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Run command to obtain the partition’s new UUID: sudo blkid /dev/sda1.Navigated to the line about mounting EFI created during installation and commented it out by placing # at the beginning.Open the fstab file using the command: sudo nano /etc/fstab.Patiently waited for the computer to boot up and logged in.To fix this I followed the following steps: Because it didn’t exist the script would get stuck and the system would wait for it to timeout. Startup scripts were trying to mount the original none existent old EFI partition. Pressing escape showed me what was going on. However, in my case, the machine was taking about 45 seconds to reboot instead of the usual 5-9 seconds to get to the “log on” screen. If you followed these steps you should be able to reboot. Make grub pick up the new changes: sudo update-grub.Finally reinstall grub: grub-install /dev/sda.Now activate chroot and set /mnt as root: sudo chroot /mnt.Prepare chroot environment if you don’t know what that is it’s OK just do it: for i in /dev /dev/pts /proc /sys /run do sudo mount -B $i /mnt$i done.Now mount the EFI partition to EFI directory of your main drive: sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot/efi.Go back to the terminal and mounted the main partition to /mnt using command: sudo mount /dev/sda2 /mnt.Format the partition as a FAT partition.

Created a new partition at the beginning of the disk.

I opened the Disks utility which is preinstalled.

The first partition /dev/sda1 was missing

The main drive only had one partition /dev/sda2 instead of the usual two.

the one inside the laptop) was shown as /dev/sda while my USB was identified as /dev/sdb

Run the command sudo fdisk -l to see all the drives and partitions on the operating system.

If your computer is in Legacy boot just reinstall Grub the old fashioned way if it’s in EFI boot then we are in business.

& echo “EFI boot on HDD” || echo “Legacy boot on HDD”.

Determine whether your computer is in EFI or Legacy mode first.

#Create boot partition. ubuntu uefi install

When Ubuntu boots up select Try Ubuntu as opposed to Install Ubuntu.

Boot up your machine from USB on most machines you press F12 or F8 at the splash machine.

Plug in your USB preferably in the USB 3 port if you have a disk that supports it.

If you don’t have a spare computer you will have to download the Ubuntu ISO on your phone and borrow a computer to make a live USB. I have a 30GB UHS 3 SD card that I always keep at the back of my wardrobe draw that has the latest LTS on it just in case. First, make sure you have an Ubuntu Live USB with Ubuntu 20.04. The following steps will allow you to reinstall Grub on a computer with EFI enabled in order to make it bootable again.

#Create boot partition. ubuntu uefi how to

How to reinstall the EFI partition after accidentally deleting it in Ubuntu 20.04 Guess not people are making the mistake I made.

Most internet searchers were useless but a few hours later I found a solution. In the old Legacy Boot days not booting up could easily be fixed by reinstalling Grub2 the glorious Linux bootloader. After booting up I noticed the EFI partition was missing. Fortunately the USB I had failed to edit was a live USB. Firing up a one-time boot using F12 showed that there was no operating system. The laptop wouldn’t boot up and kept saying it was checking memory. Again I was so distracted I failed to notice that I wasn’t working on my external drive.Įverything came to a crashing halt when I decided to restart. The operation failed when I tried to delete my main partition. I ended up deleting the all-important EFI partition without even noticing. Both my USB and OS drive had EFI partitions. In the process of deleting all partitions, I used a graphical utility and failed to pay attention to the disk I was editing.

Format it using an ancient file system called FATĮasy right? Wrong.

#Create boot partition. ubuntu uefi serial number

Enter your device’s service tag or serial number.

#Create boot partition. ubuntu uefi manual

Flashing your BIOS in Ubuntu is a trivial albeit manual process nowadays. I recently got a new pre-loved laptop and as always I nuked Windows but in the process of booting up, I noticed that my BIOS was a bit out of date.