install-BIOS-UEFI.md

BIOS, EFI & Other Settings for Linux

BIOS

Fastbook: Disabled Launch CSM: Disabled Secure Boot: Disabled

OS Selection

(Some BIOS machins require this)

• On machines with Other OS / Windows 10: Other OS
• On machines with Windows 7 / Windows 8.X: Windows 7

Installing on New Disk Drives

1. Open GParted
2. Create a new partition table (MSDOS)
3. Create an EFI-ready partition

• FAT32
• About 200–400MB (200MB is more than enough unless you have a good reason otherwise)
• Boot flag

4. Now it is "EFI-ready"
5. When installing Ubuntu

• "Something else"
• Select this EFI-ready partition to use as EFI partition

How-to video

(Windows 10 Linux Dual Boot Tutorial | BIOS and UEFI partitions configuration on Asus X553MA)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbTpB6_677Q]