Windows 10: windows bootmanager is loading ubuntu

i was using ubuntu for a while , now when i try to reinstall windows using windows bootmanager it is loading ubuntu

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Networking issue - Windows and Ubuntu

Went on a short trip, took my Windows 10 laptop, turned off the Ubuntu computer and my wife's Windows 10 computer. When I returned, I turned everything back on and nether Windows computer could see the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS computer. On the Ubuntu computer, Files/Network clicking on Windows Network received "Unable to access location - Failed to retrieve share list from server: No such file or directory" error. Both Windows computers were able to use the Ubuntu before the trip.

Any suggestions?

 

Help with dual booting Win 10 and Ubuntu

I tried the suggestion from @topgundcp and here are my findings:

To recap: I have Windows 10 on an SSD in a DVD caddy (/dev/sdb)... Ubuntu mate on an HDD (/dev/sda). Both are Legacy BIOS/MBR on a Dell Laptop.

I didn't do anything to Win 10.

In Ubuntu on the HDD I ran these commands:
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Then I booted back in to Windows and ran EasyBCD to update the boot manager menu to add Linux to it pointing to the linux root partition where I installed GRUB2 above (/dev/sda5). I chose sda5 because that is the Ubuntu root partition.

I didn't "re-initialise" the disk. I think that means to reformat and do a fresh Ubuntu install. Maybe I should have because now...

1. If I let it boot as normal it boots in to the GRUB2 menu and I can choose Ubuntu or Windows. With my BIOS I can only default boot to /dev/sda where Ubuntu is installed. For /dev/sdb I need to press F12 and chose it from the one-time boot menu.
2. If I hit F12 on boot up and boot from the DVD drive, now I get the fancy Windows metro dual boot screen and can choose Windows or Ubuntu. If I chose Windows it loads Windows. If I choose Ubuntu..................... it reboots, then I get the Grub2 menu.

Is this the expected outcome? I thought that choosing Ubuntu from the Windows boot manager screen would just immediately load Ubuntu? I thought that was one of the benefits of @topgundcp suggestion to put GRUB2 on a Linux partition rather than in /dev/sda.

Or do I need to do a fresh reinstall of Ubuntu to ensure "there's nothing remained in the MBR". Can that be done without a complete Ubuntu re-install?

Maybe it's because there are two OS's on the GRUB2 menu - Windows 10 an Ubuntu? If I delete Windows from there maybe then Windows bootmgr will just load Ubuntu without having to do an extra reboot?

Cheers,

Flex

 

Networking problem between Windows and Ubuntu

Went on a short trip, took my Windows 10 laptop, turned off the Ubuntu computer and my wife's Windows 10 computer. When I returned, I turned everything back on and nether Windows computer could see the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS computer. On the Ubuntu computer,
Files/Network clicking on Windows Network received "Unable to access location - Failed to retrieve share list from server: No such file or directory" error. Both Windows computers were able to use the Ubuntu before the trip.

Any suggestions?