I have a problem dual booting Win 8.1 and Ubuntu 14.04 on my Asus G56JR laptop and could use a help solving this issue... Sorry about the length of the post.
Let me give You a context:
I have 2 disks in laptop and here is the C/P from parted command in linux: [11:04:03] $ sudo parted -l
Model: ATA Samsung SSD 840 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 120GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 120GB 120GB ext4
Model: ATA ST750LM000-1EJ16 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 750GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 316MB 315MB ntfs Basic data partition hidden, diag
2 316MB 420MB 105MB fat32 EFI system partition boot
3 420MB 555MB 134MB Microsoft reserved partition msftres
4 555MB 750GB 750GB ntfs Basic data partition msftdata
750GB HDD was installed by default and I added the SDD instead of optical drive
HDD has Windows 8.1 installed on it in EFI mode
SDD has Ubuntu 14.04 installed in EFI mode
when I was installing Ubuntu I also installed grub2 on /dev/sda (SDD with ubuntu)
At first I could boot directly into Windows if I put Windows EFI option as first in "BIOS". If I moved Ubuntu stanza to the top (first option) after reboot I got grub command prompt, but if I pressed ESC key and choose Ubuntu stanza in boot menu (laptop BIOS/firmware) then I got grub2 menu and I could choose to boot either Ubuntu or Windows.
Then I installed refind from the PPA (deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/rodsmith/refind/ubuntu trusty main) and after reboot I got nice graphic interface and the same options like in the boot menu of the laptop itself and I could boot Windows but not Ubuntu - the same grub prompt as without refind, but if i press F12 during reboot I get two other options to boot installed Ubuntu kernels directly and these options work OK.
I short I can only boot linux if I press ESC key during boot and choose any of the options. I can boot windows either from refind or from boot menu or if I put Windows boot as first in BIOS/firmware setup.
Is there a way to configure rEFInd to correctly boot Ubuntu? And how to setup to boot Ubuntu automatically after n seconds?
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Try uncommenting and adjusting the scan_delay option in refind.conf. Chances are setting it to 1 will work, but it's conceivable that a higher value will be required.
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Hi,
I have a problem dual booting Win 8.1 and Ubuntu 14.04 on my Asus G56JR laptop and could use a help solving this issue... Sorry about the length of the post.
Let me give You a context:
[11:04:03] $ sudo parted -l
Model: ATA Samsung SSD 840 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 120GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 120GB 120GB ext4
Model: ATA ST750LM000-1EJ16 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 750GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 316MB 315MB ntfs Basic data partition hidden, diag
2 316MB 420MB 105MB fat32 EFI system partition boot
3 420MB 555MB 134MB Microsoft reserved partition msftres
4 555MB 750GB 750GB ntfs Basic data partition msftdata
At first I could boot directly into Windows if I put Windows EFI option as first in "BIOS". If I moved Ubuntu stanza to the top (first option) after reboot I got grub command prompt, but if I pressed ESC key and choose Ubuntu stanza in boot menu (laptop BIOS/firmware) then I got grub2 menu and I could choose to boot either Ubuntu or Windows.
Then I installed refind from the PPA (deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/rodsmith/refind/ubuntu trusty main) and after reboot I got nice graphic interface and the same options like in the boot menu of the laptop itself and I could boot Windows but not Ubuntu - the same grub prompt as without refind, but if i press F12 during reboot I get two other options to boot installed Ubuntu kernels directly and these options work OK.
I short I can only boot linux if I press ESC key during boot and choose any of the options. I can boot windows either from refind or from boot menu or if I put Windows boot as first in BIOS/firmware setup.
Is there a way to configure rEFInd to correctly boot Ubuntu? And how to setup to boot Ubuntu automatically after n seconds?
Try uncommenting and adjusting the
scan_delayoption inrefind.conf. Chances are setting it to1will work, but it's conceivable that a higher value will be required.