Title: Install Kubuntu 14.04 using EFI
Goal: Install Kubuntu 14.04 using ELI and SATA disk
1) Tried to install the Kubuntu 14.04 directly with EFI and SATA enabled. This fail because while the OS booted it did not recognize the virtual drive las SATA but SCSI - thus it could lnot create an EFI partition.
2) Using the Windows 7 VM which was already booting using EFI (workaround in previous post) I attached the Kubuntu ISO as the CDROM drive and then booted (using old enter BIOS option) in EFI and choosing to boot off the VMware Virtual SATA CDROM.
3) Kubuntu installation begins. Thought I might need to do custom partitioning so I looked at the disk layout and saw the Windows 7 EFI partition with type EFI. Then I did an installation using the free disk space and install Kubuntu there. Did not need to create separate /boot device. The installation proceeded normally and Kubuntu was installed in 30/60GB disk space (half of what Windows 7 originally was)
4) GRUB menu appeared with the dual boot option into Kubuntu or Windows Boot Loader. I was able to boot into either OS. Windows ldid a normal thing and ran chkdsk when booted (it did lose half its disk space!)
5) If I want a “pure” Kubuntu installation I can create a clone of the VM and attached a Gparted ISO to the CDROM and boot again fusing that option in EFI.
I got this stuff from googling around of course. Kubuntu is in fact pretty flaky with ELI firmware (as Darius has mentioned) so dual booting from a Windows EFI setup was recommended.
Whew!
Title: Install Kubuntu 14.04 using EFI
Goal: Install Kubuntu 14.04 using ELI and SATA disk
1) Tried to install the Kubuntu 14.04 directly with EFI and SATA enabled. This fail because while the OS booted it did not recognize the virtual drive las SATA but SCSI - thus it could lnot create an EFI partition.
2) Using the Windows 7 VM which was already booting using EFI (workaround in previous post) I attached the Kubuntu ISO as the CDROM drive and then booted (using old enter BIOS option) in EFI and choosing to boot off the VMware Virtual SATA CDROM.
3) Kubuntu installation begins. Thought I might need to do custom partitioning so I looked at the disk layout and saw the Windows 7 EFI partition with type EFI. Then I did an installation using the free disk space and install Kubuntu there. Did not need to create seperate /boot device. The installation proceeded normally and Kubuntu was installed in 30/60GB disk space (half of what Windows 7 originally was)
4) GRUB menu appeared with the dual boot option into Kubuntu or Windows Boot Loader. I was able to boot into either OS. Windows ldid a normal thing and ran chkdsk when booted (it did lose half its disk space!)
5) If I want a “pure” Kubuntu installation I can create a clone of the VM and attached a Gparted ISO to the CDROM and boot again fusing that option in EFI.
I got this stuff from googling around of course. Kubuntu is in fact pretty flaky with ELI firmware (as Darius has mentioned) so dual booting from a Windows EFI setup was recommended.
Whew!
I forgot to add this quirk concerning VMware Tools. When I went to install Tools in Kubuntu the Windows Tools setup was mounted - not the tar.gz. Whether this will still be the case when I finish my clone procdure remains to be seen. Probably WS will still think the OS the Windows. In Windows 7 the Windows Tools installed fine