G780 capable of dual boot to ubuntu 12.04

I was looking to purchase a new computer Lenovo Essential G780 Laptop - 59381095 - Dark Brown: DOORBUSTER http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/essential/g-series/g780/
I have started to do video editing with OneShot and love all the speed in Ubuntu it is where I try to do everything but I still do a lot of MS Access programming so I really need a dual boot.
There are no certified 17" models that I could find and when program the extra screen width is very helpful.
I would greatly appreciate it if anyone could assist me in determining if this G780 will be able to dual boot. I do not know much about hardware compatibility

What abt ?
Do WE Require sound Driver .
do 12.04 desktop .amd
instal hp laptops or is it only for Desktop

Similar Messages

  • Dual boot with Ubuntu 13.0 using bootable USB problem (Y410P)

    Hi I recently bought Lenovo Y410P and have been since trying for hours to dual boot with Ubuntu but I was unsuccessful.
    I formatted by USB drive in FAT format, and created a bootable usb using Pendrive. Then I changed the Boot Mode to Legacy Support and the boot order so it boots from the flash storage first.
    Then it hung on a purple screen like this: http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/3509/dgfdgrunningoraclevmvir.png
    and the keyboard doesn't work and I couldn't go any further from here.
    So I tried to use a different program called Unetbootin, and the problem got worse and it just stopped working at the option screen where you select whether to just try Ubuntu or install it, etc.
    I read it somewhere the recent version of Unetbootin doesn't work, so I got the 474 version of it, and finally I was able to select from the option menu and it didn't hang. However when I clicked on Install Ubuntu, it just stopped there for a while, and then the boot failed and moved onto Windows 8 again.
    I looked at the USB drive, and I realized the folder and some config files are names isolinux instead of syslinux, so I changed them, and now I'm getting the "SYSLINUX 3.86 2010..." words on the black screen and it hangs there.
    I saw a similar message before using Pendrive and it was like "SYSLINUX 4.10 2012...". That was because the flash drive wasn't formatted in FAT (it was FAT32). So I re-checked the drive, but it is indeed formatted in FAT so I'm not sure why now I'm getting a similar message.
    It will be much appreciated if you could give me some suggestions as to how to solve this problem.
    Thanks

    Something else you could try.  Not sure it will make any difference.
    Skip the boot creation tools and just boot the thing in UEFI mode.
    Use the latest (12.10 or later will work, IIRC) 64-bit Ubuntu ISO.  Format your flash drive as a single FAT32 partition.  Extract the contents of the ISO to the flash drive.  Use 7zip for Windows, or your favorite Linux de-archiving tool.  That's it.  
    [edit] I don't believe the partition needs to be set active, but haven't tested that.
    Set BIOS boot mode to UEFI.  Even secure boot mode should work withe a new enough Ubuntu - but isn't necessary.
    Give that a try.  If it still barfs at the same place, mess around with the start-up graphics options.
    Z.
    The large print: please read the Community Participation Rules before posting. Include as much information as possible: model, machine type, operating system, and a descriptive subject line. Do not include personal information: serial number, telephone number, email address, etc.  The fine print: I do not work for, nor do I speak for Lenovo. Unsolicited private messages will be ignored. ... GeezBlog
    English Community   Deutsche Community   Comunidad en Español   Русскоязычное Сообщество

