Ubuntu not booting after installation on Acer R5-571T 59DC

Question

I installed Ubuntu 16.04 in an Acer R5-571T 59DC notebook for dual booting with the preinstalled Win 10 (UEFI).

After restart there is no GRUB menu and the PC boots directly on Windows.

I disabled secure boot and fast boot before install, and also used "boot repair" with a live usb. No luck.

I managed to start Ubuntu using Super Grub2 Disk, so I think GRUB is ok but without the super grub pendrive I cannot boot Ubuntu.

Does the EFI boot menu (some function key at power-up) give you an ubuntu entry? Does it work? — ubfan1, Aug 29 '16 at 03:08
fast startup was disabled in Windows and in EFI boot menu only was Windows. — systemcrash, Aug 30 '16 at 04:49
Now after enabling secure boot the option for adding Ubuntu to the EFI boot menu was enabled. The pc is still starting windows directly but I can stop it with the F12 key to show the menu and start GRUB — systemcrash, Aug 30 '16 at 04:52

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 08 '19 at 09:02

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I found a good enough solution.

I enabled secure boot again in the UEFI settings and after that the option for adding the new OS to the EFI boot menu was enabled.

Now when I access it with F12 key I have both the Ubuntu & Windows options.

Thanks wjandrea for your answer

edited Nov 08 '19 at 09:02

Zanna

answered Aug 30 '16 at 04:39

systemcrash

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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Upgrade, update the system, and install grub. After that your problem will get solved.

For update:

sudo apt-get update

For upgrade:

sudo apt-get upgrade

For installing grub, follow this link How do I manually install GRUB?

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

Community

answered Aug 29 '16 at 03:27

sahasrara62

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