Hi there everyone,
I am having trouble with a 12.10 Ubuntu install. I have 3 separate HDDs - 2 SSDs and a large HD. I have installed W8 on one of the SSDs, and just installed Ubuntu on the other. The large drive is a shared NTFS space (split into 3 partitions).
The install went fine, where I started a swap space of 1 GB at the beginning of the drive (don't intend to hibernate), and used the rest as ext4. No errors were reported or anything. In the place where it said drive to install boot or something like that (lowest field in partition manager), I chose my Windows 8 SSD because (I assumed) that is where the booting happens right now.
What happened after reboot is that it says "Reboot And Select Proper Boot Device Or Insert Boot Media In Selected Boot Device And Press A Key". I am still able to boot into the live USB drive i created.
This is now the 5th day i've spent on this computer in a row, so I've given up troubleshooting and am going straight to the forums :/ I assume I have to reinstall/repair the bootloader/grub/something?
BTW it was a UEFI boot.
Thank you so much in advance and please let me know what other information you need.
-AK
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EDIT: God i'm an idiot, it even says right there you need an EFI partition. Ubuntu boot problem is solved! Now can someone tell me how to boot back into windows? perhaps like a boot menu before loading either OS? (I'd like to default it to W8 unless i say otherwise)
I am having trouble with a 12.10 Ubuntu install. I have 3 separate HDDs - 2 SSDs and a large HD. I have installed W8 on one of the SSDs, and just installed Ubuntu on the other. The large drive is a shared NTFS space (split into 3 partitions).
The install went fine, where I started a swap space of 1 GB at the beginning of the drive (don't intend to hibernate), and used the rest as ext4. No errors were reported or anything. In the place where it said drive to install boot or something like that (lowest field in partition manager), I chose my Windows 8 SSD because (I assumed) that is where the booting happens right now.
What happened after reboot is that it says "Reboot And Select Proper Boot Device Or Insert Boot Media In Selected Boot Device And Press A Key". I am still able to boot into the live USB drive i created.
This is now the 5th day i've spent on this computer in a row, so I've given up troubleshooting and am going straight to the forums :/ I assume I have to reinstall/repair the bootloader/grub/something?
BTW it was a UEFI boot.
Thank you so much in advance and please let me know what other information you need.
-AK
***********
EDIT: God i'm an idiot, it even says right there you need an EFI partition. Ubuntu boot problem is solved! Now can someone tell me how to boot back into windows? perhaps like a boot menu before loading either OS? (I'd like to default it to W8 unless i say otherwise)