I've got a Lenovo ThinkPad T450.
I want to install Linux inside my current Windows 7 installation, preferably Kubuntu 16.04.3 LTS.
I install Kubuntu with Wubi 16.04.3r325 (wubi16043r325.exe) by Hakuna. Which I've downloaded from https://github.com/hakuna-m/wubiuefi/releases When the Windows firewall asks me to allow pyrun.exe, I choose: Allow access for private networks. Then Wubi starts downloading kubuntu-16.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso. Then Wubi tells me to reboot to complete the installation. So far, so good. But when I reboot...
I get:
Completing the Ubuntu installation
[0.114484] Error parsing PCC subspaces from PCCT
[6.063611] tmp tmp0: A TPM error (6) occurred attempting to read a pcr value
[6.123616] tmp tmp0: A TPM error (6) occurred attempting to read a pcr value
Then I get a nice graphical Kubunu installation screen with Kubunu logo.
Then the shell comes back with the following error message:
BusyBox v1.22.1 (Ubunutu 1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1) build-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.
(initramfs)
Coud not find the ISO /ubuntu/install/kubuntu-16.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso
When I login to Windows, then the file c:\ubuntu\install\kubuntu-16.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso exists. I ran chkdsk /r several times. I tried to install Ubuntu instead. I tried to install the latest version (17.10) of Kubuntu and Ubuntu instead of the LTS. I tried the workaround to install the 32-bit version of Kubuntu by selecting the WUBI distro and then copying all the missing files during the installation. But nothing worked.
There is also no /ubuntu directory (so also not a /ubuntu/install directory).
I tried to mount /dev/sda1 with the following command, to see if I can access the c:\ubuntu\install\kubuntu-16.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso file from there:
mount -t ntfs /dev/sda1 /mnt/windows-ntfs
But when I type
ls /mnt/windows-ntfs
I see:
_SMSTVolumeID....... <--- a long id
System Volume Information
bootmgr
boot
Instead of the files on my Windows C:\ drive....
The output of the command
blkid
is:
/dev/sda1: LABEL="System Reserved" UUID=" ...a long id... " TYPE="ntfs" PARTUUID="...-01 <--- a ID
/dev/sda2: PARTUUID="...-02 <--- a ID
I can't find any efi directory.
ls /sys
as well as
ls /sys/firmware
don't show an efi directory
So my Lenovo ThinkPad T450 laptop did not boot in EFI mode, but Legacy BIOS mode.
I don't have the administrator password for my BIOS. So I can't change any settings there. But I can read the BIOS settings. The BIOS of my Lenovo Thinkpad T450 is configured as:
UEFI Secure Boot: Disabled
Intel Rapid Start Technology: Enabled
Network Boot: PCI LAN: IBA GE
UEFI/Legacy Boot: Both
UEFI/Legacy Boot Priority: Legacy First
CSM Support: Yes
Boot Mode: Quick
Boot Priority Order:
1. AATA HDD0 LITEON LCH-128VS2
2. ATA HADD1
3. ATA HDD2
4. PCI LAN IBA GE Slot 00C8 v1553
Excluded from boot priority order:
* USB CD
* USB FDD
* USB HDD
Flash BIOS updating by end-users: Enabled
How can I use Linux on my Lenovo ThinkPad T450?
Update:
I tried the solutions given so far on https://github.com/hakuna-m/wubiuefi/issues/80
ls /isodevice
shows that /isodevice exists, but is empty. So I did:
mount -t ntfs /dev/sda1 /isodevice
To check if the iso can be found I did:
ls /isodevice/ubuntu/install/installation.iso
But it wasn't there.
ls /isodevice
shows
_SMSTVolumeID....... <--- a long id
System Volume Information
bootmgr
boot
so I just did, crossing my fingers and then type:
exit
to try again. But that resulted in the same error message:
Could not find the installation files /ubuntu/install/custom-installation
Hopefully a working solution will be posted on https://github.com/hakuna-m/wubiuefi/issues/80 soon :-)
This question is different from "Why doesn't Ubuntu 16.04 have ubuntu.exe inside the iso?", because: "Why doesn't Ubuntu 16.04 have ubuntu.exe inside the iso?" expains why wubi / ubuntu.exe inside the iso. The explenation is that wubi is officially not supported anymore.
Although Wubi is officially not supported anymore. It is continued by Hakuna. And my questions is not about "why isn't ubuntu.exe not in the iso anymore", but: How can I install Linux on my ThinkPad T450?
