Thread: Issues dual booting with Win 8 on a new laptop
hi everyone.
after quite time searching solution particular problem no luck, have decided turn forums hopes of getting
here's what's up: on new sony vaio t-series netbook running windows 8, has efi bootloader.
in attempt dual boot, created 10gb partition ubuntu, downloaded 64-bit version (as suggested website due efi boot) , proceeded boot flashdrive.
install worked , ubuntu , running.
thing is, wasn't able choose os boot each time computer booted up, in ignorance used boot repair software try , solve issue. ended getting grub rescue console interface , had rebuild mbr , boot using windows recovery console.
have ubuntu installed on separate partition, have no way of booting it.
ran boot info script, here output:
thanks reading, regardscode:boot info script 0.61 [1 april 2012] ============================= boot info summary: =============================== => windows installed in mbr of /dev/sda. sda1: __________________________________________________________________________ file system: vfat boot sector type: unknown boot sector info: no errors found in boot parameter block. operating system: boot files: /efi/boot/bootx64.efi /efi/ubuntu/grubx64.efi sda2: __________________________________________________________________________ file system: ntfs boot sector type: windows vista/7: ntfs boot sector info: no errors found in boot parameter block. operating system: boot files: /bootmgr /boot/bcd sda3: __________________________________________________________________________ file system: vfat boot sector type: unknown boot sector info: no errors found in boot parameter block. operating system: boot files: /efi/boot/bootx64.efi /efi/linuxmint/grubx64.efi /efi/ubuntu/grubx64.efi /bootmgr /boot/bcd sda4: __________________________________________________________________________ file system: boot sector type: - boot sector info: mounting failed: mount: unknown filesystem type '' sda5: __________________________________________________________________________ file system: ntfs boot sector type: windows vista/7: ntfs boot sector info: no errors found in boot parameter block. operating system: boot files: /bootmgr /windows/system32/winload.exe sda6: __________________________________________________________________________ file system: ext2 boot sector type: unknown boot sector info: operating system: boot files: sda7: __________________________________________________________________________ file system: boot sector type: unknown boot sector info: mounting failed: mount: unknown filesystem type '' mount: unknown filesystem type '' sda8: __________________________________________________________________________ file system: ntfs boot sector type: windows vista/7: ntfs boot sector info: no errors found in boot parameter block. operating system: boot files: sdb: ___________________________________________________________________________ file system: vfat boot sector type: syslinux 4.03 2010-10-22 ........>..sr>..........9...0...~.....~...f...m.f.f....f..0~....>e}.u...... boot sector info: syslinux looks @ sector 1615808 of /dev/sdb second stage. syslinux installed in directory. integrity check of adv area failed. no errors found in boot parameter block. operating system: boot files: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /syslinux.cfg /efi/boot/grubx64.efi /ldlinux.sys ============================ drive/partition info: ============================= drive: sda _____________________________________________________________________ disk /dev/sda: 256.1 gb, 256060514304 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 31130 cylinders, total 500118192 sectors units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes partition boot start sector end sector # of sectors id system /dev/sda1 1 500,118,191 500,118,191 ee gpt guid partition table detected. partition start sector end sector # of sectors system /dev/sda1 2,048 534,527 532,480 - /dev/sda2 534,528 3,553,279 3,018,752 windows recovery environment (windows) /dev/sda3 3,553,280 4,085,759 532,480 efi system partition /dev/sda4 4,085,760 4,347,903 262,144 microsoft reserved partition (windows) /dev/sda5 4,347,904 399,984,639 395,636,736 data partition (windows/linux) /dev/sda6 399,984,640 420,956,159 20,971,520 data partition (windows/linux) /dev/sda7 420,958,208 437,768,191 16,809,984 - /dev/sda8 437,768,192 500,117,503 62,349,312 windows recovery environment (windows) "blkid" output: ________________________________________________________________ device uuid type label /dev/loop0 squashfs /dev/sda1 c46a-065d vfat sonysys /dev/sda2 f274da3d74da046f ntfs windows re tools /dev/sda3 fea6-8c3b vfat /dev/sda5 dcaeab63aeab34c4 ntfs /dev/sda6 1f0df31a-fd48-48ed-bc1f-71ff5a5b5056 ext2 /dev/sda8 18e2e459e2e43d1e ntfs recovery /dev/sdb e0a8-aca7 vfat ubuntu ================================ mount points: ================================= device mount_point type options /dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime) /dev/sdb /cdrom vfat (ro,noatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro) =========================== sdb/boot/grub/grub.cfg: ============================ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- if loadfont /boot/grub/font.pf2 ; set gfxmode=auto insmod efi_gop insmod efi_uga insmod gfxterm terminal_output gfxterm fi set menu_color_normal=white/black set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray menuentry "try ubuntu without installing" { set gfxpayload=keep linux /casper/vmlinuz.efi.signed file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash -- initrd /casper/initrd.lz } menuentry "install ubuntu" { set gfxpayload=keep linux /casper/vmlinuz.efi.signed file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash -- initrd /casper/initrd.lz } menuentry "oem install (for manufacturers)" { set gfxpayload=keep linux /casper/vmlinuz.efi.signed file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash oem-config/enable=true -- initrd /casper/initrd.lz } menuentry "check disc defects" { set gfxpayload=keep linux /casper/vmlinuz.efi.signed boot=casper integrity-check quiet splash -- initrd /casper/initrd.lz } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================== sdb/syslinux.cfg: =============================== -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- default menu.c32 prompt 0 menu title unetbootin timeout 100 label unetbootindefault menu label default kernel /ubnkern append initrd=/ubninit file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash -- label ubnentry0 menu label ^help kernel /ubnkern append initrd=/ubninit label ubnentry1 menu label ^try ubuntu without installing kernel /casper/vmlinuz append initrd=/casper/initrd.lz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash -- label ubnentry2 menu label ^install ubuntu kernel /casper/vmlinuz append initrd=/casper/initrd.lz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash -- label ubnentry3 menu label ^check disc defects kernel /casper/vmlinuz append initrd=/casper/initrd.lz boot=casper integrity-check quiet splash -- label ubnentry4 menu label test ^memory kernel /install/mt86plus append initrd=/ubninit label ubnentry5 menu label ^boot first hard disk kernel /ubnkern append initrd=/ubninit label ubnentry6 menu label try ubuntu without installing kernel /casper/vmlinuz.efi.signed append initrd=/casper/initrd.lz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash -- label ubnentry7 menu label install ubuntu kernel /casper/vmlinuz.efi.signed append initrd=/casper/initrd.lz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash -- label ubnentry8 menu label oem install (for manufacturers) kernel /casper/vmlinuz.efi.signed append initrd=/casper/initrd.lz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash oem-config/enable=true -- label ubnentry9 menu label check disc defects kernel /casper/vmlinuz.efi.signed append initrd=/casper/initrd.lz boot=casper integrity-check quiet splash -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==================== sdb: