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I have been attempting to set up a dual-boot installation of Ubuntu on a FRED without success. Attempts have included (in all cases I have been booting from CD to attempt the install):
Installing it alongside the existing Windows 7 and DOS partitions on the OS drive (SATA-1)
- The installer would not give me the option of installing it at this location -- it simply did not recognize that drive as existing
Installing it on a new hard drive inserted in the SATA slot where the database drive normally resides (SATA-2)
- I am unable to install GRUB (the Ubuntu default boot manager/loader) on any location, including where I want to install it (on the OS drive)
Installing it on a new hard drive inserted in one of the Hot Swap bays
- I got the same results as attempting to install it in the SATA drive bay as described above.
- I didn't really expect this to work, but figured it was worth a shot.
About a month ago, I had a problem with the Windows Boot Manager following an attempt to create a backup imaging of the Windows 7 install. So as a last-ditch attempt, I used the FRED factory image restoration disk to reinstall Windows 7 on the OS drive, hoping that might solve the issue. However, I have all the same results as above.
I realize this is likely an Ubuntu issue, but given the complexity of the hardware, I am hopeful that there is a known solution or work-around for this on the FRED.
The top two SATA bays are on SATA3 controllers. If you do a search for SATA3 and Ubuntu installation you'll see the same problem that you're experiencing. I see some references regarding IDE or AHCI modes causing installation problems as well.
I'm not sure how you'd get around this install issue. You could manually change the SATA data cable of the top OS bay to a SATA2 port on the motherboard, or maybe you're dealing with an IDE/AHCI SATA port configuration issue? Below is how we set the BIOS for our builds. Maybe check that these setting have not somehow been reset to their defaults? Or maybe try changing the AHCI settings to IDE temporarily?
1. Hit Delete to enter the BIOS setup.
2. Click the Exit/Advanced Mode button in the upper right corner and select Advanced Mode.
3. In the Advanced Menu/SATA Configuration set SATA Mode to "AHCI Mode" and Enable Hot Plug on the SATA 3G_4, 3G_5 and 3G_6 channels.
4. In the Advanced Menu/Onboard Devices Configuration disable the Marvell Storage OPROM.
5. Go to the Boot Menu/Boot Option Priorities set the boot order to:
Boot Option #1 - CD/DVD
Boot Option #2 - OS Drive
6. If the OS drive is not available in Boot Option #2, go into the Boot Menu/Hard Drive BBS Priorities and change Boot Option #1 to be your OS drive. You should now be able to select your OS hard drive as Boot Option #2 in step 5.
7. Save and exit.
The Hot Swap bay is USB3 on the host end, so that's why this bay will not work.
We include a pre-built SUSE Linux installation if you wanted to dedicate a drive to it, but I think you're wanting to dual/multi boot. I don't have any experience in adding Linux to our existing dual boot build but maybe you can figure it out once you alleviate the hardware issue.
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Thanks, Kam. That would be very helpful!
Christie
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