GRUB 2 Problems after upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS with Windows 8 Installed

[qais2]

Hello there ,
I have Windows 8 installed and had Ubuntu 12.04 LTS along side with it had to manually change from UEFI to CSM boot manually from Bios every time i had to change between Windows 8 to Ubuntu , recently i updated to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and ever since i just cant boot to Ubuntu properly , i have tried reinstalling from scratch but nothing worked , i followed this
"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI"
and ended up with error after following Boot-Repair tool and got this
http://paste2.org/COsHgnUg


Could you please if its not too much to ask look into this ? any further details information will be provided asap , thanks in advance.


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Qais Shishani

[fantab]

parted -l:
Model: ATA TOSHIBA MQ01ABD1 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt

Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 473MB 472MB ntfs Basic data partition hidden, diag
2 473MB 746MB 273MB fat32 Basic data partition boot
3 746MB 880MB 134MB ntfs Basic data partition msftres
4 880MB 568GB 567GB ntfs Basic data partition msftdata
8 568GB 613GB 45.0GB ext4
9 613GB 658GB 45.0GB ext4
10 658GB 670GB 12.0GB linux-swap(v1)
11 670GB 675GB 5372MB bios_grub

5 675GB 676GB 367MB ntfs hidden, diag
6 676GB 990GB 315GB ntfs Basic data partition msftdata
7 990GB 1000GB 9991MB ntfs Basic data partition hidden, diag





os-prober:/dev/sda2@/efi/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi:Windows Boot Manager:Windows:efi
/dev/sda8:Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS (14.04):Ubuntu:linux



You must only use one boot mode UEFI or CSM/legacy. Windows in in UEFI mode , so it will be better to install Ubuntu in UEFI as well.

Install ubuntu in UEFI mode.. it is important that you boot in UEFI mode.. see the difference HERE (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI#Identifying_if_the_computer_boots_the_Ubuntu_ DVD_in_EFI_mode).

Before that remove the 'bios_grub' flag using Gparted from the 11th partition, the one I marked in bold.

[qais2]

Hey there Mr.Fantab ,
Thanks for your response , i will try what you suggested and reply if it fail or works .

Regards
Qais Shishani

[qais2]

Hello again ,

I just tried it again , removed the "bios-grub" , boot from liveUSB , chose "Something else" , made 3 partitions

ext4 , 45 gb , mount "/"
ext4 , 45 gb , mount "/home"
swap area , 12 gb



install boot on "dev/sda"

PS : second installation tried with adding 4th partition

ext4 , 1 gb , mount "/boot"



installation failed at "running "update-grub" "

Attached photos of errors

[qais2]

here is the last photo , since only 5 photos per post allowed

[fantab]

When you have UEFI boot enabled and you have an ESP [EFI System Partition] you don't need to install Grub to MBR.
That is you don't install grub to /dev/sda... but in an EFI system Grub installs to the ESP, in your case it is the 2nd FAT partition marked with 'boot' flag or /dev/sda2.

To install Ubuntu in UEFI enabled mode you will HAVE to boot the Ubuntu DVD/USB in EFI mode: see Here (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI#Identifying_if_the_computer_boots_the_Ubuntu_ DVD_in_EFI_mode) to know the difference. Confirm this.
In your UEFI menu (the screen-shots you posted above) we can't see the which OS is booting first Ubuntu or Windows...
Can you boot windows?

[qais2]

Hello again ,

I can Boot to Windows , yes

My USB is in EFI Mode , i confirmed that , it does boot into this http://pix.toile-libre.org/upload/original/1347445084.png
its been like this from the beginning.

Im going to try and install grub to /dev/sda2 instead of dev/sda

Thanks a million for bearing with me , will be back with results.

Regards
Qais Shishani

[fantab]

Also tell us what machine you have there.

Try Boot-Repair (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair) tool from 14.04 live ubuntu.
Note the url it creates to bootinfo file and paste it here.

Also try the 12.04 ubuntu... to see how it fares.

[qais2]

Machine is Toshiba Satellite C850 Laptop

Ubuntu installed (finally , the problem was with location to install boot fixed by choosing /dev/sda2) but cant boot into it , it boots directly to Windows 8 , plugged LiveUSB , ran Boot-Repair , result was error and here is the url
" http://paste.ubuntu.com/8195264/ "

Ubuntu 12.04 was working fine before i upgraded to 14.04 , but back in 12.04 i had to manually change UEFI and CSM boot options to switch between OS's

Regards
Qais Shishani

[fantab]

Run boot-repair tool again but this time choose 'Advanced options' -> Grub Location -> 'check' Separate/boot/efi partition and from dropdown select /dev/sda2 ; apply and run the repair... See the boot-repair page linked earlier.

I suggest you go through this post (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2147295&p=12657352#post12657352) and see if you find anyting about your machine.

[qais2]

Sadly still this

An error occurred during the repair.

Please write on a paper the following URL:
http://paste.ubuntu.com/8195759/

[qais2]

Hello again ,

Even though boot-repair producing errors all the time , i followed this http://superuser.com/questions/696838/installed-updated-windows-8-uefi-after-ubuntu-restore-grub


Solution 2: Use bcdedit in Windows
The Windows bcdedit tool can add a non-Windows boot loader to the boot list. The trick is figuring out what the file is. You can do it this way:


Boot to Windows
Open an Administrator Command Prompt window. (Don't use a third-party shell for this, either; I've seen reports that bcdedit won't work correctly with some of them.)
Type mountvol S: /S to mount the ESP as S:. (You can change S: to something else if you like.)
Using the Command Prompt, check S: to locate your Ubuntu boot loader. It's probably either S:\EFI\ubuntu\grubx64.efi or S:\ubuntu\shimx64.efi. If you see the latter, it should be safe to use it, and it may be necessary to use it -- shim is how Ubuntu deals with Secure Boot (SB), but on a non-SB computer, it will have little effect. If Secure Boot is inactive, then shim may or may not be installed, so you may need to refer to grubx64.efi directly.
Type bcdedit /set {bootmgr} path \EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi, changing shimx64.efito grubx64.efi if shimx64.efi isn't present. Change the path if it's something else, which is unlikely.
Optionally, type bcdedit /set {bootmgr} description "Ubuntu" to set the name that appears in the EFI's own boot manager list. Change Ubuntu to whatever you like.

If you already know the filename for your boot loader, you can skip steps #3 and #4. (The ESP doesn't need to be mounted to use bcdedit in this way.)
This method has the advantage that it keeps Windows from messing with the boot order -- sometimes Windows will try to adjust the boot order unbidden. I don't know if this would prevent a repeat of this problem if/when you upgrade to whatever comes after Windows 8.1, though.


And everything is working now , thanks for all your time and effort and sorry for bothering you :)

Regards
Qais Shishani