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I installed elementary OS Freya alongside Windows on an Asus Laptop. Installation goes well, but when I reboot to finally use elementary OS, I get only a black screen, grub> console.
Previously I installed Ubuntu 14.04 (alongside Windows) and everything was fine.
The only mod I did when I was running Ubuntu, was hide the grub menu to run Ubuntu by default without ask, but keeping Windows on disk.
Any help will be apreciated. Thanks
There's many solutions for this on the web, I used another one not listed here, that's why my answer. This is the workaroud I used:
Install boot-repair
Go to Advanced options
Look for 'purge grub' option
Follow the steps
I got the exact same problem since 2 weeks and I managed to recover just yesterday.
I also have an asus vivobook and I was also stuck at grub (you can even go further and boot to a busybox/initramfs prompt but it's not helping).
You have to install elementary 0.3 released on 2015-04-11. I think it handles in a much better way the boot than the 0.3.1 version. So just do a live usb of 0.3 and install it to replace 0.3.1
Once 0.3 is installed, the update manager will install all the updates from 0.3.1 :)
cheers
I've experienced the problem of Freya booting straight to the Grub console after installation. However, I did not have dual boot.
I managed to fix the issue by following the steps laid out by Rob Hartley in the following link:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/elementaryos/+bug/1492801
Maybe it helps you, too! Good luck with it. After that initial hick up and some configuration I am starting to really like my laptop with elementary OS on it and I hope you have a similarly good experience!
