installing on a Windows 8.1

[Gary J. Kirkpatrick]

On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 6:45 AM, Gary J. Kirkpatrick <garyartista at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>
> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 2:02 AM, Peter Smout <smoutpete at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 21/09/14 22:49, Gary J. Kirkpatrick wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 8:01 PM, Gary J. Kirkpatrick
>>> <garyartista at gmail.com <mailto:garyartista at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>     Hi
>>>
>>>     Just wondering if you all have a preferred guide for installing on a
>>>     W 8.1 machine (an HP HP 210 G1) .
>>>
>>>     So far I have found 2 guides.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.everydaylinuxuser.com/2013/09/install-ubuntu-linux-alongside-windows.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.everydaylinuxuser.com/2014/05/install-ubuntu-1404-alongside-windows.html
>>>
>>>
>>>     Thanks for any suggestions
>>>
>>>     garyk
>>>
>>>
>>> I followed the second of these and still I can not get grub to come up.
>>> Any suggestions?
>>>
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>>
>>> gary
>>
>>
>
>
>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Quick thought have you tried holding the <shift> key to bring up Grub?
>>>
>>> HTH
>>>
>>> Pete S
>>>
>>> -
>>>
>> --
>
> Yes, Pete, I did.  Noluck.
>
> gary
>


I also tried
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/EasyBCD.shtml.  Now I
get a boot menu with ubuntu but it will not load.  Error message reads

windows failed to start  .... efit/ubuntu/shimx64.efi

the application or operating system being loaded is missing a file.



I also enabled legacy support in bios , that did not help.  I disabled
legacy again, did not help.

I can run windows just fine through the boot loader so I have not totally
screwed things up.

As an alternative I would wipe windows and just use Ubuntu.  So if anyone
has instructions they recommend.


thanks


garyk
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