Dual Boot Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS and Windows 10 - A Step by Step Install Guide - (UEFI Tutorial)

[@r0ckz]

Thanks! I've done plenty of Ubuntu Server installs before, but I was a bit insecure about the partitioning when doing it in dual boot without seperate physical HDDs. Ubuntu Desktop has a feature that recognizes a Windows installation and does this all automatically for you, but Ubuntu Server requires you to do it manually. This helped me out a lot!

[@SavvyNik]

Rick that's awesome to hear! No problem and glad I could help! Make sure to smash that like button for me if you haven't already ^^

[@hyunbinseo]

11:06 is the Start of the Partition Related Section. Thank You for a Great Video.

[@SavvyNik]

You're welcome! Thanks for sharing the timestamp.

[@timmark4190]

For people who are having issues at 13:02 where you dont get the /boot/efi option, here are some steps to make it work. 1) If your windows is in legacy bios you need to convert it to GPT. You can do that by logging into windows, running cmd at admin level and they typing the command mbr2gpt.exe /convert /allowFullOS. Now if you get an error here you need to fix few things. There is a video "A Solution to "Cannot find OS partition(s) for disk 0" - MBR2GPT". Follow that. Then after correcting the errors, rerun the mbr2gpt command. Then redo whats mentioned on this video. You will see the /boot/efi option. You dont need to download any software to fix this

[@f.m.f962]

What part of the process do I change into gpt? Is it when you flash the iso with rufus?

[@xenoas1er197]

If you change the mount point, will tye server be able to acces the files inside windows ?

[@dinhducnguyen9271]

12:12 I press Save button but system don't automatically create /boot/efi. What's wrong? thanks

[@EinMM]

Same here

[@JustAddWat3r]

same here as well

[@matejanikolic4000]

When i selected the partition for the inastall the /boot/efi wasn't selected what do i do?

[@james-gang]

Super cool! Such an complex issue in about 20 minutes, thanks a lot

[@SavvyNik]

You're welcome! Glad you liked it.

[@atharvatimsina9314]

Always useful to have a tty install guide I never know what to put in /etc/hosts 😂

[@SavvyNik]

got to go minimal ^^

[@jscorpio1987]

For anybody that has a Mac, after you make your bootable USB, plug it in, reboot your computer, hold down the option key as soon as you hear the startup chime until the screen displays a list of drives. Double click on the EFI Boot option (most likely an orange icon), and your Mac will boot from your USB.

[@SavvyNik]

Thanks!

[@james-gang]

one more hint: I don't get the /boot/efi mount shown under my selected device of 146 Gig

[@MDTechTutorials]

Ubunto is easy to learn. I learned linux by practising ubunto first. Bytheway this is a nice video.

[@SavvyNik]

Thanks @MD! Yes, Ubuntu is a great starter distro.

[@EliYip-nt7kw]

Thank you so much, it is the best ubuntu server installing video I have watched!

[@SavvyNik]

No problem, glad you enjoyed it.

[@steamingspud]

You can't make a partition into FAT32 if it's larger than 32 gb. Ask me how I know...

[@SAkash-hj1jl]

Hello, exFAT and NTFS are the only two choices available for formatting in my Windows 10. Will exFAT work for Ubuntu?

[@quadbecky14]

Just use ntfs

[@SAkash-hj1jl]

@@quadbecky14 Thanks!

[@quadbecky14]

@@SAkash-hj1jl no problem

[@abdulatifrokhman836]

thanks, it works

[@engineerinnewyork]

You are a godsend. Thank you!

[@dibbyo456]

It works, thank you so much.

[@SavvyNik]

You're welcome! Glad you found the video helpful. Smash that like button for me if you haven't already :)

[@softlivre]

very very useful ! tks so much!!!!

