installing on a Windows 8.1

[Gary J. Kirkpatrick]

On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 7:02 AM, Gary J. Kirkpatrick <garyartista at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 6:45 AM, Gary J. Kirkpatrick <
> garyartista at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 2:02 AM, Peter Smout <smoutpete at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>     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.
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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
>>>>
>>>>     garyk
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I followed the second of these and still I can not get grub to come up.
>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> thanks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> gary
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>>> Hi,
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>>>> Quick thought have you tried holding the <shift> key to bring up Grub?
>>>>
>>>> HTH
>>>>
>>>> Pete S
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>> Yes, Pete, I did.  Noluck.
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>> gary
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> 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
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> the application or operating system being loaded is missing a file.
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> I also enabled legacy support in bios , that did not help.  I disabled
> legacy again, did not help.
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> 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
>




If you press F9 at boot the grub menu comes up.  Ubuntu loaded just fine.
I assume this is an HP feature.  I have disabled secure boot but I bet I
could reenable it.


garyk
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