location of files loaded grub: ==================== gib - gb file fragment(s) ?? = ?? boot/grub/grub.cfg 1 ================== sdb: location of files loaded syslinux: ================== gib - gb file fragment(s) ?? = ?? ldlinux.sys 1 ?? = ?? menu.c32 1 ?? = ?? syslinux.cfg 1 =============== sdb: version of com32(r) files used syslinux: =============== menu.c32 : com32r module (v4.xx) ======================== unknown mbrs/boot sectors/etc: ======================== unknown gpt partiton type 329701f46e06124e8273346c5641494f unknown gpt partiton type dee2bfd3af3ddf11ba40e3a556d89593 unknown bootloader on sda1 00000000 eb 58 90 4d 53 44 4f 53 35 2e 30 00 02 08 fe 1b |.x.msdos5.0.....| 00000010 02 00 00 00 00 f8 00 00 3f 00 ff 00 00 08 00 00 |........?.......| 00000020 00 20 08 00 01 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 |. ..............| 00000030 01 00 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000040 80 00 29 5d 06 6a c4 4e 4f 20 4e 41 4d 45 20 20 |..)].j.no name | 00000050 20 20 46 41 54 33 32 20 20 20 33 c9 8e d1 bc f4 | fat32 3.....| 00000060 7b 8e c1 8e d9 bd 00 7c 88 56 40 88 4e 02 8a 56 |{......|.v@.n..v| 00000070 40 b4 41 bb aa 55 cd 13 72 10 81 fb 55 aa 75 0a |@.a..u..r...u.u.| 00000080 f6 c1 01 74 05 fe 46 02 eb 2d 8a 56 40 b4 08 cd |...t..f..-.v@...| 00000090 13 73 05 b9 ff ff 8a f1 66 0f b6 c6 40 66 0f b6 |.s......f...@f..| 000000a0 d1 80 e2 3f f7 e2 86 cd c0 ed 06 41 66 0f b7 c9 |...?.......af...| 000000b0 66 f7 e1 66 89 46 f8 83 7e 16 00 75 39 83 7e 2a |f..f.f..~..u9.~*| 000000c0 00 77 33 66 8b 46 1c 66 83 c0 0c bb 00 80 b9 01 |.w3f.f.f........| 000000d0 00 e8 2c 00 e9 a8 03 a1 f8 7d 80 c4 7c 8b f0 ac |..,......}..|...| 000000e0 84 c0 74 17 3c ff 74 09 b4 0e bb 07 00 cd 10 eb |..t.<.t.........| 000000f0 ee a1 fa 7d eb e4 a1 7d 80 eb df 98 cd 16 cd 19 |...}...}........| 00000100 66 60 80 7e 02 00 0f 84 20 00 66 6a 00 66 50 06 |f`.~.... .fj.fp.| 00000110 53 66 68 10 00 01 00 b4 42 8a 56 40 8b f4 cd 13 |sfh.....b.v@....| 00000120 66 58 66 58 66 58 66 58 eb 33 66 3b 46 f8 72 03 |fxfxfxfx.3f;f.r.| 00000130 f9 eb 2a 66 33 d2 66 0f b7 4e 18 66 f7 f1 fe c2 |..*f3.f..n.f....| 00000140 8a ca 66 8b d0 66 c1 ea 10 f7 76 1a 86 d6 8a 56 |..f..f....v....v| 00000150 40 8a e8 c0 e4 06 0a cc b8 01 02 cd 13 66 61 0f |@............fa.| 00000160 82 74 ff 81 c3 00 02 66 40 49 75 94 c3 42 4f 4f |.t.....f@iu..boo| 00000170 54 4d 47 52 20 20 20 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |tmgr ........| 00000180 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| * 000001a0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0d 0a 44 69 |..............di| 000001b0 73 6b 20 65 72 72 6f 72 ff 0d 0a 50 72 65 73 73 |sk error...press| 000001c0 20 61 6e 79 20 6b 65 79 20 74 6f 20 72 65 73 74 | key rest| 000001d0 61 72 74 0d 0a 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |art.............| 000001e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 000001f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ac 01 b9 01 00 00 55 aa |..............u.| 00000200 unknown bootloader on sda3 00000000 eb 58 90 4d 53 44 4f 53 35 2e 30 00 02 01 7e 20 |.x.msdos5.0...~ | 00000010 02 00 00 00 00 f8 00 00 3f 00 ff 00 00 38 36 00 |........?....86.| 00000020 00 20 08 00 c1 0f 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 |. ..............| 00000030 01 00 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000040 80 00 29 3b 8c a6 fe 4e 4f 20 4e 41 4d 45 20 20 |..);...no name | 00000050 20 20 46 41 54 33 32 20 20 20 33 c9 8e d1 bc f4 | fat32 3.....| 00000060 7b 8e c1 8e d9 bd 00 7c 88 56 40 88 4e 02 8a 56 |{......|.v@.n..v| 00000070 40 b4 41 bb aa 55 cd 13 72 10 81 fb 55 aa 75 0a |@.a..u..r...u.u.| 00000080 f6 c1 01 74 05 fe 46 02 eb 2d 8a 56 40 b4 08 cd |...t..f..-.v@...| 00000090 13 73 05 b9 ff ff 8a f1 66 0f b6 c6 40 66 0f b6 |.s......f...@f..| 000000a0 d1 80 e2 3f f7 e2 86 cd c0 ed 06 41 66 0f b7 c9 |...?.......af...| 000000b0 66 f7 e1 66 89 46 f8 83 7e 16 00 75 39 83 7e 2a |f..f.f..~..u9.