  • Edge e520 i5 UEFI/GPT Dual boot Windows/Ubuntu

    Hi!
    I have an Edge e520 1143GVG. It has an UEFI-Board with Win7/64 on MBR-Harddisk.
    What I want:
    GPT-Partition scheme and dual boot Windows 7/64 and ubuntu 14.04/64.
    I managed to backup the partitions on an external HDD, install GPT on Harddisk, recopy saved Partitions and have now a fully running Win7/64 on GPT-System (it wasn't that easy as it seems here).
    Next Step is to install Ubuntu on a separate Partition. I took a standard Ubuntu boot-CD, startet the pc with that boot disk (Board-Settings: UEFI/BIOS "Both", UEFI First) and installed Ubuntu without any trouble. Unfortunately no boot entry has been generated, so I tried to add one with EasyBCD. That doesn't work, an error is shown like "Windows cannot be startet, no valid file /NST/grub.mbr" or something like that.
    I think the reason is that the cd booted in BIOS Mode, not UEFI. If I set board setting to "UEFI only", the boot CD will not start. So I built a bootable Ubuntu USB-Flashdrive with GPT-Scheme, but it didn't start as well.
    After that I updated BIOS hoping UEFI-Boot from external devices will be possible then. It isn't.
    The e520-board seems to be outdated or faulty, it is not possible to boot from USB or CD in UEFI-Mode.
    Does anyone knows a solution? Will Lenovo update the BIOS?
    kr,
    Bernd Hollermann, Germany

    I have to update my problem:
    booting in gpt/uefi-mode is impossible from usb-key, but is ok from DVD. I managed to install Ubuntu now, everything runs well, after I took a 64-bit version on a dvd.

  • [SOLVED] Dual boot with ubuntu w/o installing GRUB? (YES)

    Hi all -
    This is my first shot at arch, tho I've installed a few other linux distros.
    So far I really appreciate the excellent documentation, especially compared to other linuxes!
    But I can't find a good answer to this question:
    I already have ubuntu installed and would like to dual-boot with arch.  (I also have Win7 but boot it from a separate disk selected via BIOS, and usually leave this disk disconnected anyway, so it's not an issue; grub doesn't know it exists).
    Q:  Before installing, can I make a new LOGICAL ext4 partition (say /dev/sda7),
    - then install arch on that **w/o installing grub** and **without messing with the MBR**,
    - then edit ubuntu's existing menu.lst to add arch to the boot options?
    Current $ fdisk -l
    /dev/sda1    ext4 primary/boot (/ for ubuntu)
    /dev/sda2    extended
    --/dev/sda6  linux-swap
    --/dev/sda5  NTFS (data - mp3s, etc)
    unallocated  480GB  --> Create new ext4 partition /dev/sda7,  (logical or primary? Prefer logical)
    Current menu.lst entry that I normally boot:
    title       Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, kernel 3.2.0-24-generic REGULAR
    uuid        UUIDforSDA1 (file has actual UUID number...)
    kernel      /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic root=UUID=UUIDforSDA1 ro
    initrd      /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-24-generic
    and add something like this to menu.lst:
    title  Arch Linux
    uuid  UUIDforSDA7
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/sda7/ARCH ro  (??? - from example in arch docs)
    initrd /boot/initramfs-linux.img
    or
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=UUIDforSDA7 ro  (??? - like the ubuntu entry)
    I'd really like to NOT mess up booting ubuntu!  (Another option might be install arch to a separate disk with the ubuntu disk disconnected, then copy the whole install over via a USB adapter...I've done worse!)
    TIA for any help!
    Edit: so I guess there's three questions:
    1 - Can I install arch w/o installing grub & MBR messing-wth?
    2 - What's the correct syntax for menu.lst to access and boot arch?
    3 - Will this work?
    Last edited by Flemur (2012-05-25 15:24:18)

    Well, it worked and booted up first time - no grub install.
    The main hassle was merely creating a new ext4 partitions because "Partition Wizard" boot CD screwed up and I kept getting "Unable to update kernel until reboot" messages until I deleted and rebuilt all the partitions in the extended partition with puppy linux & gparted instead of Partition Wizard.
    In case others stumble upon this trhread, here's some info:
    The entry in the ubuntu (original) menu.lst was this:
       title           Arch Linux
       uuid          af7...etc...9f3c
       kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=af7...etc.f3c ro
       initrd          /boot/initramfs-linux.img
    I'm even posting this from arch/fluxbox/Firefox, although getting X set up with nvidia (PITA!) apparently required using a different pacman source:
    File "mirrorlist" now points to
        Server = http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
    which wasn't in the original file.
    Then
    $ pacman -Su --> "/etc/mtab exists" --> delete it and something else broke,
    so
    $ pacman -Su --force --> worked fine (against official advice)
    Also: needed to install nvidia-utils and xorg-xinit
    Thanks again!

