[SOLVED] Dual Booting Win7 & LM14 - Grub problems...
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[SOLVED] Dual Booting Win7 & LM14 - Grub problems...
Hi,
I'm sure this question has come up before but I can't seem to find it through searching - probably because I don't really know what I'm searching for!
Anyway... I'm running Windows 7 with a 1TB drive partitioned up a bit. I've shrunk one of my partitions by 100GB so it was sitting as unallocated space.
I created a LM14 USB stick, booted from it, installed LM14 (selecting the 'install alongside Windows 7' option). Everything went smoothly and rebooted the system.
PC didn't boot into GRUB, it just loaded straight into Windows 7.
Back in Windows I can see that the installation worked and it created the swap partition and the Linux partition.
I'm sure there is an easy fix to resolve this, I am just very new to this environment.
Thanks in advance!
LM14 version: Cinamon 64-bit.
Mobo firmware: UEFI
Update:
I have updated my MBR in Windows using EasyBCD but when I select mint it goes to a grub command line on the Windows partition.
I have uploaded a screenshot to check if everything has installed ok...
I'm sure this question has come up before but I can't seem to find it through searching - probably because I don't really know what I'm searching for!
Anyway... I'm running Windows 7 with a 1TB drive partitioned up a bit. I've shrunk one of my partitions by 100GB so it was sitting as unallocated space.
I created a LM14 USB stick, booted from it, installed LM14 (selecting the 'install alongside Windows 7' option). Everything went smoothly and rebooted the system.
PC didn't boot into GRUB, it just loaded straight into Windows 7.
Back in Windows I can see that the installation worked and it created the swap partition and the Linux partition.
I'm sure there is an easy fix to resolve this, I am just very new to this environment.
Thanks in advance!
LM14 version: Cinamon 64-bit.
Mobo firmware: UEFI
Update:
I have updated my MBR in Windows using EasyBCD but when I select mint it goes to a grub command line on the Windows partition.
I have uploaded a screenshot to check if everything has installed ok...
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Re: Dual Booting Win7 & LM14 - Auto booting into Windows
I am no expert and have seen the screen myself only once. See if the below helps.
Probably GRUB configuration is not set up properly and hence not listing options. See if the below tutorial helps.
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=117427
Also, from the thread it looks like Grub legacy worked instead of Grub 2!!! I run Mint 13 but dont think it would have changed since Mint 13.
Another way - I suppose if Mint is installed properly you should be able to boot from command line. A tutorial i came across.
http://tuxers.com/main/instigating-a-ma ... ub-prompt/
@ Other Mint Memeber - Please feel free to correct if am missing on anything.
Probably GRUB configuration is not set up properly and hence not listing options. See if the below tutorial helps.
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=117427
Also, from the thread it looks like Grub legacy worked instead of Grub 2!!! I run Mint 13 but dont think it would have changed since Mint 13.
Another way - I suppose if Mint is installed properly you should be able to boot from command line. A tutorial i came across.
http://tuxers.com/main/instigating-a-ma ... ub-prompt/
@ Other Mint Memeber - Please feel free to correct if am missing on anything.
Re: Dual Booting Win7 & LM14 - Auto booting into Windows
Thanks, still no luck though!
I think that my installation or boot setup isn't quite correct...
When adding LM14 to my windows bootloader using EasyBCD something doesn't look right...
The windows boot entry is correct, it is installed on drive C!
But the Mint 14 boot entry is also apparently on drive C?, even though I selected the partition that I installed linux onto.
Also Windows Disk Management is reporting that my Linux partition is 100% free, could it be that Windows is simply misreading it because it's a different file system?
Something just doesn't seem right to me, thanks!
I think that my installation or boot setup isn't quite correct...
When adding LM14 to my windows bootloader using EasyBCD something doesn't look right...
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Windows
Drive: C:\
Bootloader Path: \Windows\system32\winload.exe
Mint 14
Drive: C:\
Bootloader Path: \NST\AutoNeoGrub0.mbr
But the Mint 14 boot entry is also apparently on drive C?, even though I selected the partition that I installed linux onto.
Also Windows Disk Management is reporting that my Linux partition is 100% free, could it be that Windows is simply misreading it because it's a different file system?
Something just doesn't seem right to me, thanks!
Re: Dual Booting Win7 & LM14 - Auto booting into Windows
Can you post the results of sudo fdisk -l from live session?
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... ub#p609395
Also , 'AutoNeoGrub0' intrigues me in your above boot entry. Check the below link for details. Hope this helps.Mint 14
Drive: C:\
Bootloader Path: \NST\AutoNeoGrub0.mbr
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... ub#p609395
Re: Dual Booting Win7 & LM14 - Auto booting into Windows
Thanks, I'll check out that link...
fdisk as requested...
fdisk as requested...
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Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 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: 0xbb6d5f71
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 206847 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 206848 717006847 358400000 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3 717006848 1748721663 515857408 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda4 1748723710 1953523711 102400001 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 1748723712 1764345855 7811072 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 1764347904 1953523711 94587904 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdb: 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: 0x5efb1aa1
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 2048 976771071 488384512 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
Disk /dev/sdc: 1012 MB, 1012924416 bytes
32 heads, 61 sectors/track, 1013 cylinders, total 1978368 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: 0x0009e87d
This doesn't look like a partition table
Probably you selected the wrong device.
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 ? 3223366752 3470046675 123339962 f4 SpeedStor
/dev/sdc2 ? 378192737 710426324 166116794 10 OPUS
/dev/sdc3 ? 225603442 225603451 5 74 Unknown
Partition table entries are not in disk order
Re: Dual Booting Win7 & LM14 - Auto booting into Windows
Still having problems, I've reinstalled a couple of times to no avail.
Changing the boot record in Windows allows me to get to the grub command line but that's it.
This should be really simple, I'm not doing anything complicated at all aha!
Any more ideas?
Thanks!
Changing the boot record in Windows allows me to get to the grub command line but that's it.
This should be really simple, I'm not doing anything complicated at all aha!
Any more ideas?
Thanks!
Re: Dual Booting Win7 & LM14 - Grub problems...
Hi guys, I have solved it.
For future people who may find this:
I booted into live and then downloaded/ran this: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
It fixed everything for me, now my PC boots into grub and I can select Windows or Linux Mint - perfect!
For future people who may find this:
I booted into live and then downloaded/ran this: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
It fixed everything for me, now my PC boots into grub and I can select Windows or Linux Mint - perfect!