~*| 000000c0 00 77 33 66 8b 46 1c 66 83 c0 0c bb 00 80 b9 01 |.w3f.f.f........| 000000d0 00 e8 2c 00 e9 a8 03 a1 f8 7d 80 c4 7c 8b f0 ac |..,......}..|...| 000000e0 84 c0 74 17 3c ff 74 09 b4 0e bb 07 00 cd 10 eb |..t.<.t.........| 000000f0 ee a1 fa 7d eb e4 a1 7d 80 eb df 98 cd 16 cd 19 |...}...}........| 00000100 66 60 80 7e 02 00 0f 84 20 00 66 6a 00 66 50 06 |f`.~.... .fj.fp.| 00000110 53 66 68 10 00 01 00 b4 42 8a 56 40 8b f4 cd 13 |sfh.....b.v@....| 00000120 66 58 66 58 66 58 66 58 eb 33 66 3b 46 f8 72 03 |fxfxfxfx.3f;f.r.| 00000130 f9 eb 2a 66 33 d2 66 0f b7 4e 18 66 f7 f1 fe c2 |..*f3.f..n.f....| 00000140 8a ca 66 8b d0 66 c1 ea 10 f7 76 1a 86 d6 8a 56 |..f..f....v....v| 00000150 40 8a e8 c0 e4 06 0a cc b8 01 02 cd 13 66 61 0f |@............fa.| 00000160 82 74 ff 81 c3 00 02 66 40 49 75 94 c3 42 4f 4f |.t.....f@iu..boo| 00000170 54 4d 47 52 20 20 20 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |tmgr ........| 00000180 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| * 000001a0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0d 0a 44 69 |..............di| 000001b0 73 6b 20 65 72 72 6f 72 ff 0d 0a 50 72 65 73 73 |sk error...press| 000001c0 20 61 6e 79 20 6b 65 79 20 74 6f 20 72 65 73 74 | key rest| 000001d0 61 72 74 0d 0a 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |art.............| 000001e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 000001f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ac 01 b9 01 00 00 55 aa |..............u.| 00000200 unknown bootloader on sda6 00000000 eb 58 90 00 53 44 4f 53 35 2e 30 00 02 10 16 10 |.x..sdos5.0.....| 00000010 02 00 00 00 00 f8 00 00 3f 00 ff 00 00 48 d7 17 |........?....h..| 00000020 00 00 40 01 f5 27 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 |..@..'..........| 00000030 01 00 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000040 80 00 29 3e 08 45 4a 4e 4f 20 4e 41 4d 45 20 20 |..)>.ejno name | 00000050 20 20 00 41 54 33 32 20 20 20 33 c9 8e d1 bc f4 | .at32 3.....| 00000060 7b 8e c1 8e d9 bd 00 7c 88 56 40 88 4e 02 8a 56 |{......|.v@.n..v| 00000070 40 b4 41 bb aa 55 cd 13 72 10 81 fb 55 aa 75 0a |@.a..u..r...u.u.| 00000080 f6 c1 01 74 05 fe 46 02 eb 2d 8a 56 40 b4 08 cd |...t..f..-.v@...| 00000090 13 73 05 b9 ff ff 8a f1 66 0f b6 c6 40 66 0f b6 |.s......f...@f..| 000000a0 d1 80 e2 3f f7 e2 86 cd c0 ed 06 41 66 0f b7 c9 |...?.......af...| 000000b0 66 f7 e1 66 89 46 f8 83 7e 16 00 75 39 83 7e 2a |f..f.f..~..u9.~*| 000000c0 00 77 33 66 8b 46 1c 66 83 c0 0c bb 00 80 b9 01 |.w3f.f.f........| 000000d0 00 e8 2c 00 e9 a8 03 a1 f8 7d 80 c4 7c 8b f0 ac |..,......}..|...| 000000e0 84 c0 74 17 3c ff 74 09 b4 0e bb 07 00 cd 10 eb |..t.<.t.........| 000000f0 ee a1 fa 7d eb e4 a1 7d 80 eb df 98 cd 16 cd 19 |...}...}........| 00000100 66 60 80 7e 02 00 0f 84 20 00 66 6a 00 66 50 06 |f`.~.... .fj.fp.| 00000110 53 66 68 10 00 01 00 b4 42 8a 56 40 8b f4 cd 13 |sfh.....b.v@....| 00000120 66 58 66 58 66 58 66 58 eb 33 66 3b 46 f8 72 03 |fxfxfxfx.3f;f.r.| 00000130 f9 eb 2a 66 33 d2 66 0f b7 4e 18 66 f7 f1 fe c2 |..*f3.f..n.f....| 00000140 8a ca 66 8b d0 66 c1 ea 10 f7 76 1a 86 d6 8a 56 |..f..f....v....v| 00000150 40 8a e8 c0 e4 06 0a cc b8 01 02 cd 13 66 61 0f |@............fa.| 00000160 82 74 ff 81 c3 00 02 66 40 49 75 94 c3 42 4f 4f |.t.....f@iu..boo| 00000170 54 4d 47 52 20 20 20 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |tmgr ........| 00000180 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| * 000001a0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0d 0a 44 69 |..............di| 000001b0 73 6b 20 65 72 72 6f 72 ff 0d 0a 50 72 65 73 73 |sk error...press| 000001c0 20 61 6e 79 20 6b 65 79 20 74 6f 20 72 65 73 74 | key rest| 000001d0 61 72 74 0d 0a 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |art.............| 000001e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................| 000001f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ac 01 b9 01 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000200 unknown bootloader on sda7 00000000 70 a5 41 16 ae 99 e0 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |p.a.............