[@SavvyNik]

You're welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Make sure to smash that like button for me if you haven't already =)

[@bidhubhushanroy3336]

Nice Tutorials. Now I want to access this server from remote PC using SSH, How to add public IP with this local server? Please make a complete tutorials about it. Thanks in advance

[@SavvyNik]

You're welcome. Make sure to smash that like button for me if you haven't already. If you want SSH access install the openssh-server and forward port 22 through your router. It's fairly easy. It's not something I will be making a video on because I do not suggest opening up your computer to the public.

[@bidhubhushanroy3336]

@@SavvyNik Actually i want to make my sever public so that i can this server from anywhere. Do you suggest me any documentation that can help me to set a external ip to the server?

[@SavvyNik]

@@bidhubhushanroy3336 You're routers documentation is probably all you need and then look up how to install openssh.

[@MrJimmiecool]

thanks a lot. Its work to me

[@SavvyNik]

You're welcome! Glad you liked it.

[@philome4811]

Making my life easier once again

[@KishoreRajkumar-w3x]

Thanks @SavvyNik, made it easy for me!

[@maheshmadgundi8725]

Thank you very much nice video

[@SavvyNik]

You're very welcome! Thanks for the suggestion and make sure to smash that like button for me on the video if you haven't already.

[@stricarzi]

Thx for the video !!! Great as ever !!!

[@SavvyNik]

Glad you find it helpful! No problem =)

[@ideaonic703]

It always starts Windows 10 instead of Ubuntu Server. The only option for booting is windows Boot manager. I'm doing this on a Laptop so could it be that it doesn't work on all Computers?

[@SavvyNik]

Make sure you have secure boot and fast boot disabled in your BIOS.

[@ideaonic703]

Thanks for the fast reply. I actually just fixed it by running CMD as an administrator and typing the following command:"bcdedit /set {bootmgr} path \EFI\ubuntu\grubx64.efi". I don't know what it does, just that it fixed my problem.

[@SavvyNik]

@@ideaonic703 haha it edits the bootmanager path on the windows side of things.. Glad you figured out and you're welcome.

[@ideaonic703]

And by the way I also ran into an issue with the partition shrinking. Windows stores immovable files(like the pagefile) at the end of the disk so you can only shrink the partition by 0 Bytes. There are multiple ways to fix this, but this video fixed it for me: "kzbin.info/www/bejne/jl6Tg2qHlNubo9k"

[@SavvyNik]

@@ideaonic703 thanks for sharing!

[@AtomicAkshay]

good one

[@RandomHooman12]

Thanks!

[@SavvyNik]

You're welcome!

[@yeezhenhong783]

Hi may I know how do u record the video? Do u connect your computer to the other computer?

[@SavvyNik]

Depends on the video, but yes I'll use a screen capture device. Otherwise sometimes I do the work directly on my computer or through a VM.

[@james-gang]

Yupp, no special UEFI based system, an ordinary 2015 American Megatrends ROM Monitor. Does that have any effect on the Ubuntu Server installation?

[@SavvyNik]

Yes it does effect the installation, this was meant for a UEFI based BIOs system, although, there's not much difference.. there are a couple of locations for the bootloader that make all the difference. I suggest looking for a video that shows MBR (legacy) install.

[@f.m.f962]

So around the storage configuration part of installing linux... I followed all the steps so far but I can't seem to continue in the installation since the 'done' option is still grayed out

[@philome4811]

thanks nick

[@SavvyNik]

You're welcome :)

[@maxifull]

Hello, my installation crashes systematically after the step : "SSH Setup" I don't understand.

[@gastonbarboza3568]

I installed Ubuntu server successfully, but something went wrong with the Windows Boot Manager, when choosing it from grub, Windows throws a 'system thread exception not handled' error. There is also no Windows Boot Manager on my BIOS' boot menu anymore: it is only visible in grub. Do you know what happened?

