Lost grub on EFI BIOS update

[sean darcy]

On 10/18/2014 01:57 AM, Robin Laing wrote:
> On 2014-10-17 16:45, Pete Travis wrote:
>> On Oct 17, 2014 3:57 PM, "sean darcy" <seandarcy2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I updated the BIOS on an acer EFI laptop. Now there's no grub boot menu,
>> it just boots to W 8.1.
>>>
>>> How do I reinstall grub ?
>>>
>>> sean
>>>
>>
>> Maybe you just need to change the boot order?
>>
>> If not, the next steps vary depending on how you installed.   UEFI
>> mode or
>> BIOS mode?
>>
>> --Pete
>>
>>
>>
>
> This is a common problem from what I have read if you are using Secure
> Boot.  Mainly with HP laptops.
>
> Not sure how to fix it but I have seen it on searches from the net.
>
> Maybe one of these will help.
>
>
> http://www.rodsbooks.com/linux-uefi/
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Installing
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFIBooting
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2224303
>
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB
>

Thanks for all the references. I saved them.

But for me it was easier: F2 on boot got to the the UEFI bios. Set boot 
order to the HDD. Rebooted and there was grub.

Thanks,

sean