Seamless in Northampton
August 20th, 2017, 02:50 AM
Spent the better part of today going in circles. I am beginning to hate anything containing the letter U, E, F, and I. Had a non-UEFI system with 16.04LTS. Got all new hardware. Installed Windows 7 via UEFI/GPT.
Trying to install a fresh 16.04 via UEFI to make a dual boot system. Successful install, it seemed, but when I boot up, it goes straight to Windows. No GRUB. Can't get Boot Repair EFI USB to do anything (blank screen after initial screen). Reinstall did nothing. I've tried many things, but all seemed to run afoul of the the UEFI system and not work.
I can still boot into my old Ubuntu if I turn on Legacy boot on the new board.
How can I get the system to recognize GRUB on the UEFI drive and do its thing?
I've read and read and read, and not found my answer. Though I've found many entries for people who get Ubuntu to work and can no longer boot Windows! My problem is other way round.
THanks!
Trying to install a fresh 16.04 via UEFI to make a dual boot system. Successful install, it seemed, but when I boot up, it goes straight to Windows. No GRUB. Can't get Boot Repair EFI USB to do anything (blank screen after initial screen). Reinstall did nothing. I've tried many things, but all seemed to run afoul of the the UEFI system and not work.
I can still boot into my old Ubuntu if I turn on Legacy boot on the new board.
How can I get the system to recognize GRUB on the UEFI drive and do its thing?
I've read and read and read, and not found my answer. Though I've found many entries for people who get Ubuntu to work and can no longer boot Windows! My problem is other way round.
THanks!