trying to dual boot laptop (paste.ubuntu.com)
from ImminentOrbit@lemmy.world to linux@lemmy.ml on 17 Jul 18:58
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I decided to go with Linux mint for my laptop. After installing it alongside windows 10, it won’t boot into either. If I reboot from my USB stick, it says that maybe it’s too far away from the start of the drive to be detected. But I believe there is some intel /hp stuff that includes some kind of boot that might also be interfering. Does anyone have a good way forward from here?

Link from boot repair: paste.ubuntu.com/p/GJcsXfRkrj/

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bufalo1973@europe.pub on 17 Jul 19:03 next collapse

Good luck with a HP laptop. They don’t like much dual boring.

BCsven@lemmy.ca on 17 Jul 20:57 collapse

I had no issue with HP, even with secure boot. Just had to pick boot order in BIOS

BCsven@lemmy.ca on 17 Jul 20:58 collapse

Could be you need to set boot partition EFI in BIOS, or could be a recovery partition messing things up for you

ImminentOrbit@lemmy.world on 17 Jul 21:16 collapse

How would I check on that?

BCsven@lemmy.ca on 18 Jul 01:24 collapse

Do you know if you installed in legacy BIOS or EFI mode? If its EFI then most BIOS screens have a method to then pick the actual EFI entry (if the bootup discovers more than one) and you can then set it to boot Linux (and hopefully your Linux install did a probe OS and chainloaded to your Windows Boot). I had this issue before.

I also had an HP recovery partition getting invoked every time windows booted and detected change. The remedy wiping the drive to her ride of that stupid partition