Install Ubuntu in UEFI mode (unable to boot from USB)

Solution 1:

In Windows 8, open the settings charms by pressing Windows+I keys. At the bottom, you’ll see the option of Change PC settings. Click on it. Then you need to go to General PC settings and select Advanced startup and then click on Restart now. It actually won’t restart right after it, but it will provide some option that you will see on next boot. You should to choose Use a device. In Use a device menu select EFI USB Device and your computer will start to boot from the flash-drive.

Solution 2:

On my ThinkPad Ubuntu 14.04 went into the infinite loop, Ubuntu 15.04 did not. Furthermore:

• proper shutdown in Windows
• UEFI on (important)
• CSM yes
• SecureBoot off

After installing Ubuntu, only boot to Windows was possible: boot Ubuntu from live and install + run boot-repair. This way grub is the first thing that comes up. Windows boot loader can be skipped with EasyBCD and in Linux grub-customizer to clean up the grub menu.

Solution 3:

I had the same problem with my new Samsung Ativ 9. The following changes to BIOS helped: (For Samsung F2 entered BIOS)

• Advanced: Fast boot mode to disabled
• Boot: Secure Boot to Disabled
• Boot: OS Mode Select left at UEFI OS (To allow Windows alongside)
• Boot: Boot device priority -> set USB HDD at top

I also had to turn off fast boot option under control panel under Windows 8

Solution 4:

For a successful installation I needed an ESP partition as follows:

1. Create the LiveUSB
   1. Fire gparted
   2. Delete all partitions if any
   3. Create a partition table
   4. Create a FAT32 partition
   5. Burn the ISO with gnome-disks
2. Enter the BIOS
   1. Turn on UEFI mode
   2. Turn off
      • Secure Boot
      • Legacy ROMs
      • QuickBoot/FastBoot
      • Intel Smart Response Technology (SRT)
      • Fast Startup
   3. Add a UEFI boot option for the USB drive, choose grubx64.efi if asked for a file
3. Boot the Ubuntu LiveUSB
4. Fire gparted
   1. Select the hard disk
   2. Create a partition table
   3. This is the key part. Create a partition at the beginning of the disk with FAT32 format of at least 200 MB, 500 MB was my choice
   4. Set it with the flags boot and efi (I had to guess the last one, didn't find info anywhere)
   5. Create the remaining partitions as usual
5. On the Ubuntu installer
   1. Choose to set hard disk partitions manually
   2. Set the HD first partition with the mounting point at /boot/efi
6. And finally the usual rest of the process

That was on a Dell Inspiron 15-3552.