No Grub Menu on fresh install on Win 7

[1spottedhog]

I bought a new, inexpensive Acer desktop computer yesterday with Windows 7 installed. I have been using Kubuntu since 6.10, and have yet to run into this problem:

I installed Kubuntu and split the 1Tb hard drive to have a dual boot machine. After installation, it boots directly to Win 7, with no Grub menu in sight. I booted to the LiveCD and see that all the Kubuntu files are there, well, as much as can be quickly seen.

Suggestions on how to fix this?

thanks...

[james147]

Sounds like grub isn't installed or is installed to the wrong hdd (assuming you have more then one). You can try booting a livecd and reinstalling grub2 (see [1]), remember to install grub to the disk directly (ie /dev/sdX) and not the partion (ie /dev/sdXY).

[1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Re...tallingWindows

[wmrobins]

Sounds like you have my problem. UEFI or EFI. I don't knowwhat the fix is yet.

[GreyGeek]

I did the exact same thing three weeks ago with this Acer 7739. Picking the right sdX to put grub on was tricky because of the extra partitions. When you ran gparted the boot partition was marked. That is the partition that should be selected for the grub install. Just redo your install.

[james147]

I did the exact same thing three weeks ago with this Acer 7739. Picking the right sdX to put grub on was tricky because of the extra partitions. When you ran gparted the boot partition was marked. That is the partition that should be selected for the grub install. Just redo your install.

I find that a little confusing, you referenced sdX (a device) but talk about partitions (ie sdXY). Either way, grub is not installed to a partition, but to a device, so sdX... and can be install to any device you have. It shouldn't matter if its the one that contains the /boot partition or not, though it is generally a good idea to install it to that one (makes things simpler if you decide to remove a device). The only thing you need to do is make sure the device the bios boots is the same as the device grub is installed to.

Also, its best to have the partition /boot is on marked as bootable.

[GreyGeek]

You're right, of course. I just got lazy with my designation.

sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for jerry: 

Disk /dev/sda: 640.1 GB, 640135028736 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 77825 cylinders, total 1250263728 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x930f22de

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1            2048    31459327    15728640   27  Hidden NTFS WinRE
/dev/sda2   *    31459328    31664127      102400    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3        31664128   662825647   315580760    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda4       662827006  1250260991   293716993    5  Extended
Partition 4 does not start on physical sector boundary.
/dev/sda5       662827008  1246357503   291765248   83  Linux
/dev/sda6      1246359552  1250260991     1950720   82  Linux swap / Solaris
jerry@jerry-Aspire-7739:~$

THe astrisk marks the partition with the bootload on it. The first four partitions were created by Acer. Windows 7 is on sda3. I put grub on sda2.

[I_can_see_the_light]

You could try EasyBCD to chainload into Grub from the win7 bootloader.

http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/EBCD/Ubuntu

[wmrobins]

Take a look at:

http://www.kubuntuforums.net/showthr...past-EFI/page2.