No GRUB after installing Ubuntu beside windows 10
I'm trying to install Ubuntu 14.04 from live USB beside windows 10; but there is no grub and it boots directly to windows. I already did everything suggested in other questions but no luck. I retried the install with and without /boot partition, did the mount thing, but still no sign of grub. The last things I tried were these:
sudo grub-install --target=i386-pc --force /dev/sda7
sudo grub-install --target=i386-pc --force /dev/sda4
sudo mount /dev/sda7 /mnt
sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/ --force /dev/sda
sudo mount /dev/sda4 /mnt
sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/ --force /dev/sda
it shows a warning message as:
Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged.
and says Installation is finished; but when I restart, there is still no grub. my partitions are:
sda7 --> boot
sda6 --> home
sda5 --> swap
sda4 --> /
sda2 --> C:
sda1 --> windows boot manager (efi)
- In Windows, go to the menu.
- Search for Command Prompt, right click on it to run it as administrator.
- In here, copy paste the command: bcdedit /set {bootmgr} path \EFI\ubuntu\grubx64.efi
- Restart and you’ll be welcomed by the familiar Grub screen.
This one worked for me. Source & credits to https://itsfoss.com/no-grub-windows-linux/ Abhishek Prakash
You have to disable fast startup in Windows:
- Go to Control panel -> All control panel items -> Power options -> Choose what the powers button do
- Click on Change settings that are currently unavailable
- Uncheck Turn on fast startup
- Uncheck Hibernate
- Restart entering Bios/UEFI
- Move Ubuntu on top of Windows
- Save and restart
Now everything should work!
if you an a newer computer the bios may be defaulting to the windows boot manager, go to bios and make sure the ubuntu uefi is the first boot option. This should correct the problem.
In my case, I had to go into BIOS and change boot order, as GRUB was on the secondary (new) partition