I just installed
Linux Mint 19.1 Xfce alongside the Windows Boot Manager controlling
Windows 10 version 1809, with the intention of eventually dropping
Windows entirely. Curiously,
Linux Mint's Ubuntu installer failed to offer a choice for default operating system. So I went to the UEFI control panel to set
Mint as default, only to find to my bewilderment there is no Ubuntu selection. So to get to my preferred OS I must manually bring up the Boot Option Menu and select Ubuntu, per below, which brings me to GRUB.
1. Windows Boot Manager (ST500LT012-1DG142)
2. ubuntu (ST500LT012-1DG142)
3. HDD1: (ST500LT012-1DG142)
Beyond the inconvenience – especially when you “miss” and pokey
Windows 10 boots -- it's simply not how a dual boot should work. My disk now has six partitions. (See image below.) I suspected something wasn't right when the Ubuntu installer failed to restart to let me disable Secure Boot, which was necessary for installing Third-party software, such as multimedia codecs, proprietary graphic hardware drivers, wi-fi drivers, etc. I’m about to start over, but because the same thing may well happen again I wanted to seek forum input.
Thanks,
Bill