zikro Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 I have started a triple boot installation on an old PC with BIOS (not UEFI). Every OS is on a separate SSD drive. HardwareASUS P6T SEi7 92012GB RAMASUS GTX 6802 X SSD OCZ Agility 60GB1 X SSD Kingston 240GB OSMacOS SierraWindows 8 (The Windows was already installed on the Kingston SSD and just used that to repair the MBR)Ubuntu 14.04 LTS MacOSI stared by setting BIOS (AHCI, Virtualization etc.); disabled all drives but the one for MacOS; installed MacOS; MacOS post installation with ##### and clover bootloader in legacy mode installed on the SSD. Everything worked after some kext struggling and I have my Sierra hackintosh ready with Clover bootloader legacy installed. WindowsThen I plugged the Windows 8 SSD; repaired the MBR and BCD; plugged the Clover/MacOS drive and Clover was able to start and boot the Windows 8 SSD with no issues. UbuntuI did just the same for Ubuntu; disabled all drives but the one for Ubuntu; made the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS USB drive; started the installation; I selected "Erase disk and install Ubuntu" on the "Installation type" screen; got the setup finished and did the exact same thing, plugged all 3 SSDs with the BIOS set to boot from Clover/MacOS drive; Clover sees the Ubuntu drive but when I am selecting to boot from it, it just shows the clover Linux drive icon on the center of the screen until I hit escape and it returns back on the Clover boot selection screen. I did some searching and reading and tried to reinstall Ubuntu with a separate /boot partition; that did not work and I have clover with the exact same behavior. I also read that if you have a BIOS motherboard, then Ubuntu it will detect this and it will install in BIOS/Legacy mode but I am not sure if that is the case and that I should do something else to have the Ubuntu installed in BIOS/Legacy mode. Does anyone have a clue what I should do to have the Ubuntu to boot from Clover? EDIT: After a lot of Ubuntu reinstalling, it now shows the purple GRUB screen when selecting Linux from Clover menu, but it hangs there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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