dual boot - install ubuntu on dell xps 8500 with preinstalled windows 8

I got a Dell xps 8500 pre-installed window 8. I installed ubuntu 12.10 and after reboot the system directly enter into ubuntu. I use boot-repair and I got the grub menu with ubuntu and windows 8. If I enter Ubuntu, there is no problem. But if I enter Windows 8 it is ok for the first time, but if I restart the system, I got a line "No bootable device available!!! Press any key to retry." on the top of the screen.

In the bios I open the UEFI and secure boot.

This is the boot info: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1611189/.

What can I do now?

2013-02-07
Thanks Rod Smith very much for his great help. I summarize here my problem and the solution:

1. Platform: Dell xps 8500, 1T hdd, pre-installed Windows 8; UEFI open, secure boot open


2. Problem: Install Ubuntu 12.10 (I want to use 10.04, but because only from 12.10 UEFI and secure boot is supported), everything is ok except entering Windows 8 and restart. The system will not find boot device. The reason here is a 'windows boot manager' that revise the boot file.


3. Solution: in Command Shell type: "bcdedit /set {bootmgr} path \EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi" to correct the bootfile. The "shimx64.efi" file is under "/boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu/". (As Rod said we should choose shimx64.efi since I open secure boot option; this also can be found after using 'boot-repair' which says: "Please do not forget to make your BIOS boot on sda1/EFI/ubuntu/shimx64.efi file!"; so if your system is different check there.)


4. Note: as before the solution I have tried with Rod's advice to kill "fast boot" and "hybrid boot" options. I didn't test if I change back to "fast boot" will have problem. Anyway, this can be tested since now the system works fine.

This is a bit of a shot in the dark, but my suspicion is that you're running into problems because of a Windows feature called "fast boot" or "hybrid boot." This system basically involves a suspend-to-disk rather than a shutdown. This is known to cause problems on dual-boot systems, and IIRC, it can even corrupt the EFI System Partition (ESP), which can lead to the symptoms you report. A quick Google turned up some sites with instructions on shutting off this feature:

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/6320-fast-startup-turn-off-windows-8-a.html

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3152/~/disable-windows-8-fast-startup-%28hibernate-file%29

Note that I don't have a Windows 8 installation, so I can't offer any firsthand advice about this; I'm just passing on what I've read elsewhere.

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Edit: If Windows is "taking over" the boot process, you can fix the problem by using the Windows bcdedit command:

1. Boot Windows.



2. Launch a Command Shell prompt with Administrator privileges. (You do this by right-clicking the shell icon and selecting the option to "Run as Administrator.")


3. Type bcdedit /set {bootmgr} path \EFI\ubuntu\grubx64.efi to register GRUB as the desired default boot program. (Note, however, that if you haven't disabled Secure Boot, you may need to specify shim.efi instead of grubx64.efi. If you're using something other than GRUB, or if it's not in the specified location, you'll need to adjust the command appropriately.) Note that {bootmgr} should be typed exactly that way, including the curly braces; that's not an attempt to denote a variable.

Thereafter, Windows should settle down and stop disabling GRUB as the default boot program.