ashu2
January 12th, 2015, 04:46 AM
I am trying to have dual boot in my desktop so that i can login into Windows 8.1 or Ubuntu Linux. Everything is working fine except something very strange is happening. In my BIOS - boot order is getting changed by Windows. Even if i make it load ubuntu first and then Windows bootloader. Very first time it works...it loads ubuntu....later if i opt to go for windows(adter making the choice during GRUB screen)...it loads windows but after restart.....windows simply changes that sequence such that windows boot manager will be loaded first and then ubuntu....On the contrary if i choose Ubuntu at the time of GRUB screen it works gracefully doesn't kicks out Windows from the boot loader. It seems windows doens't want to live peacefully with other OSs.
Windows should not be updating the BIOS settings at the first place. Some Background: I installed Ubuntu 14.10 LTS on a partition of the hard disk drive connected to my HP desktop. Secure boot is disabled; fast boot is disabled; legacy boot is enabled. Also changed the behavior of power button in the control panel. In fact followed each and every recommendation in the askubuntu forums. When I boot Ubuntu and restart within Ubuntu, grub-efi lets me choose whether I want Ubuntu or Windows. However, if I go back to Windows and restart, Windows always changes my boot order, placing ubuntu last in the list. I always have to manually modify my UEFI settings and place Ubuntu ahead of Windows if I want to go back to Ubuntu. This seems like too much work. Is there any way to keep Windows from doing this?
Windows should not be updating the BIOS settings at the first place. Some Background: I installed Ubuntu 14.10 LTS on a partition of the hard disk drive connected to my HP desktop. Secure boot is disabled; fast boot is disabled; legacy boot is enabled. Also changed the behavior of power button in the control panel. In fact followed each and every recommendation in the askubuntu forums. When I boot Ubuntu and restart within Ubuntu, grub-efi lets me choose whether I want Ubuntu or Windows. However, if I go back to Windows and restart, Windows always changes my boot order, placing ubuntu last in the list. I always have to manually modify my UEFI settings and place Ubuntu ahead of Windows if I want to go back to Ubuntu. This seems like too much work. Is there any way to keep Windows from doing this?