GapInTheClouds
January 19th, 2015, 03:28 PM
Hello,
For a while dual booting was working well. After pressing F9, the UEFI menu would show up with two Ubuntu entries ('Ubuntu' and 'ubuntu') along with 'OS Manager' (ie. Windows). I could choose one of the Ubuntu options and it would boot nicely in to Ubuntu, then one day (potentially after a BIOS upgrade?) it stopped working. Now when I select Ubuntu it boots straight into Windows (specifically with the 'hp' logo on my laptop). I've followed the Ubuntu UEFI page and checked the following entries (Secure Boot: Disabled, Intel Rapid Start: Disabled) and also in Windows 8.1 (Rapid start (?): disabled).
Then I ran boot-repair and I could boot into Ubuntu again. Hurrah. So, after booting into Ubuntu several times, I needed to use Windows. Next time I tried to boot into Ubuntu, it was back to booting into Windows even though I'd chosen Ubuntu. I also tried the 'Boot from EFI file' option and tried loading \EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi directly and it boots into Windows. I've had a look around the forums, but I can't seem to find any solution. Any suggestions would be welcome. Here is my paste from boot-repair: http://paste.ubuntu.com/9779276/
Also, not sure if this is related, but I get a GPT partition error. I tried fixing that once using gparted and the computer didn't boot anymore (presumably it moved the boot partition or similar?) and I had to use the Windows recovery image DVDs to get the computer back up and running.
Many thanks.
For a while dual booting was working well. After pressing F9, the UEFI menu would show up with two Ubuntu entries ('Ubuntu' and 'ubuntu') along with 'OS Manager' (ie. Windows). I could choose one of the Ubuntu options and it would boot nicely in to Ubuntu, then one day (potentially after a BIOS upgrade?) it stopped working. Now when I select Ubuntu it boots straight into Windows (specifically with the 'hp' logo on my laptop). I've followed the Ubuntu UEFI page and checked the following entries (Secure Boot: Disabled, Intel Rapid Start: Disabled) and also in Windows 8.1 (Rapid start (?): disabled).
Then I ran boot-repair and I could boot into Ubuntu again. Hurrah. So, after booting into Ubuntu several times, I needed to use Windows. Next time I tried to boot into Ubuntu, it was back to booting into Windows even though I'd chosen Ubuntu. I also tried the 'Boot from EFI file' option and tried loading \EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi directly and it boots into Windows. I've had a look around the forums, but I can't seem to find any solution. Any suggestions would be welcome. Here is my paste from boot-repair: http://paste.ubuntu.com/9779276/
Also, not sure if this is related, but I get a GPT partition error. I tried fixing that once using gparted and the computer didn't boot anymore (presumably it moved the boot partition or similar?) and I had to use the Windows recovery image DVDs to get the computer back up and running.
Many thanks.