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After successfully getting Sierra up and running on my old Gigabyte box, I'm now attempting to dual-boot Ubuntu 16.04, using the second 80 GB HD I had used to beta test Sierra. In a sense, that's going back to this machine's roots, as Ubuntu was the OS originally installed when I bought it.
I used the Ubuntu "mini" net installer on a CD, as I'd used that to install Xubuntu on an old HP box (lacking DVD-R support) for a friend. Following GoingBald's instructions, I set up an Ubuntu GNOME* install on 'sdb', which doesn't have an EFI partition, and specified 'sda1', the EFI partition containing Clover, as the location to install GRUB. (For reference, 'sda2' is OS X, and 'sda3' is the Recovery HD. 'sdb1' and 'sdb3' are the Linux root and swap partitions, respectively; there is no 'sdb2'.)
What I got was a warning that /dev/sda1 would be erased, along with of course /dev/sdb. Not wanting to ruin my existing OS X install, I skipped the GRUB installation; later, after the main install was finished on 'sdb', I got a request to install GRUB to the MBR of 'sda', which I went ahead with (thinking that this was appropriate for a Legacy Mode install). Upon rebooting to OS X, I looked in the EFI partition—no GRUB. I went ahead and added a "true" key to /GUI/Scan/Linux in config.plist, just in case GRUB was lurking in the MBR somewhere. No dice.
Rebooted to the install CD, this time in rescue mode, to reinstall GRUB. Again, I specified /dev/sda1 as the install location. This time, I got "FATAL ERROR: Can't install GRUB in specified location".
Is there a way to install GRUB on the EFI for Legacy Mode without (a) disrupting Clover, or (b) requiring me to download the full Ubuntu install DVD (or USB)? All the instructions I see either (a) assume I have a true UEFI machine, and/or (b) assume I also have Windows (and thus access to Windows-based tools), or (c) are out-of-date.
*Ubuntu GNOME is the same as Ubuntu Standard, but using the legacy GNOME environment instead of Unity (which I hate-Unity is for tablets and phones, not the desktop, IMHO).
EDIT: Corrected 'Ubuntu Classic' to 'Ubuntu GNOME'
I used the Ubuntu "mini" net installer on a CD, as I'd used that to install Xubuntu on an old HP box (lacking DVD-R support) for a friend. Following GoingBald's instructions, I set up an Ubuntu GNOME* install on 'sdb', which doesn't have an EFI partition, and specified 'sda1', the EFI partition containing Clover, as the location to install GRUB. (For reference, 'sda2' is OS X, and 'sda3' is the Recovery HD. 'sdb1' and 'sdb3' are the Linux root and swap partitions, respectively; there is no 'sdb2'.)
What I got was a warning that /dev/sda1 would be erased, along with of course /dev/sdb. Not wanting to ruin my existing OS X install, I skipped the GRUB installation; later, after the main install was finished on 'sdb', I got a request to install GRUB to the MBR of 'sda', which I went ahead with (thinking that this was appropriate for a Legacy Mode install). Upon rebooting to OS X, I looked in the EFI partition—no GRUB. I went ahead and added a "true" key to /GUI/Scan/Linux in config.plist, just in case GRUB was lurking in the MBR somewhere. No dice.
Rebooted to the install CD, this time in rescue mode, to reinstall GRUB. Again, I specified /dev/sda1 as the install location. This time, I got "FATAL ERROR: Can't install GRUB in specified location".
Is there a way to install GRUB on the EFI for Legacy Mode without (a) disrupting Clover, or (b) requiring me to download the full Ubuntu install DVD (or USB)? All the instructions I see either (a) assume I have a true UEFI machine, and/or (b) assume I also have Windows (and thus access to Windows-based tools), or (c) are out-of-date.
*Ubuntu GNOME is the same as Ubuntu Standard, but using the legacy GNOME environment instead of Unity (which I hate-Unity is for tablets and phones, not the desktop, IMHO).
EDIT: Corrected 'Ubuntu Classic' to 'Ubuntu GNOME'
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