[SOLVED] Installing Linux Alongside Windows 8 (For now) Question
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I think I only should replace all the partitions of Linux Kali with Linux Ubuntu for now?
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Originally Posted by sNiPiCk
There are then 3 options available:
1) Install Ubuntu alongside Debian GNU/Linux (Kali Linux 1.0.7)
2) Replace Debian GNU/Linux (Kali Linux 1.0.7) with Ubuntu
3 and 4 is greyed out.
5) Something else (You can create resize partitions yourself, or choose multiple partitions for Ubuntu.
Yes, pick option #2.
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Originally Posted by sNiPiCk
2) Replace Debian GNU/Linux (Kali Linux 1.0.7) with Ubuntu
Is the next following step the right one?:
Leave sda1 and sda2 and sda5;
Remove sda3 and sda4;
Use sda6 to install ubuntu;
Will this result in working windows alongside working ubuntu?
And also, i tried to do the above mentioned,
as I click "Install Now" the following message appears:
Heading: No root file system
Message: No root file system is defined. Please correct this from the partitioning menu.
Im really close to replace windows entirely with ubuntu, after installing ubuntu when I turn on my laptop, there is just a short white line flashing on a black screen. If I type, nothing happens, i guess something is wrong with the boot system?
I dont think so, i just see the acer logo with f2 and f12 options and then the black screen I described, the disk is downloading still, but I'll have it soon.
I booted of the Boot-Repair-CD and boot repair ran. After going in circles I got to a message that said I should change the bios boot settings and then make a live usb of the boot repair cd. I did this and it repaired GURB. I restarted without any CD's or USB live and now I'm looking at GNU GURB 2.02.
But I don't see Windows, There is 5 options:
Ubuntu
Advanced options for Ubuntu
efi/EFI/ubuntu/MokManager.efi
EFI/ubuntu/MokManager.efi
System setup
Is there still a chance to recover windows as a option to boot?
Edit:
There is 5 options:
Ubuntu - seems to work fine
Advanced options for Ubuntu - gives 4 sub options
efi/EFI/ubuntu/MokManager.efi - gives error: file 'efi/EFI...' not found
EFI/ubuntu/MokManager.efi - gives /EndEntre file path: /ACPI... error:cannot load image.
System setup - open Bios settings
Did you remove any windows partitions (sda3 or sda4) ?
Anyways, you can now boot Ubuntu, then install boot-info-script and provide the output. You can also see what partitions you have on disk with your file browser and/or gparted.
I did remove sda3 and sda4 right before the Edit part of your reply showed up, do you think that’s the problem?
Not totally sure, but you previously had this:
Code:
/dev/sda3 1,435,648 1,640,447 204,800 EFI System partition
/dev/sda4 1,640,448 1,902,591 262,144 Microsoft Reserved Partition (Windows)
and now, you have this:
Code:
/dev/sda3 1,132,445,696 1,133,422,258 976,563 Data partition (Linux)
/dev/sda4 1,133,422,592 1,145,141,247 11,718,656 Data partition (Linux)
So, yes, it could be the reason.
You could boot from a windows 7 disk (if you have one) and try to repair windows start up, then use your boot-repair-disk to reconfig grub.
There is also 'testdisk' (sudo apt-get install testdisk) for partition recovery, so it could be worth giving it a try, although it's from command line and not that easy to use.
I greatly suggest before doing any commands that write to partitions, that you take a half hour and look to see what would be critical to lose.
Getting back windows would be a huge pain (thanks to m$..) but getting back unique data is even more unlikely should you make a wrong move.
Back it up! Don't just back up everything, select and choose. Keep it under 5gb and upload it to Google Drive or Mega or something.
I have a Windows 7 disk and did the start-up repair. Then the next time I turned on my PC I booted in Windows 8. Then I went to the bios settings and changed Ubuntu above Windows in start-up order, Now I'm in ubuntu and I think I need to do the Boot Repair Disk again?
Also: When Ubuntu loads, the following flashes, but then after ubuntu starts and everything seems to be in order.
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[ 13.077494] usb 111.1: string descriptor 0 read error: -22
Any idea what this means?
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Sorry the
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should be a
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[ 13.077494] usb 1-1.1: string descriptor 0 read error: -22
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