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I don't have a BootLoader on my hard drive (i.e. no other operating system - i.e. no Windows - it is an HP ProBook 6470b). I loaded Ubuntu 16.4 from a live USB but it won't boot from the Hard Drive (when I restart with the USB removed). When I try and boot from the hard drive (with no USB drive attached) I get the message: "no such file or directory as /boot/efi" - I suppose I need to somehow transfer the EFI Boot Loader from the USB drive to the Hard Drive. Can any kind soul help me with this - with explicit terminal commands as I am a noob to Linux. Many thanks - much appreciated - happy to send you a few hundred Satoshi's if you can help. Sincerely, DB

Duncan
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Im not entirely sure on how to lay this out but ill give it a shot.

Firstly boot into ubuntu on your live usb.

Then open a terminal and copy and paste each line individually:

"sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install -y boot-repair && boot-repair"

After installing and running boot-repair it should give you specific instructions on what to do. Just make sure you know your drive names and partions say /dev/sda1 for example. I hope this helps. I would go into more detail but im on my phone at the moment.

Chayton smith
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I'm not sure if I understood it right but is sounds like your boot as a live cd but didn't install the operating system. If that's the case, you definitely don't have a bootloader either an operating system. Try to put the LiveCD again and install the system.

Adonist
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