  • I have a dual boot with Ubuntu 10.10 and Windows 7, with linked profiles. When I upgraded to 4.0, my tabs and settings would show in Windows, but not Ubuntu. How do I fix this?

    This worked when I first installed and booted in Ubuntu. When I booted in windows, my tabs which were open in Ubuntu opened in Wndows. But, when I booted back into Ubuntu, all of my tabs and pinned tabs were gone, as well as the firefox button. My bookmarks and firefox background remained, but none of my tab settings.

    Norton is due to release a patch for both IE9 and Firefox 4 in May. See [http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Internet-Security-Norton/Norton-compatibility-with-IE9-and-FF4/td-p/420020 Norton compatibility with IE9 and FF4]
    To revert to 3.6.16, do the following.
    * Go to [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html Download Firefox v3.6.16] and download it to the desktop.
    * Then go to Add/Remove Programs, scroll down to Mozilla Firefox and remove it, choosing to keep your bookmarks, customizations etc., (don't checkmark the box).
    * Then reboot and delete the folder called Mozilla Firefox at this location: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox
    * Finally run the installation file you downloaded.
    Actually, Firefox 4 does have a means of identifying untrusted sites. See [[Site Identity Button]]

  • Dual boot with Ubuntu?

    I've got Ubuntu 11.04 setup ok now on an EEE 1201N.
    I plan on dualbooting with Arch.
    What I've found out so far:
    - I can skip the installation of Grub during the Arch install, because I can modify the existing Grub config, to also include Arch in the boot menu
    - I need only one SWAP partition, it can be used by both OS'ses
    Questions:
    - Is it wise to share (use the existing Ubuntu) /HOME partition in Ubuntu and Arch? Or is it better to mount a separate /DATA partition for sharing data used in both OS'ses (movies, pics, docs, ect.)
    - Do I need a seperate /BOOT partition for Arch?
    - Any other tips ?
    Thanks for the help!

    I have a quintuple boot system with Arch + Ubuntu + Debian Sid + Slackware + Gentoo, and here's what I do:
    I create a separate data partition, different from /home, since I do not like mixing config files with my own files. In the event of a reformat, I just back up what I need to (very few rc files). This lets me have different /home's, but with the same username and not replicating data.
    I have the same swap partition for each distro.
    I use Ubuntu's grub2 alone (it was the first distro on the machine), which flawlessly detects all other distros (at the moment I have a minor bug with duplicate entries, but that is okay).
    My partitioning scheme is as follows:
    [manjul@chaar ~]$ sudo fdisk -l
    Password:
    Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 sectors
    Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0xd7fa6e3b
    Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
    /dev/sda1 42205182 583198719 270496769 5 Extended
    /dev/sda2 * 63 257039 128488+ 83 Linux
    /dev/sda3 258048 42202754 20972353+ 83 Linux
    /dev/sda4 583198720 625141759 20971520 83 Linux
    /dev/sda5 42205184 44302335 1048576 82 Linux swap / Solaris
    /dev/sda6 44304384 457363455 206529536 83 Linux
    /dev/sda7 541255680 583198719 20971520 83 Linux
    /dev/sda8 499310592 541253631 20971520 83 Linux
    /dev/sda9 457365504 499308543 20971520 83 Linux
    Partition table entries are not in disk order
    /dev/sda2 is Ubuntu's boot partition (128 MB), /dev/sda3 is Ubuntu, /dev/sda1 is an extended partition containing the following:
    /dev/sda5 is the shared swap
    /dev/sda6 is the data partition
    /dev/sda7 is Debian Sid
    /dev/sda8 is Slackware
    /dev/sda9 is Gentoo
    and I have never had an issue! I even share the Dropbox folder between all distros, and I have never had a problem. All the distro partitions are 20GB each.

