Dual Boot Ubuntu 14.04 with Windows 7 on UEFI
I just built a new computer last week, and this weekend I got around to attempting to install Ubuntu 14.04 on it besides Windows 7. This is my first experience really using UEFI, so I was a little surprised that the install process didn't just work for me. No matter what I did, I always ended up with a prompt saying
Unable to find a medium containing a live file system
and I was unable to type anything, though that may be due to my wireless keyboard (wired is on the way). This prompt always comes up after sitting at the Ubuntu loading screen for about ~2-3 minutes.
I made sure the ISO I downloaded was fine by checking the MD5Sum. Rebuilt the bootable usb (using UNetbootin) twice, no luck. The only thing I was not able to do was turn off secure boot, because I was not able to find the option on my motherboad (Gigabyte 970A-UD3P). I'm not even sure if that's a UEFI feature, or if it's just a Windows 8 feature.
I have verified that I am indeed using USB2.0 ports, and not USB3.0. I am rather lost and not sure how to proceed at this point. Any more guidance would be greatly appreciated! I really despise developing on Windows -_-
EDIT: more attempts: Ok, I have tried this some more. I have now used Rufus, LiveLinux USB Creator, and Universal USB Installer. None of these have done it either. I have bought a brand new flash drive, that didn't work. Every single time it is the same story. Ubuntu loading screen for about 2 minutes, then kicked into an ash console with the message of "Unable to find a medium containing a live file system". I'm not even able to type at all at this point, so I can't really get any more information. This is incredibly frustrating. I have never had this much trouble getting Linux installed before.
HARDWARE:
Gigabyte 970A-UD3P
AMD FX8350
GTX 760
Skill Ripjaw 2x4GB RAM
1TB HDD
While a different model Gigabyte mother board this may also apply.
Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3 with I7-3820 Needed F6 to set ACPI=Off.and nomodeset
Gigabyte UEFI boot issues - The partition size of the created USB Installer device needs to be under that of 4GB. Others found UEFI/BIOS update solved issue of 4GB FAT limit.
turns out the IOMMU needs to be enabled in the BIOS. This problems seems to be exclusive to Gigabyte boards.
Some more related info: IOMMU for USB3 ports Gigabyte board
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2188370
Linux kernel enable the IOMMU – input / output memory management unit support - AMD
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-turn-on-linux-software-iommu-support.html
Don't use unetbootin. My experience with it is limited, but the last I heard, its support for EFI-mode booting was poor or non-existent. In my experience, the most reliable way to create an EFI-bootable USB flash drive of an Ubuntu installer is to use dd in Linux, or a port of dd to Windows or whatever other OS you can use:
sudo dd if=imagefile.iso of=/dev/sdc
Change the if= and of= options as appropriate.
If you're using Windows, my limited experience with Rufus has also been positive.
For more on EFI-mode installs generally, see my Web page on the subject or the Ubuntu community wiki. Both provide accurate information. Much of the advice on the Internet about EFI-mode installs is misguided.
First decide which firmware interface to be used EFI or Legacy mode . This will help you to decide.
For uefi + Windows 8 see @Luis Alvarado's answer at installing-ubuntu-on-a-pre-installed-windows-8-64-bit-system-uefi-supported.
If you can't boot try the following.
- Use legacy mode (no uefi)
- Use USB 2.0 port (no USB 3)
- Remove all unwanted devices (USB, memory card)
- Disable QuickBoot/FastBoot from Windows
- Try UHCI or OHCI Host Controller (no xHCI)
For error
Unable to find a medium containing a live file system
As you get this error after loading the boot-loader you can load the operating system to RAM but edit and adding toram option to the kernel. For this , after loading boot-loader, press any arrow key to pause add option toram to the line that load kernel. For example linux /casper/vmlinuz boot=casper will become linux /casper/vmlinuz toram boot=casper .