Unable to boot consistently
I recently bought a HP Pavilion desktop computer, which came with a HDD with Windows 10 in it. I installed a second drive (NVME SSD) where I installed ubuntu MATE 18.04, installing grub in this drive as well. The installation process went apparently fine. Then I entered the BIOS and placed ubuntu as the first entry in the UEFI boot order. So far so good.
Unfortunately, when I turn my computer on, the famous grub minimal bash screen almost always shows up.
To boot correctly to the grub menu, I figured out two ways:
- Press rapidly F9 to access the UEFI boot selection menu and select ubuntu, which paradoxically is on top of the list.
- Press F10 to access the BIOS configuration and do nothing, and simply exit without saving changes.
If I'm not quick enough pressing the relevant key, then I type reboot and repeat. It usually takes me two or three trials.
I know nothing of the booting sequence but I cannot understand this behavior. How are my workarounds different to simply power my computer on?
The output of the following commands is:
lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
loop0 7:0 0 71,7M 1 loop /snap/software-boutique/31
loop1 7:1 0 89,5M 1 loop /snap/core/6130
loop2 7:2 0 86,9M 1 loop /snap/core/4917
loop3 7:3 0 86,7M 1 loop /snap/ubuntu-mate-welcome/169
loop4 7:4 0 7,9M 1 loop /snap/pulsemixer/23
loop5 7:5 0 87,3M 1 loop /snap/ubuntu-mate-welcome/220
sda 8:0 0 931,5G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 260M 0 part /boot/efi
├─sda2 8:2 0 16M 0 part
├─sda3 8:3 0 912,5G 0 part
├─sda4 8:4 0 980M 0 part
└─sda5 8:5 0 17,8G 0 part
sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom
nvme0n1 259:0 0 465,8G 0 disk
├─nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 14,9G 0 part [SWAP]
└─nvme0n1p2 259:2 0 450,9G 0 part /
efibootmgr
BootCurrent: 0000
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 0000,0002
Boot0000* ubuntu
Boot0002* Windows Boot Manager
For the record: I managed to boot gracefully by installing rEFInd. The newer versions of ubuntu have it in the official repos. It's a very nice piece of software.
Nevertheless, I'm still curious of what the problem was. I cannot understand this lack of booting consistency.
boot dual-boot grub2 uefi
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I recently bought a HP Pavilion desktop computer, which came with a HDD with Windows 10 in it. I installed a second drive (NVME SSD) where I installed ubuntu MATE 18.04, installing grub in this drive as well. The installation process went apparently fine. Then I entered the BIOS and placed ubuntu as the first entry in the UEFI boot order. So far so good.
Unfortunately, when I turn my computer on, the famous grub minimal bash screen almost always shows up.
To boot correctly to the grub menu, I figured out two ways:
- Press rapidly F9 to access the UEFI boot selection menu and select ubuntu, which paradoxically is on top of the list.
- Press F10 to access the BIOS configuration and do nothing, and simply exit without saving changes.
If I'm not quick enough pressing the relevant key, then I type reboot and repeat. It usually takes me two or three trials.
I know nothing of the booting sequence but I cannot understand this behavior. How are my workarounds different to simply power my computer on?
The output of the following commands is:
lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
loop0 7:0 0 71,7M 1 loop /snap/software-boutique/31
loop1 7:1 0 89,5M 1 loop /snap/core/6130
loop2 7:2 0 86,9M 1 loop /snap/core/4917
loop3 7:3 0 86,7M 1 loop /snap/ubuntu-mate-welcome/169
loop4 7:4 0 7,9M 1 loop /snap/pulsemixer/23
loop5 7:5 0 87,3M 1 loop /snap/ubuntu-mate-welcome/220
sda 8:0 0 931,5G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 260M 0 part /boot/efi
├─sda2 8:2 0 16M 0 part
├─sda3 8:3 0 912,5G 0 part
├─sda4 8:4 0 980M 0 part
└─sda5 8:5 0 17,8G 0 part
sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom
nvme0n1 259:0 0 465,8G 0 disk
├─nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 14,9G 0 part [SWAP]
└─nvme0n1p2 259:2 0 450,9G 0 part /
efibootmgr
BootCurrent: 0000
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 0000,0002
Boot0000* ubuntu
Boot0002* Windows Boot Manager
For the record: I managed to boot gracefully by installing rEFInd. The newer versions of ubuntu have it in the official repos. It's a very nice piece of software.
