Ubuntu 12.04 on Lenovo ThinkPad with UEFI

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Published on 2013-01-08T20:24:17Z Indexed on 2013/10/25 4:16 UTC
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I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop amd64 on my Lenovo ThinkPad E330. There were no problem during installation. Now I can boot to Ubuntu and use it.

BUT: now there is only one option in Boot Devices in my ThinkPad's BIOS:

ubuntu

I can boot ThinkPad to Ubuntu on HDD ONLY - no other options. I switched BIOS to "Legacy devices only" - this did not help :(

Could you, please, help me and explain how to boot my ThinkPad from USB drive? How can I switch back to Legacy devices and use MBR, not UEFI?

Thank you!

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