Problem with DualBooting Ubuntu 13.10 and Win7
- by VinArrow
this is my first post here on AskUbuntu, not first time using it though.
I wanted to install Ubuntu 13.10 on my PC to have all my work stuff there and leave Win7 for gaming. So i did my research on how to Dual Boot when you already have Win7 installed, here are the steps i took
Used Disk Management on Win7 and shrunk that partition, leaving 80GB free for Ubuntu.
Made a Bootable pendrive following the instructions on Ubuntu`s website.
During the installation steps there was supposed to be a Install alongside Win7, but there wasnt, so i chose Something else.
Everything was fine and i was able to install Ubuntu no problem on my unallocated 80GB partition (76GB Ubuntu + 4GB swap)
There was a prompt for me to restart my PC and so I did expecting to see the dual boot screen (grub right?)
Now, when i restarted my PC, Grub never showed up and it booted straight to Windows. Then I did some more research and found out that that could happen. Tried three things then
Plugging in bootable pendrive again and selected Try Ubuntu without installing. Then i followed some instructions found here (How can I repair grub? (How to get Ubuntu back after installing Windows?)) and i could chroot into my Ubuntu install just fine. Repaired grub as instructed on that link, restarted the PC and booted straight into Win7 again.
Again, used the bootable pen drive to Try Ubuntu... and used the Boot-repair tool (recommended repair). Again, booted straight into Win7.
Lastly, i installed easyBCD on my Win7 and made a new entry for Ubuntu (Linux/BSD). When i rebooted the PC, there was the option to choose between Win7 and Linux, chose linux and it didnt work, taking me straight to a command line-like enviroment that read Minimum bash like scripting or something, as if I didn`t have a Linux OS installed.
So, I thought I`d try and repair my Ubuntu install. And during the Installation method step there was the choice to install alongside Ubuntu 13.10! and that right there drove me crazy.
Here is a screenshot of gparted showing how things are set up now
http://imageshack.us/f/801/77u3.png/
Notice on the left-hand side how i can access my installation files just fine.
sdb1- win7 reserved space,
sdb2- win7 OS,
sdb3- 76GB ubuntu install,
sdb5- 4GB swap area.
Does anyone know why my Ubuntu 13.10 is not being recognized? and what should I do to get it working?
Thanks and sorry for the long read and bad english!
(BIOS = legacy)
