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I'm having trouble booting my Ubuntu installation. I have tried a lot of things, but nothing seems to be working...

I have an Acer TravelMate X349 with a 256GB SSD and pre-installed Windows 10. I want to have both OS on the SSD and be able to select from them in the boot menu.

I followed this guide to create partitions alongside Windows 10 and install Ubuntu. It worked fine and the installation is complete. After restarting and going into the boot menu (F12) I can't find the Ubuntu installation. I set the boot priority for Windows on the lowest number in the BIOS boot menu. Everything is set to UEFI (Boot mode and Ubuntu USB installer).

I read somewhere that I have to set the Ubuntu bootloader (GBR i think?) as the primary loader. How do I do this?

My partitions look like this:

I use /dev/sda as the "Device for boot loader installation" Here is my Boot Info. No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda doesn't sound right...

Other things I tried are:

  • Different USB Stick
  • Ubuntu 17.10
  • Ubuntu 16.04.3
  • Different USB Tools (Yumi, putty, etzy)

Thank you :)

Jason
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Here is the solution I found:

Follow this guide to configure your EFI. Here is a quick translation:

  • Get in BIOS (UEFI) setup
  • Set a "Set Supervisor Password:"
  • set "Boot Mode:" to [UEFI]
  • set "Secure Boot" to [Enabled]

After the istalation of Ubuntu via USB Stick you need to configure your UEFI to show the grub boot loader:

  • Open the BIOS with F2
  • Select an UEFI file as trusted for executing
  • navigate to HDD0 -> EFI -> ubuntu -> shimx64.efi
  • Enter a recognizable name for you

After that, all should run smoothly. Note: Only Ubuntu 17.10 and higher supports all the driver you need. 16.04 was quite troublesome...

Jason
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