installing on a Windows 8.1

[Peter Smout]

On 21/09/14 22:49, Gary J. Kirkpatrick wrote:
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> On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 8:01 PM, Gary J. Kirkpatrick
> <garyartista at gmail.com <mailto:garyartista at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     Hi
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>     Just wondering if you all have a preferred guide for installing on a
>     W 8.1 machine (an HP HP 210 G1) .
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>     So far I have found 2 guides.
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>     http://www.everydaylinuxuser.com/2013/09/install-ubuntu-linux-alongside-windows.html
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>     http://www.everydaylinuxuser.com/2014/05/install-ubuntu-1404-alongside-windows.html
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>     Thanks for any suggestions
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>     garyk
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> I followed the second of these and still I can not get grub to come up.
> Any suggestions?
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> thanks
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> gary
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Hi,

Quick thought have you tried holding the <shift> key to bring up Grub?

HTH

Pete S