  • Satellite A215-S5837: Want to dual boot XP/Ubuntu

    Hey all just got my new laptop and before buying it I knew I wanted to install Linux on it. However I do *not* like Vista, so I would also like to install XP instead, as a failsafe in case something goes wrong with my Linux partition (I am fairly new), I'll be able to go back to XP and still work on it.
    I went to the Toshiba website, but they mostly have drivers for Vista, and only a few for XP. Does anybody know where I can find the drivers I would need for XP? I'm hoping Ubuntu will be able to find the drivers on its own, but I know XP doesn't give you any slack.

    Hi
    The Satellite A215-S5837 is a Toshiba US series and the compatible drivers can be found on the US driver page.
    I have visited it and found some XP drivers but as you already said the list is not complete.
    Im not 100% sure but some notebooks from European series Satellite/Equium A210 were equipped with the same internal devices.
    I your case I would try to install some single drivers designed for the A210 series.
    Maybe it will function.
    Regarding the Linux drivers; well, if Im not mistaken the Linux is not officially supported and therefore Toshiba driver page does not provide any Linux drivers
    Therefore you have to collect it by yourself.
    Good luck

  • HP ENVY desktop 700-215xt dual boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu

    My brother purchased a new HP ENVY 700-215xt with Windows 7 Home Premium from HP. I tried to set up a dual boot with Ubuntu. After the installation, the system still boots to Windows 7.  I called HP support and was told if I do this it will void the warranty for this system. Is this true ? Any suggestions on getting dual boot to work ?

    Why do I need to reload from recovery media ? The system boots to the original Windows 7 installatation with no problem. I will try this procedure after I find if dual booting voids the warranty. If the warranty is voided then I think I will suggest my brother return the system and go to another vendor that is more customer friendly.

  • T410: How to dual boot Win 7 with Ubuntu?

    I would like to keep my original win 7 config, but to add the option to dual boot into ubuntu 10.10 as my primary OS. Anyone had experience on how to go about doing this?
    Solved!
    Go to Solution.

    Ok, if this is what your asking; I have Win7 and I use the fingerprint reader to log into windows. I installed ubuntu using those steps listed above and it does the partition itself safely. And the fingerprint reader still works for windows. No issues. Just make sure (looking at picture 3 and 4) that you select install alongside others OS's, on picture 4 you can see a slider bar. The first section will show you your windows partition, the 2nd part is what you can move to choose how much space you want ubuntu to partition for itself. So no need to partition it your self.
    IT Specialist and Consultant
    Lenovo Tablet Evangelist
    Current Machines: IdeaCentre A300, ThinkPad Tablet, IdeaPad U410, and Yoga 3 Pro Touch
    Deutsche Community   Comunidad en Español
    Lenovo - the latest in DOtabs, DOpads, DOcentre's, DOstations and DOservers!

  • Is it possible to do dual boot in Mountain Lion using Ubuntu 14.2?

    Since I updated my Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion my Macbook (white) has become extremelly slow and have frequently locked.
    Is it possible to dual boot using Ubuntu 14.2 (latest version) or even erase OSx and install Ubuntu only in my Macbook?
    Thanks.

    Not sure if you ever got help with this but I would first make sure you have at least 4GB of RAM and then perform a clean install of 10.8 or 10.9.  I have never been a fan of OS upgrades.  Especially from 10.6 to 10.8/10.9 since the OSs are drastically different.

  • [SOLVED] Lenovo T530 UEFI Arch/Ubuntu Dual boot - Arch fails to boot.