[@dannyreg8405]

I made it to the end. Questions: #1: When I tried to login to the server I got "This site can't be reach". Shouldn't I be able to see the welcome html? Question #2: I have a second drive (completely free, and would like to put all of Ubuntu stuff there) how is that done? Thanks

[@688bryan]

It didn’t auto detect my windows partition

[@korok2493]

Why would i want minimal ubuntu server instalation as a beginner?

[@Dexter101x]

Now install Webmin just so you can control Ubuntu server while running Windows....not Can you do a tutorial on Webmin and how to setup Samba so filesharing works

[@SavvyNik]

Can't say I'm used Webmin before but Samba is definitely something I can add to my list.

[@Dexter101x]

@@SavvyNik For me Webmin is a much better way to control Ubuntu server, but I'm finding it slightly difficult to share files with Windows, but don't mind a Samba tutorial

[@SavvyNik]

@@Dexter101x you could try scp to share files remotely through a command line interface.

[@james-gang]

Hi, one question. I folowed up to storage configuration, select the partition i prepared in Windows. There was only a exfat option to preformat. I gave format instruction ext4 and mountpoint / but no Done option, what is greyed out. Any idea? i updated the installer few steps back, but no change. Thanks, Peter

[@SavvyNik]

Are you sure that your system is UEFI based or has EFI enabled? Maybe you're dealing with Legacy BIOS and don't see the efi boot directory?

[@xenoas1er197]

Im currently using a dell windows 7 computer, when i try to set the boot to UEFI and asd a boot option, it says "File system not found". So with that it does not detect the /boot/efi dir, can you help me ?

[@ITpanda]

My setup didn't auto detect windows efi partition, advice?

[@SavvyNik]

Are you sure that your Windows is an EFI based setup?

[@ITpanda]

@@SavvyNik Windows 10 pro install. I ended up running Ubuntu desktop instead of the server installer. Bigger but figured it might work. And it did. Stop is just for a home dvr setup after all.

[@SavvyNik]

@@ITpanda Awesome glad it worked out for you!

[@TheFriso1234]

Make sure you have UEFI enabled on Windows, and not Legacy. Check this in system information If you have legacy, you need to switch to UEFI. First make sure your drive has 3 or fewer partitions Then make sure all those partitions are Windows readable (no ext4, only NTFS or FAT) Then reboot windows into recovery mode (Settings > Update & Security > Recovery > Restart now) Go to to troubleshoot > advanced options > commmand line Log into your admin account after the reboot Check if you can convert using the command "mbr2gpt.exe /validate" If the check are succesfull you've done the previous steps correctly and you can convert to UEFI now. Run the command "mbr2gpt.exe /convert" and wait for the prompt to finish. If you get an error about WindowsRE or Recovery Environment, I wasn't able to figure this out, but it didn't seem like a problem. Now you can install Ubuntu server. You might want to adjust your partitions again now, as they need to be done before you do the installation. I do this with a live-USB of Ubuntu desktop, and launching GParted. First select your main drive (the entire drive, so the device itself) as the boot-drive. Then select the partition you want to use for Ubuntu Server root directory, and format it to whatever filesystem you want. Install as normal.

[@cjdaylight3407]

why we dont have swap it will do automaticly ?

[@danielfernandes1230]

Manjaro e Ubuntu Server em dual boot. Tem como fazer?

[@SavvyNik]

It's similar to what you see in this video but you have to use a partitioning tool on Manjaro in order to shrink the size of the disk to make room for server. I don't have a video on this.

[@danielfernandes1230]

@@SavvyNik Vou tentar.

[@SavvyNik]

@@danielfernandes1230 Good luck!

[@Alex-rx5cp]

can you install ubuntu server alongside ubuntu?

[@Hartley94]

❤️️

[@SavvyNik]

[@yumyum3266]

ahhh, cmmon am 30 mins late ☹️ :sadTurtle:

[@SavvyNik]

:sadTurtle:

[@hamzaashraf9529]

uefi not found in my windows 10 system what's wrong

[@SavvyNik]

Maybe you have it installed on an MBR system instead of UEFI.