.
My current partition scheme can be seen at:
http://paste.ubuntu.com/5948753/
Thanks in advance - Jonathan
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