[mdlug] Can't boot from SSD?

[Jeff Hanson]

Try the Boot-Repair CD: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
Fixed an UEFI problem for me.


On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Ingles, Raymond <
Raymond.Ingles at compuware.com> wrote:

> I stuck the SSD into my system. I only have two 6gbps SATA ports, so I
> bumped one of my hard drives down to a 3gbps port. So now, I have:
>
> 6gbps: SSD
> 6gbps: Hard drive (Windows)
> 3gbps: Hard drive (Linux)
> 3gbps: Hard drive (data)
> 3gbps: Optical drive
>
> It was the Linux drive that got bumped. Naturally, after that, since the
> SSD was unpartitioned, the BIOS looked at the next drive in line, found the
> Windows MBR, and booted into Windows instead of Grub. So far, that's what I
> expected.
>
> But then I booted with a Xubuntu live CD, set up a Linux partition on the
> SSD, and tried to reinstall grub. No dice.
>
> So I just went ahead and had it install Xubuntu 13.10 into that SSD
> partition, and when I rebooted... still straight to Windows. This is
> confusing. It's like the BIOS refuses to boot off the SSD, doesn't even see
> the boot manager there. Has anyone run into something like this before?
>
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