Nevertheless, I'm still curious of what the problem was. I cannot understand this lack of booting consistency.
boot dual-boot grub2 uefi
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please post the output oflsblkandsudo fdisk -l. I think disk priority is set to wrong disk.
– Vijay
Jan 14 at 16:27
@Vijay I have posted the output oflsblkandefibootmgr. The output offdiskis very long and somewhat sensible.
– metalfox
Jan 14 at 18:09
@Vijay I did that. But I cannot choose disks but UEFI sources in the BIOS of HP. I placed ubuntu on the top of the list.
– metalfox
Jan 14 at 18:41
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I recently bought a HP Pavilion desktop computer, which came with a HDD with Windows 10 in it. I installed a second drive (NVME SSD) where I installed ubuntu MATE 18.04, installing grub in this drive as well. The installation process went apparently fine. Then I entered the BIOS and placed ubuntu as the first entry in the UEFI boot order. So far so good.
Unfortunately, when I turn my computer on, the famous grub minimal bash screen almost always shows up.
To boot correctly to the grub menu, I figured out two ways:
- Press rapidly F9 to access the UEFI boot selection menu and select ubuntu, which paradoxically is on top of the list.
- Press F10 to access the BIOS configuration and do nothing, and simply exit without saving changes.
If I'm not quick enough pressing the relevant key, then I type reboot and repeat. It usually takes me two or three trials.
I know nothing of the booting sequence but I cannot understand this behavior. How are my workarounds different to simply power my computer on?
The output of the following commands is:
lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
loop0 7:0 0 71,7M 1 loop /snap/software-boutique/31
loop1 7:1 0 89,5M 1 loop /snap/core/6130
loop2 7:2 0 86,9M 1 loop /snap/core/4917
loop3 7:3 0 86,7M 1 loop /snap/ubuntu-mate-welcome/169
loop4 7:4 0 7,9M 1 loop /snap/pulsemixer/23
loop5 7:5 0 87,3M 1 loop /snap/ubuntu-mate-welcome/220
sda 8:0 0 931,5G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 260M 0 part /boot/efi
├─sda2 8:2 0 16M 0 part
├─sda3 8:3 0 912,5G 0 part
├─sda4 8:4 0 980M 0 part
└─sda5 8:5 0 17,8G 0 part
sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom
nvme0n1 259:0 0 465,8G 0 disk
├─nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 14,9G 0 part [SWAP]
└─nvme0n1p2 259:2 0 450,9G 0 part /
efibootmgr
BootCurrent: 0000
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 0000,0002
Boot0000* ubuntu
Boot0002* Windows Boot Manager
For the record: I managed to boot gracefully by installing rEFInd. The newer versions of ubuntu have it in the official repos. It's a very nice piece of software.
Nevertheless, I'm still curious of what the problem was. I cannot understand this lack of booting consistency.
boot dual-boot grub2 uefi
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I recently bought a HP Pavilion desktop computer, which came with a HDD with Windows 10 in it. I installed a second drive (NVME SSD) where I installed ubuntu MATE 18.04, installing grub in this drive as well. The installation process went apparently fine. Then I entered the BIOS and placed ubuntu as the first entry in the UEFI boot order. So far so good.
Unfortunately, when I turn my computer on, the famous grub minimal bash screen almost always shows up.
To boot correctly to the grub menu, I figured out two ways:
- Press rapidly F9 to access the UEFI boot selection menu and select ubuntu, which paradoxically is on top of the list.
- Press F10 to access the BIOS configuration and do nothing, and simply exit without saving changes.
