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I have a lenovo laptop with windows 8.1. I wanted to use ubuntu alongside windows. Hence, i downloaded the ubuntu 14.04 iso and created a live pendrive using Universal USB installer.

I disabled secure boot and booted from the pendrive. All i get is the GNU GRUB command line version 2.X. I don't get a GUI for the GRUB and i don't know how to boot into ubuntu from the command line.

I searched quite a few online forums but in vain. Can someone tell me how to proceed?

Thanks in advance.

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  • Is it saying something like tty login in the command line?
    – Devid
    May 19, 2014 at 9:18
  • nope. All i get is 'grub>'. Tells me that i can view a list of commands if a hit 'TAB'. And that it has minimal BASH-like line editing.
    – Sriniketh
    May 19, 2014 at 9:30
  • I think something went wrong with you installation. Put the Ubuntu Live CD and try to repair it. Maybe this is helpful: forums.justlinux.com/…
    – Devid
    May 19, 2014 at 9:50
  • I used different software for creating the live USB. Unetbootin and live USB creator to be specific. This time i got a GRUB to choose between trying and installing linux, but when i hit enter on either of those, i get an error saying "invalid magic number". Any ideas?
    – Sriniketh
    May 19, 2014 at 14:07
  • Unfortunately I can't help. But try to post this to AskUbuntu which is also a StackExchange site. You might get there faster a answer.
    – Devid
    May 19, 2014 at 15:44

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Did you download the Live .iso file and then burn that to disk? If so, you may want to check the official Ubuntu MD5 hash from here against your download. If not exactly the same, it may explain you issues. In that case re-download and try again...

All the best, dkp

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I had the same problem and I just loaded the Boot Menu(F12 on Lenovos) then booted windows from there.

After that, you can create a windows recovery (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/create-usb-recovery-drive).

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i was finally able to do it. I used a DVD and burned the iso onto it. It worked perfectly. Though i still don't know why the flashdrive gave me that "invalid magic number" error.

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