V570 UEFI problem [ Edited ]

[dragosmc]

Ok so I've done some research about my F16 error and found this (too bad I didn't take a picture cos I don't remember clearly the error):

Starting in Fedora 16, on non-EFI x86 (32 and 64 bit) systems, anaconda will default to creating GPT disklabels (partition tables) instead of MSDOS disklabels. On these systems, when booting from a GPT-labelled disk, it is strongly recommended (not necessarily required in all cases, depending on the system's BIOS/firmware) to create a small (1MiB) BIOS boot partition. This partition will be used by the bootloader (GRUB2) for storage. 

That means that if Fedora 16 asks for  a GPT disklabel my system in a "non-EFI x86", right ?

LE: a possible workaround for the above issue is to give the "nogpt" arument to kernel when booting the F16 DVD. I'll try this next days...

[abvasili]

From the link you wrote before, it looks that you have an EFI system.

And fedora 16 will try to create a GPT in all cases, from what I can understand from your post above.

Hopefully I understood the result of your search. Since English is not my native language, I hope I did not misunderstood something. Anyways a real test with a dualboot will answer all your questions

This is too personal, but take a look at linuxmint.com. They are the best at the moment IMHO. I have no experience with fedora (I Like their philosophy anyway ).

abvasili

[dragosmc]

ok, I already had a look at it and got some writing error when I tried to burn the image, although the MD5 sum was ok.

(I'm not a native English language speaker so don't worry )

I'll have a look at it again and probably it'll work.

PS: yes, now I see that my logic was wrong when stated that my system is not EFI based. apolgise for that

[abvasili]

I'm waiting impatiently for the outcome of your quest

abvasili

[dragosmc]

Ok so I've installed Windows and somehow it changed the disklabel back to GPT. After, I installed Linux Mint with the bootloader in /dev/sda1 (I chose this from the dropbox menu) and still boots automatically in Windows (%$#@ it !). I don't know what else to do ... I was thinking to install Linux, then Windows the reinstall GRUB. (But I'm starting to have a repulsion for installing any kind of OS.

So back to the drawing board...

Dragos.

[abvasili]

Isn't this challenging?

I have another idea... But first, can you explain what method did you used to install windows? What version of windows?

abvasili

[dragosmc]

Windows 7 Professional 64 bit ... I don't know what's to explain but I'll try...

So:

1- i've entered in the boot menu

2- choose CD

3- entered in Windows boot/install wizard

4- choose advanced mode

5- deleted old linux partitions and created new windows ones

  5.a - Here I was informed that windows will create some other needed partitions  (GPT and MSR)

6- proceded with installation

7- that's it !

PS: Yes, it's very challenging... but that's how Lenovo looses a customer...

[kschumake83]

sorry that rescatux didn't work for you. i have a b570 which i thought was the same thing except that you have a sim card slot on the v570. but then again i dont dual boot i use linux exclusively and my hard drive is partitioned ext3.

[dragosmc]

I was thinking to install the 32-bit version of Windows because I heard that it won't try to turn the HDD into GPT. And as a matter of fact I really don't need the 64 bit version right now cos I only have 4GB of RAM...

[abvasili · Accepted solution]

What I was thinking is, try to install WIndows from USB. Use Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool and create a bootable USB stick. Installing from the usb usually gives a non-uefi installation. But first you have to convert your hdd to msdos again.

Another thing, today and tomorrow I will be away from the laptop, but I'm thinking to dedicate the whole Sunday to this issue. And I will test the possibility to dual boot windows and Linux in pure UEFI mode. If I succeed I will prepare a how to.

this Is all I can do (can I do more?)

abvasili