If I'm not quick enough pressing the relevant key, then I type reboot and repeat. It usually takes me two or three trials.
I know nothing of the booting sequence but I cannot understand this behavior. How are my workarounds different to simply power my computer on?
The output of the following commands is:
lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
loop0 7:0 0 71,7M 1 loop /snap/software-boutique/31
loop1 7:1 0 89,5M 1 loop /snap/core/6130
loop2 7:2 0 86,9M 1 loop /snap/core/4917
loop3 7:3 0 86,7M 1 loop /snap/ubuntu-mate-welcome/169
loop4 7:4 0 7,9M 1 loop /snap/pulsemixer/23
loop5 7:5 0 87,3M 1 loop /snap/ubuntu-mate-welcome/220
sda 8:0 0 931,5G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 260M 0 part /boot/efi
├─sda2 8:2 0 16M 0 part
├─sda3 8:3 0 912,5G 0 part
├─sda4 8:4 0 980M 0 part
└─sda5 8:5 0 17,8G 0 part
sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom
nvme0n1 259:0 0 465,8G 0 disk
├─nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 14,9G 0 part [SWAP]
└─nvme0n1p2 259:2 0 450,9G 0 part /
efibootmgr
BootCurrent: 0000
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 0000,0002
Boot0000* ubuntu
Boot0002* Windows Boot Manager
For the record: I managed to boot gracefully by installing rEFInd. The newer versions of ubuntu have it in the official repos. It's a very nice piece of software.
Nevertheless, I'm still curious of what the problem was. I cannot understand this lack of booting consistency.
boot dual-boot grub2 uefi
boot dual-boot grub2 uefi
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please post the output oflsblkandsudo fdisk -l. I think disk priority is set to wrong disk.
– Vijay
Jan 14 at 16:27
@Vijay I have posted the output oflsblkandefibootmgr. The output offdiskis very long and somewhat sensible.
– metalfox
Jan 14 at 18:09
@Vijay I did that. But I cannot choose disks but UEFI sources in the BIOS of HP. I placed ubuntu on the top of the list.
– metalfox
Jan 14 at 18:41
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please post the output oflsblkandsudo fdisk -l. I think disk priority is set to wrong disk.
– Vijay
Jan 14 at 16:27
@Vijay I have posted the output oflsblkandefibootmgr. The output offdiskis very long and somewhat sensible.
– metalfox
Jan 14 at 18:09
@Vijay I did that. But I cannot choose disks but UEFI sources in the BIOS of HP. I placed ubuntu on the top of the list.
– metalfox
Jan 14 at 18:41
please post the output of
lsblk and sudo fdisk -l. I think disk priority is set to wrong disk.– Vijay
Jan 14 at 16:27
please post the output of
lsblk and sudo fdisk -l. I think disk priority is set to wrong disk.– Vijay
Jan 14 at 16:27
@Vijay I have posted the output of
lsblk and efibootmgr. The output of fdisk is very long and somewhat sensible.– metalfox
Jan 14 at 18:09
@Vijay I have posted the output of
lsblk and efibootmgr. The output of fdisk is very long and somewhat sensible.– metalfox
Jan 14 at 18:09
@Vijay I did that. But I cannot choose disks but UEFI sources in the BIOS of HP. I placed ubuntu on the top of the list.
– metalfox
Jan 14 at 18:41
@Vijay I did that. But I cannot choose disks but UEFI sources in the BIOS of HP. I placed ubuntu on the top of the list.
– metalfox
Jan 14 at 18:41
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please post the output of
lsblkandsudo fdisk -l. I think disk priority is set to wrong disk.– Vijay
Jan 14 at 16:27
@Vijay I have posted the output of
lsblkandefibootmgr. The output offdiskis very long and somewhat sensible.– metalfox
Jan 14 at 18:09
@Vijay I did that. But I cannot choose disks but UEFI sources in the BIOS of HP. I placed ubuntu on the top of the list.
– metalfox
Jan 14 at 18:41