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I got my new SSD today, and used dd to burn the Ubuntu 14.04 image onto a USB. Then I swapped the internal HDD with my new SSD. I booted into the USB, and installed Ubuntu to the SSD. I manually partitioned giving 30 GB to the root and 2 GB as swap. Then it got installed.

The only problem is that I can't boot into the new installation. I get this:

Boot

So I plugged in the usb, and from it's grub, I manually booted into the installation. That is how I am typing this. Now I proceeded into trying to update grub. It runs with a warning:

Generating grub configuration file ...
Warning: Setting GRUB_TIMEOUT to a non-zero value when 
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT is set is no longer supported.
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-24-generic
Adding boot menu entry for EFI firmware configuration
done

Everything is fine, other than the fact that GRUB residing in the SSD is not being loaded during booting. How do I fix this? My laptop is a Sony VAIO SVF14212SNW

daltonfury42
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If your computer is UEFI you must first create EFI Boot Partition and your SSD shouldn't use MBR anymore but GPT. I had the same problem with my Sony VAIO. Or if you don't use Windows at all, then change UEFI to BIOS. For sure, Sony VAIO's UEFI implementation sucks.

Kouros
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  • This works! In my case, I donot have windows anymore and hence I switched to legacy mode. If anyone ever gets into the same problem, boot into live disk, use gparted to create MBR based partition table, and reinstall. – daltonfury42 May 28 '15 at 17:40