- #How to boot from gparted live usb on ufei system install#
- #How to boot from gparted live usb on ufei system portable#
- #How to boot from gparted live usb on ufei system password#
- #How to boot from gparted live usb on ufei system Pc#
- #How to boot from gparted live usb on ufei system windows#
You can later setup network and do the updates, add more programs, etc.
#How to boot from gparted live usb on ufei system windows#
You should re-select in Bios to UEFI boot from the USB's EFI partition, otherwise it will boot from the Windows partition you can still select Windows from the Boot menu of your "Bios" to bypass Ubuntu/Grub boot, but the best way is to move away that Ubuntu files from the PC's EFI partition however, Windows EFI/boot files are there, Ubuntu files are installed along with them this happens if you don't delete/move the Ubuntu's EFI files from the PC's EFI partition Note: if Windows boot fails after installing Ubuntu, when USB is not plugged: This will make the system to boot back in Windows mode until you select the USB drive in Bios. Recommended, move the Linux boot directories from the PC's EFI directory. The p/ directory is likely empty, you need to copy there the directories EFI/ubuntu and EFI/Boot from the PC's EFI partition: Beware, without the last directory, Windows will not be able to boot anymore. check your PC's EFI partition you should find directories 'Boot' and 'ubuntu' along with your original 'Microsoft' directory. mount the EFI partition from the target USB on 't' with something like Note that without the installing USB drive, target USB becomes /dev/sdb instead of /dev/sdc It might be different if you have multiple hard drives on your PC. Mount /dev/sda2 p #your partition number might differ mount the PC's EFI partition on 'p' with something like (change the partition) create 2 directories in the local directory:
#How to boot from gparted live usb on ufei system Pc#
identify a previous EFI partition, from your main hard/SSD disk of your PC (probably /dev/sda2 or /dev/sda1). run "fdisk -l" to identity the target USB disk partitions (usually the last added is at the bottom) double check the size!
#How to boot from gparted live usb on ufei system password#
in terminal, make yourself root with "sudo su -" enter the password you set on installation I usually right click on it on the left taskbar to "Add to favorites" open a Linux terminal, with Ctrl+Alt+T or from the left/down "9 dots" searching "terminal". after boot, skip the customization menu for now if the new USB drive does not boot, boot again from the installation USB, plugging the target USB after we just need to copy couple of files to the target USB drive
#How to boot from gparted live usb on ufei system portable#
Tweak/fix the target USB to contain the right EFI files to become portable be aware that this is likely using the EFI files on your main HDD/SSD, and the USB drive is not portable yetĥ. enter Bios and activate to Boot from the USB Ubuntu drive. when the system is off or just before (re)starting, remove the installation USB you may need to umount the USB stick as it is mounted automatically (Right click on partition, Umount) Double check the size to prevent formatting your main hard drive or the installation drive!! from right/up of gparted, carefully select the destination drive (usually the last one). open Gparted application from the "9 dots" icon in the left/down corner (other solutions exist) Create 2 GPT partitions: first as FAT32/EFI (100MB), the rest as EXT4 16GB is a good size, USB 3.x drive+port is fasterģ.
#How to boot from gparted live usb on ufei system install#
Plug the USB stick where you want to install Ubuntu in full mode On Boot menu, meke the USB/Ubuntu/Linpus entry to be the first oneĢ. be sure to have "Boot Mode" to UEFI, USB Boot activated enter Bios with something like Esc/F2/Fn+F2 Boot in UEFI mode from Ubuntu USB install stick Target USB drive (like 16GB - I use 32GB here)ġ. Installation Ubuntu USB drive (like 8GB) It is easier if they are different sizes - so you can differentiate them easily You need an installation USB drive and a target USB drive. move away EFI/ubuntu and EFI/Boot from your PC's EFI directory, so you can restore your PC boot to the initial state.ĭetailed version - for less experienced users copy recursively the directories EFI/ubuntu and EFI/Boot from your PC's EFI partition to the USB's EFI partition/directory. create the missing EFI directory on the (empty) USB's fat32 EFI partition Normally the install will not break the existing Win10 boot. You need to move the 2 new directories to the USB drive, in the EFI partition. The bug is that Ubuntu installer will not install any EFI/Grub files on the USB drive, but it will put them on your first hard drive - for example in the EFI partition created by Win10.