BIOS: InsydeH2O Rev. 5 no Grub in UEFI Manager

[Thomsterdam]

Yesterday I bought a HP 14-ck0950nd laptop with Windows 10 preinstalled. I went ahead and installed Linux Mint 19.1 in Dual Boot with Windows 10 on it in UEFI mode. (This is my 4th dual boot, but the first time with UEFI).
Now every time I boot the computer it immediately goes to Windows 10 and in order to get LM to boot, I have to press Esc and F9 to find the boot options for Linux.

I have found a video that outlines how to change to the Grub bootloader in my InsydeH20 BIOS manager, but that is incompatible with my version (Rev. 5), so I cannot change it to start with Grub: In the UEFI Manager in the BIOS, there is no option to select Linux Grub.

I cannot find any instructions for the InsydeH20 Rev. 5 to make Grub available. If anyone can tell me how to get my BIOS/UEFI to find and start in Grub, I would be much obliged.

[philotux]

This might help to get the Grub menu at boot:
Boot into your Mint install from the boot options in BIOS. Once in Mint, open a terminal and run sudo update-grub, reboot and see if the Grub menu shows up.

Edit: Correcting the typo udate --> update

[JeremyB]

Post results from terminal for

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efibootmgr

[Thomsterdam]

Jeremy:

I will as soon as I'm home again. Visiting friends now.

[Thomsterdam]

That took a while, but here's the result from the Terminal.

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efibootmgr
BootCurrent: 0001
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 0002,3002,0001,2001,2002,2004
Boot0001* ubuntu
Boot0002* Windows Boot Manager
Boot2001* EFI USB Device
Boot2002* EFI DVD/CDROM
Boot3002* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk

[JeremyB]

You can try

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sudo efibootmgr -o 0001,0002

The output should show BootOrder: 0001,0002,3002,2001,2002,2004 in the results
Reboot

[Thomsterdam]

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sudo efibootmgr -o 0001,0002
[sudo] wachtwoord voor thomsterdam:          
BootCurrent: 0001
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 0001,0002
Boot0001* ubuntu
Boot0002* Windows Boot Manager
Boot2001* EFI USB Device
Boot2002* EFI DVD/CDROM
Boot3002* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk

[gm10]

Insyde UEFI's don't support dual boot. See here for a workaround: viewtopic.php?f=42&t=243338&p=1300722#p1300722

[Thomsterdam]

Here are two screen shots of what happens after I press Esc at boot. First I see the picture with the Startup Menu.

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Then I get the one with the Boot Manager

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[Thomsterdam]

Insyde UEFI's don't support dual boot. See here for a workaround: viewtopic.php?f=42&t=243338&p=1300722#p1300722

Hey GM10,
Thanks for your comment. This is the first remark that actually addresses HP computers with Insyde UEFI's.
Since I still have a return option at the shop I bought the laptop at, I think of taking it back to replace by another brand. I'll have to look around at another laptop that has no problem with dual boot.
Or is that too drastic a measure?

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EDIT:
If you watch this youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On9dk5VOdJ8 , this guy has edited an older version of the InsydeH2O UEFI BIOS to work with dual boot. Unfortunately the Rev. 5 doesn't look like it, neither in looks nor in options. So although it should be possible in theory, I can't get it to work, because I have a different version of the BIOS.
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Thanx,


Thomsterdam

[JeremyB]

In the boot options menu select Ubuntu and move it to the top, then save and exit

[Thomsterdam]

Hey Jeremy,
Thanx for your response. I haven't got a clue as to how I would edit that: how would I move it to the top?
Thanx Thomsterdam

[JeremyB]

It looks like you might have to select Ubuntu with the arrow keys, press enter, then use the arrow keys to place it above the Windows boot manager

[Thomsterdam]

Hi there,
I don't know exactly how I did it, but I managed to change the boot order by selecting the last option "Boot from EFI file" and then I entered a tree of folders and files and I selected one of them and then I immediately went into the Grub menu.
I rebooted, shut down and started the pc a few times and so far it has been coming back to the Grub menu.
I must say it is very unsatisfactory that I don't know exactly how I did it, but it seems to be solved ... at least for now

Thanx for your combined efforts and suggestions.

Thomsterdam