Dual boot Ubuntu and Windows 7, I Can only boot ubuntu through recovery mode
- by Alec
I want to become a new user of Ubuntu, however this problem is preventing me.
I have/had Window 7 professional on my computer. I recently looked into getting linux. I discovered dual-booting and decided to give it a try.
First I created a bootable flash drive with ubuntu 12.10 64 bit. I then followed the instructions on:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot
after I finished going through the setup, my computer rebooted.
After the reboot I was able to select Ubuntu, advanced options for Ubuntu, 2 memory tests, and windows 7 (loader).
So I chose Windows ( honestly i was more concerned that i still had everything on windows at this point). I then rebooted again and selected Ubuntu. When i selected Ubuntu, the background screen of Grub (the crimson/burgandy color) stayed for a few seconds then the screen went black:
video here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kKcG4sT7Lg&feature=plcp
I tried again with the same results. so i redid the ubuntu install differently using
http://www.liberiangeek.net/2012/10/dual-booting-windows-7-and-ubuntu-12-10-quantal-quetzal/.
After rebooting the same thing happened. After that i was stumped, so i figured it could hurt to experiment. after all i backed up my windows 7 stuff, and i have the software disk.
I tried booting in recovery mode under "advanced options for Ubuntu" and sure enough, after selecting continue to normal reboot it worked.
So i updated and everything but when i rebooted it still wouldn't boot under Ubuntu. It would always boot after recovery mode. So i try installing 12.10 32 bit Ubuntu. the same problem keeps happening. I can still get to Ubuntu through recovery mode. so i went online and tried using the terminal (in ubuntu that i booted through recovery mode) when i was using it i discovered that "Error in sitecustomize; set PYTHONVERBOSE for traceback:
EOFError: EOF read where not expected" kept showing up. also i noticed a notification in the top right corner that looked like a do not enter sign. it said "an error occured, please run package manager from the right-click menu or apt-get in a terminal to see what is wrong. the error message was: 'ror in sitecustomize;set PYTHONVERBOSE for traceback:
EOFError: EOF read where not expected
traceback (most recent called last): File "/usr/bin/lsb_release
EOFError: EOF read where not expected 39;0' this usually means that your installed packages have unmet dependencies"
Naturally i assumed this was what was causing my boot problems. I downloaded synaptic and updated everything and the error went away. but my boot problem was still a problem. so i go online find some things that have worked for others, like this
Try to do this (in your terminal:
sudo nano /etc/default/grub
Look for:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
Change it too :
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet"
And update Grub:
sudo update-grub
This should fix stuff.)
I did this and i still have the problem.
sorry for the excessive explanation,
please help.
