no boot menu cinnamon 13 & win 7

[anyone2009]

Hi , I have windows 7 installed on my desktop and I installed linux mint maya 13 cinnamon every thing is going fine , after the installation completed and I restart the pc there is no boot menu shown up , It's just boot to windows 7 as there is nothing happen .

so please help if you can ...
thanks

[wayne128]

Boot computer with Linux Live DVD,
open a terminal,
type these command and post its output:

sudo os-prober
sudo fdisk -l
sudo parted -l

[anyone2009]

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/dev/sda1:Windows 7 (loader):Windows:chain
/dev/sdb9:Linux Mint 13 Maya (13):LinuxMint:linux


Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x3b4c3b4b

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *        2048      206847      102400    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2          206848   156311551    78052352    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3       156312450   625137344   234412447+   f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5       156312513   312624899    78156193+   7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda6       312624963   468921284    78148161    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda7       468921348   625137344    78107998+   7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders, total 312581808 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xb49bb49b

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1   *          63    61432559    30716248+   7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sdb2        61432621   278931455   108749417+   f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sdb3       278933504   312575999    16821248    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sdb5        61432623   122865119    30716248+   7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sdb6       122865183   184297679    30716248+   7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sdb7       184297743   245730239    30716248+   7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sdb8       275030016   278931455     1950720   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb9       245731328   275015679    14642176   83  Linux

Partition table entries are not in disk order

Disk /dev/sdc: 8004 MB, 8004304896 bytes
35 heads, 21 sectors/track, 21269 cylinders, total 15633408 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdc1   *          32    15633407     7816688    c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)



Model: ATA WDC WD3200AAJS-0 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 320GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start   End     Size    Type      File system  Flags
 1      1049kB  106MB   105MB   primary   ntfs         boot
 2      106MB   80.0GB  79.9GB  primary   ntfs
 3      80.0GB  320GB   240GB   extended               lba
 5      80.0GB  160GB   80.0GB  logical   ntfs
 6      160GB   240GB   80.0GB  logical   ntfs
 7      240GB   320GB   80.0GB  logical   ntfs


Model: ATA WDC WD1600AAJS-0 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 160GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start   End     Size    Type      File system     Flags
 1      32.3kB  31.5GB  31.5GB  primary   ntfs            boot
 2      31.5GB  143GB   111GB   extended                  lba
 5      31.5GB  62.9GB  31.5GB  logical   ntfs
 6      62.9GB  94.4GB  31.5GB  logical   ntfs
 7      94.4GB  126GB   31.5GB  logical   ntfs
 9      126GB   141GB   15.0GB  logical   ext4
 8      141GB   143GB   1998MB  logical   linux-swap(v1)
 3      143GB   160GB   17.2GB  primary   ntfs


Model: SanDisk Cruzer (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdc: 8004MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system  Flags
 1      16.4kB  8004MB  8004MB  primary  fat32        boot, lba

[wayne128]

So you have two hard disks and many partitions. Linux Mint is on second drive partition 9.

/dev/sda1:Windows 7 (loader):Windows:chain
/dev/sdb9:Linux Mint 13 Maya (13):LinuxMint:linux

1.Run from Live DVD, then
2.sudo mount /dev/sdb9 /mnt
3.sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sda
4. reboot and hope for the best.

[anyone2009]

well that's work perfectly thank you very much

[gordo0518]

I'm having the same problem this is what I got from the first 3 commands.

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 $ sudo os-prober 
/dev/sda1:Windows 7 (loader):Windows:chain
 $ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00093bfa

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *        2048      206847      102400    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2          206848   209922047   104857600    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3       209924094   976771071   383423489    5  Extended
/dev/sda5       209924096   968800255   379438080   83  Linux
/dev/sda6       968802304   976771071     3984384   82  Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 4041 MB, 4041211904 bytes
81 heads, 37 sectors/track, 2633 cylinders, total 7892992 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000ba0f2

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1   *        2048     7892991     3945472    b  W95 FAT32
$ sudo parted -l
Model: ATA Hitachi HTS54505 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 500GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start   End    Size    Type      File system     Flags
 1      1049kB  106MB  105MB   primary   ntfs            boot
 2      106MB   107GB  107GB   primary   ntfs
 3      107GB   500GB  393GB   extended
 5      107GB   496GB  389GB   logical   ext4
 6      496GB   500GB  4080MB  logical   linux-swap(v1)


Model: USB 2.0 USB Flash Drive (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 4041MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system  Flags
 1      1049kB  4041MB  4040MB  primary  fat32        boot

Help is much appreciated
I am going to reduce the size of the linux partition to about 50 gigs and make the rest a logical drive I can share between os's if it changes anything.