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10-15-2015 05:45 AM
Hello,
I have installed Elementary OS but I cannot get the boot menu that I get when installing in a BIOS system.
I have disabled secure boot and tried also Legacy mode to no avail.
How can I get to choose which OS to boot?
Used to be easy with BIOS. Now impossible with UEFI.
Many thanks
Ignacio
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10-15-2015 07:15 AM
@Ignacio15: Here's a link to tips for installing on UEFI machines. I know it's and Ubuntu site link, but the suggestions are generic: UEFI Installing - Tips
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10-15-2015 06:30 AM
Press the power button and then immediately begin tapping the F9 key. That should get you to the bot options Window.
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10-15-2015 06:48 AM
Hi, thanks for quick reply.
when i press F9 it gives me two options: windows bootloader and boot from EFI file. In neither of those I can see and option to boot into linux. The grub2 menu does not appear anywhere.
How can I get the UEFI to show me to boot options on powering up?
Thanks again
Ignacio
10-15-2015 07:03 AM
That means that the installation was not successful. If you installed Elementary as seen in the limited information presented at the Elementary Blogit, it should have produced a bootable partition.
Did you choose the automatic installation options or did you partition the hard disk manually and install the OS?
Did the installer, if you chose the automatic option, create all of the necessary partitions?
Initially your notebook, if it came with Windows installed, was likely to be a GPT formatted volume. That was why I suggested using that option when creating the Elementary installer.
Is this your first experience with Linux?
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10-15-2015 07:11 AM
I did make a new partition for Elementary by shrinking the main windows one without touching the recovery ones and others. Windows boots and works fine.
I wrote it was "successful" because the installation process was completed as before. I have installed several distros in my desktop pc and a dell laptop but these have BIOS instead of UEFI. Thats why I think it must be the UEFI.
I will try to install again and see how it goes. thanks again for your help. 🙂
10-15-2015 07:15 AM
@Ignacio15: Here's a link to tips for installing on UEFI machines. I know it's and Ubuntu site link, but the suggestions are generic: UEFI Installing - Tips
I am a volunteer and I do not work for, nor represent, HP