    Hi All,
    I have installed Arch to my Lenovo T530 to dual boot with Ubuntu using UEFI and Grub.
    After installation, Arch is presented to me as an option when my laptop fires up. However, if I select it, the loader goes to a purple screen and then hangs.
    I have attached here the bootloader scripts for my Arch installation (not working), my Ubuntu installation (working) and the output from sudo lsblk -o name,mountpoint,label,size,uuid.
    Please let me know if there is more useful information I can provide. (I have output from Bootinfoscript available but it is quite extensive).
    I am hoping to find out if there is an easily fixable error in the booting scripts used by Grub. If not, I have seen the section on dual booting with Arch in the wiki. My worry is that if I resort to it, UEFI looks to be temperamental at best and I risk breaking my currently working Ubuntu installation.
    Thanks and regards,
    Simon
    Arch boot script (not working):
    setparams 'Arch (on /dev/sda4)'
    insmod part-gpt
    insmod ext2
    set root= 'hd0,gpt4'
    if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt4 -\
    -hint-efi=hd0,gpt4 -hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt4 729b5164-22c4-4c21-8212-\
    66038d60943e
    else
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 729b5164-22c4-4c21-821\
    2-66038d60943e
    fi
    linux /boot/vmlinuz root=UUID=ad4103fa-d940-47ca-8506-301d\
    8071d467 rw quiet
    initrd /boot/initramfs-linux.img
    Ubuntu boot script (working)
    setparams 'Ubuntu, with Linux 3.13.0-24-generic'
    recordfail
    load_video
    gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode
    insmod gzio
    insmod part-gpt
    insmod ext2
    set root= 'hd0,gpt2'
    if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd\
    0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 -hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2 542bf27c-0fd5-42\
    4a-b4d8-107f7cf97b75
    else
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 542bf27c-0fd5-\
    424a-b4d8-107f7cf97b75
    fi
    echo 'Loading Linux 3.13.0-24-generic ...'
    linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=UUID=5\
    42bf27c-0fd5-424a-b4d8-107f7cf97b75 ro quiet spash $vt_handoff
    echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
    initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-24-generic
    Output from sudo lsblk -o name,mountpoint,label,size,uuid
    NAME MOUNTPOINT LABEL SIZE UUID
    sda 119.2G
    ├─sda1 /boot/efi BOOTLOADER 524M 9360-2939
    ├─sda2 / Linux_Ubuntu 34.6G 542bf27c-0fd5-424a-b4d8-107f7cf97b75
    ├─sda3 [SWAP] Swap 9.8G 7768ae01-6e37-450b-bf0c-d873e3fd06a1
    ├─sda4 Linux_Arch 32.7G 729b5164-22c4-4c21-8212-66038d60943e
    ├─sda5 /media/Data Data 33.2G 5a971a77-685b-43d5-a8e6-c7b407a4c2ff
    └─sda6 Misc_Data 8.5G b165990d-bd25-458f-b2d6-63fae28d0870
    sdb 1T
    └─sdb1 1024G a1ee2f60-007a-4292-982b-7d5f8375fc7e
    sr0 1024M
    Last edited by simon_sjw (2015-03-22 10:43:03)

    linux /boot/vmlinuz root=UUID=ad4103fa-d940-47ca-8506-301d8071d467 rw quiet
    Change the UUID here. Where did that come from?
    EDIT: curiously, if you DuckDuckGo search this exact UUID, it comes up a bunch of times and has caused people headaches before. If you fix that you should be okay. If anyone knows why this same exact UUID would incorrectly be created on multiple systems, I'd love to know. Seems like some kind of issue with dual/triple booting and OS-prober.
    2nd EDIT: this UUID is in the default in grub.cfg. For some reason, it sometimes won't be replaced by grub-mkconfig... Maybe the user didn't run grub-mkconfig, but edited the file him or herself? simon_sjw?
    Last edited by nullified (2015-03-22 03:12:36)

  • How should I dual boot Ubuntu + archlinux?

