This will work for booting both Windows and Linux, on systems with either BIOS or EFI/UEFI firmware. Fortunately, there is a way to get these super-fast storage devices working on older desktop PCs (unfortunately this won’t work on laptops). The old PC (an Alienware X51 R2) didn’t have a M.2 slot to accommodate an NVME drive, which is common on systems of that age (circa late 2013). NVME SSDs were quite cheap at the time, so I got myself a second hand 500GB Samsung OEM one commonly found in laptops. Press F10 to boot.Back in October when I set up my new Ryzen PC, I thought it might be good to get an NVME SSD for the older desktop as well – I’d pinched all the drives from it for the new PC, and I didn’t want to be stuck using my old, slow HDD. Move the cursor to the line beginning linux and replace quiet splash with nomodeset. Access the GRUB menu after selecting Linux in Clover and press E to enter the GRUB editor.Reboot and you should see Linux in Clover. In the Scan section check the box for Linux.Select Mount EFI partition and, by trial and error, find the EFI partition and click the import button.Go to the Clover Configurator (you may need to install it).Inside Clover, you won't see any Linux partitions, so boot into MacOS to fix thatĬonfigure Clover to recognise Linux partitions Confirm write changes to disk, set up you user account, wait for the installation to finish, remove the USB key, and rebootĮnter the BIOS/UEFI settings and use trial and error to determine which of the boot options is Clover (the option may not have a helpful name).You can also disconnect your Windows and MacOS drives if you want to. An empty drive will have no partitions, but the installer will show partitions on Windows and MacOS drives. In the dialog, be very sure to select the correct drive. If you have multiple disk drives and want to install Ubuntu on an empty drive, select Erase the disk and install Ubuntu.Select the option to install 3rd party drivers.If you prefer, you can disconnect the drives Windows and MacOS are installed on to be totally sure you are not going to overwrite them. Here add the parameter nouveau.modeset=0 and press F10 to boot.

Go to the line beginning linux and press N or move the cursor to go to the end of the line. If your system has an nvidia graphics card you may have problems, If so, move the cursor to Install Ubuntu and press E to enter the GRUB editor. When done, reboot with the USB key plugged in. Choose Create a bootable disk using iso and select the iso you downloaded.Set partition scheme to GPT (as we are using UEFI).Select the correct USB device if more than one is plugged in.Install MacOS and Windows 10 in UEFI mode (seek help elsewhere with this if needed) If anyone has the same requirements as me and wants to triple boot, watch this fantastic video

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