| 00000010 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff ff 1f 00 00 00 00 |................| 00000020 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 fc 1f 00 00 00 00 |.........@......| 00000030 00 00 00 00 01 04 74 84 f0 43 00 40 80 fe ff ff |......t..c.@....| 00000040 c1 03 e0 ff ff ff ff ff 53 02 ff ff ff ff ff ff |........s.......| 00000050 60 20 00 00 00 a0 01 00 00 20 4a 00 0b 00 00 00 |` ....... j.....| 00000060 0c 03 80 00 40 10 80 10 3e f8 cf fc e3 9c 01 00 |....@...>.......| 00000070 81 9e f0 df ff ff ff ff 3f 09 10 80 12 80 87 c1 |........?.......| 00000080 20 01 00 59 80 09 98 01 c1 00 00 03 02 00 84 d0 | ..y............| 00000090 18 08 08 00 00 00 8b 03 3e 11 36 72 1c a6 c2 30 |........>.6r...0| 000000a0 e1 0e 08 f8 00 3c cc db 6a 3c 34 c8 e1 3e 00 3c |.....<..j<4..>.<| 000000b0 5e 57 cf 05 02 80 c1 03 24 82 f7 03 0e 80 00 00 |^w......$.......| 000000c0 40 88 aa bb 19 40 18 d8 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff |@....@..........| 000000d0 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff |................| * 00000100 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 04 10 00 b8 11 59 00 88 |.............y..| 00000110 62 10 18 19 98 0d 00 00 c0 c2 00 00 04 00 1c 69 |b..............i| 00000120 00 40 00 08 00 00 c0 19 00 28 00 04 20 00 03 00 |.@.......(.. ...| 00000130 e0 fe f7 03 16 00 1c 00 00 f2 2c 02 08 80 fd fd |..........,.....| 00000140 00 c0 00 00 70 12 60 40 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff |....p.`@........| 00000150 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff |................| * 000001c0 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 10 15 18 a4 5a 12 d8 |.............z..| 000001d0 21 78 cc 20 10 25 00 88 44 01 00 00 05 60 0c 00 |!x. .%..d....`..| 000001e0 00 20 00 00 82 00 06 49 d6 0c 00 00 40 04 02 00 |. .....i....@...| 000001f0 00 86 4d 10 c2 20 00 08 d0 2f f8 f1 83 61 ff ff |..m.. .../...a..| 00000200 ========= devices don't seem have corresponding hard drive: ========= sdc =============================== stderr messages: =============================== ls: reading directory sda6/: input/output error no volume groups found bootinfoscript: line 1646: [: 2.73495e+09: integer expression expected
was older copy of mint? old versions of grub2 had bug overwrote entire efi partition erasing windows. , not have windows efi files in efi partition.
show windows boot loader in mbr, did convert windows install uefi bios/csm/legacy?
need use 64 bit version of 12.10 or 12.04.2 , uefi menu boot flash drive in uefi mode. way install in uefi mode.
systems need quick boot or fast boot turned off in uefi settings. vital systems. best backup efi partition , windows partition first.
use windows disk tools shrink windows main partition, not create new partitions, if installing on same drive.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/uefi
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/uefi
of 12.04.2, possible install on uefi systems secure boot enabled (using signed versions of shim, grub, , linux kernel). set ubuntu (desktop, alternate, , server) , edubuntu images due pressures of time; expect enable across entire ubuntu family 12.04.3. details:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/precisepango.../ubuntudesktop
post link bootinfo report creates. part of boot-repair:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/boot-info
boot repair -also handles lvm, gpt, separate /boot , uefi dual boot.:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/boot-repair
can repair many boot issues or 'create bootinfo' report (other options) & post link creates, can see exact configuration , diagnose advanced problems.
install in ubuntu livecd or usb or full repaircd boot-repair (for newer computers)
http://sourceforge.net/p/boot-repair/home/home/
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntusecureremix
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