    I'm currently on Ubuntu and want to dual boot Arch Linux (already burned the net image to the CD)
    What's the easiest and most effective way of doing this? I have a 500GB HDD and I'm willing to give up around 200 for Arch.
    I'd like for both systems to use the same SWAP though.
    Thanks in advance
    Last edited by pimentel28 (2011-08-13 20:10:48)

    Hi pimental28
    I found that the simplest way to setup Grub for dual boot with Ubuntu (actually Arch, Ubuntu Natty and Win7 in my case) was not to use the Arch Grub installer. I just skipped the option at the end of the installation. In Ubuntu I then ran "grub2 update" or is it "update grub2" I never can remember that one for some reason. Ubuntu then finds Arch and adds an entry for it.
    I also used GParted from Ubuntu Live CD to setup the partitions, largely because I am so used to using it. Been a long time since i used fdisk. I then made notes of the partition layout I wanted.
    Hope this helps
    Rich

  • Boot loop after dual booting ubuntu 14.04 LTS

    I had an original version of windows 8 which worked properly.But after i dual booting with ubuntu windows takes about 10 to 15 mins to start and sometimes it gets stuck at the boot logo with nowhere to go
    even ubuntu also shows there is a system problem.
    Please help..

    Anything plugged into the ports like an external hard drive?  What AV program are you using?  How about opening task manager and look at the processes once it boots up and see if anything looks strange in there, like a process running heavy.
    Sorry for the late reply.
    Regard,
    Dave
    T430u, x301, x200T, x61T, x61, x32, x41T, x40, U160, ThinkPad Tablet 1838-22R, Z500 touch, Yoga Tab 2 Windows 8.1, Yoga Tablet 3 Pro
    Did someone help you today? Press the star on the left to thank them with a Kudo!
    If you find a post helpful and it answers your question, please mark it as an "Accepted Solution"!
    If someone helped you today, pay it forward. Help Someone Else!
    English Community   Deutsche Community   Comunidad en Español   Русскоязычное Сообщество

  • Can no longer dual boot after upgrade

    Hi I used to run mac osx 10.7 dual booting with ubuntu 13.04. I used to press alt at startup to view the different partitions and select the appropriate OS. After upgrading to 10.9 I can no longer see the ubuntu partition when pressing alt. The disk is still there intact, but there is no way I can directly boot to it from startup. I tried creating another partition using disk utility and installing a fresh copy of linux and using the old linux partition as backup but whenever I select the ex-fat (or any other type for that matter) (for linux) I get:
    File system resize support required, such as HFS+ with Journaling enabled.
    I erased osx 10.9 and reset to factory settings back to 10.8 but the same problem continues.
    I am not sure what to do to get dual booting working again. I do have an ubuntu backup on an external drive, but I would prefer not reformatting that partition.

    I don't know why you couldn't repartition the disk using Disk Utility. You would have to provide more information about why you can't.
    As for OPTION booting Ubuntu I'm not sure how that worked. Typically Ubuntu installs the GRUB bootloader/manager that provides a text menu from which you select which OS to start. GRUB replaces the OS X boot manager.

  • Not able to boot into Ubuntu live CD or USB - Satellite A300-13S

    Hi there,
    I hope someone can help me on this. I've just got a new A300-13S pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Premium. I've managed to create a recovery DVD (after having the same hassle about having to use a specific brand of DVDs, as mentioned in other posts), and have tested the DVDs, which work fine.
    My problem is this: I would like to dual-boot with Ubuntu 8.10 and so have created a live CD to test that everything works before I carry out a full installation. I rebooted, but the laptop doesn't seem to see the live CD and boots straight into Windows. I have tried both the boot manager on F12 and changing the bios boot order via F2. Strangely enough, when the bios boot order is changed, Windows then can't see the DVD drive (via My Computer - I haven't checked other routes to the drive).
    I know that the DVD drive works during boot-up because I can boot into the Windows recovery DVDs.
    I thought that it could be a disk compatibility problem, but I can access the contents of the ubuntu CD (when the HDD is first in the bios boot order). I've also tried copying the files to a USB stick. The laptop can see the drive during boot-up, but won't consider the iso as a valid system. I've done the relevant md5sum checks and they are all fine. The live CDs also work in another computer.
    Does anyone have any suggestions? Am I missing something?
    Thanks in advance - this is starting to drive me a bit nuts.

    Thanks for the suggestion. I've tried changing the SATA setting but that doesn't seem to have solved the problem. Any other ideas?
    Cheers in advance

Maybe you are looking for