[Bug 1469245] Re: Following install GRUB menu does not appear on startup

[Tony Pursell]

sda2 is mounted on /boot/efi.   sda3 is mounted on /media/tony.

It's not quite true that it is refusing to let me boot anything but
windows.  It's just making it a little bit more difficult by making me
boot Ubuntu from the F12 boot menu.  I just have to remember to hold
down F12 when I start up.

When I look at /boot/efi it has two folders in it - BOOT and EFI.  In
the EFI folder are Boot, Microsoft and ubuntu.  I assume that the ubuntu
folder was placed there by ubiquity.  Personally, I don't know much
about EFI (this is the first PC I have owned that has it).  What is it
that ubiquity does that should make it display the GRUB menu?

I have attached a full ls -R of /boot/efi.


** Attachment added: "boot-efi-ls-R"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1469245/+attachment/4422964/+files/boot-efi-ls-R

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Title:
  Following install GRUB menu does not appear on startup

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Ubuntu was installed on a new Lenovo E50-00 desktop PC using a USB
  stick alongside Windows 8.1.  The installer was used to create a data
  partition for Ubuntu.  First install failed with the install hanging
  while 'completely removing xfsprogs'.  The install was rerun using the
  data partition created on the first run and completed successfully.

  What I expected to happen: The GRUB menu appears on start up.

  What does happen:  The GRUB menu does not immediately appear on start
  up.  It is necessary to use F12 on start up to call up the machine's
  boot menu and select 'ubuntu' (see attached screenshot).  The GRUB
  menu then appears from which Ubuntu can be booted.

  The USB stick for the install was booted in EFI mode.  The
  installation is EFI and the version of GRUB in use is grub-efi.

  There is a partition (sda3) named LRS_ESP which contains folders 'EFI'
  and 'onekey'.  The folder 'EFI' contains only a folder 'Microsoft'.

  There is a folder /boot/efi/EFI that contains folders 'Boot',
  'Microsoft' and 'ubuntu'.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
  Package: ubiquity (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-21.21-generic 3.19.8
  Uname: Linux 3.19.0-21-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Fri Jun 26 17:17:45 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-06-21 (5 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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