Problem with DualBooting Ubuntu 13.10 and Win7
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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)
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