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Re: Problem with a Debian dual boot installation



Dear Steve,

Thank you for your response. Yes, I think that I changed the MBR and this was the problem. Finally I have decided to keep the current scheme because both systems Debian and Windows are in fact working... Just I have to go to the BIOS/firmware to select UEFI vs Legacy BIOS as you commented instead of a grub menu to select the operating system. Maybe it is not the optimal solution but it works fine because I will use Windows only occasionally.

Anyway thank you very much for the help and support,

Best,
Ramiro.
 

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Dr. Ramiro Checa-Garcia
Leipzig, Germany
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On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 4:28 PM, Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> wrote:
On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 02:17:57PM +0100, Ramiro Checa-Garcia wrote:
>Hi,

Hi Ramiro,

Apologies for the delayed response... I think I can see what your
problem is.

>I have tried to install a dual boot: Windows and Debian. However apparently
>I did something wrong and the installation was not smooth. Probably because
>Debian was installed in Legacy mode (changing MBR maybe?)
>
>Changing parameters for the UEFI Bios I am able to run windows or linux but
>not from Grub directly. Also I was not able to boot from DVD or USB after
>the Debian installation (I installed Debian from a USB without problems to
>boot from the USB).
>
>All the information is included on:
>
>http://paste2.org/jjywav8v

Your computer looks like it has a UEFI Windows system installed, but
booted the Debian installed in legacy (BIOS) mode. To fix things, the
quickest way is probably to re-start the Debian installer and make
sure it's using UEFI. See

  https://wiki.debian.org/UEFI#How_to_tell_if_you.27ve_booted_via_UEFI

for more info. You'll probably need to go into your computer's
BIOS/firmware setup to make sure it's configured to boot removable
media in UEFI mode by preference.

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