Can't boot notebook from SSD

[Pete Smout]

Hi

Sorry for the late entrance, I have just done the same thing to resolve a
similar thing I had to manually select the new ssd from the "bios" screen
(I know that it's not bios anymore but I don't know what else to call it)
on my machine that is press F12 , then it would boot normally if very
quickly, then I ran sudo update-grub and the machine boots every time

Hope this helps

Regards Pete Smout

On 21 May 2017 5:59 p.m., "Little Girl" <littlergirl at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey there,
>
> MR ZenWiz wrote:
>
> Before you try this first stuff, go down to the last, but not least
> section below, because I think it will solve your issue, whereas
> this first part may or may not be a waste of time.
>
> > On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 1:13 PM, Little Girl wrote:
> > > We ran into an issue where a new SSD drive wasn't recognized and
> > > solved it by using Kubuntu's partition manager to partition the
> > > drive. We had already used Ubuntu's partition manager and the
> > > GParted Live CD. Neither threw an error, but Ubuntu wouldn't
> > > recognize the drive. For reasons unknown, the Kubuntu partitioner
> > > was able to do what the others weren't. It behaved no differently
> > > from the others, but unlike them, it somehow made it so that
> > > Ubuntu recognized the drive and was able to be installed. It
> > > might be worth a try.
>
> > I am unfamiliar with Kubuntu, so please post steps I can follow to
> > use this (including what flags it set on the partition and how I
> > would then install a different Ubuntu (Xubuntu) on that same drive).
>
> I don't have all the steps for you. It's been quite some time since
> we did it and we don't use Kubuntu any more. The basics are that you
> would download a copy of the Kubuntu live DVD, boot with it, open the
> KDE Partition Manager (which should be in your System menu), and find
> the SSD drive. Since you don't want to actually change the settings,
> I would note the current settings, change something (like the
> partition type or size), save, and then change it back again and
> save. That way you're using the KDE Partition Manager to do the same
> job the other partition manager did.
>
> Someone in here pointed out that it's probably the same partition
> manager as the one in Ubuntu. I took a quick look and it seems that
> it is, but it uses the Kubuntu libraries. Maybe that has some sort of
> effect on whether it succeeds or not. No idea. All I know is that it
> worked for us and it wouldn't take you very long to try it.
>
> > I have posted this question on AskUbuntu:
> > Xubuntu 16.04.2 absolutely refuses to boot from my notebook SSD
> > https://askubuntu.com/q/917214/485236?sem=2
>
> > I feel like I wasted $88 at this point.
>
> Probably not, but you could try booting the drive in another computer
> just to see if it works.
>
> You might also need to use CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION in your kernel
> configuration.
>
> Last, but not least, go to this page and check out the instructions,
> paying special attention to step 13, which seems to address your
> issue:
>
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/6328/how-do-i-install-ubuntu
>
> Beneath the instructions on that step is a link to this bug, which
> sounds like it may be what you're experiencing:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1366546
>
> Hopefully some of this will be useful.
>
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>
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