Cannot see the Grub screen/Kubuntu login after installing Kubuntu 12.04 alongside Windows 7 on Asus U47A Laptop

[Jayneil Dalal]

Hi,

Thanks a lot for replying. I tried that once. I mean I created the 1MB
partition but did not install the bootloader to it but to /dev/sda. So,
this time I will create the 1MB partition and install the bootloader to it
and see how it goes. I will update you as soon as I do that.

Cheers,
Jayneil.
On Aug 16, 2012 8:37 AM, "uteck" <theuteck at gmail.com> wrote:

> It seems like grub is not getting installed.  When it says grub will
> be installed on /dev/sda it means the Master Boot Record (MBR) section
> of that disk, the first 512 bytes, not the whole disk.  So it would
> replace the Windows boot loader and should list both operating
> systems.
>
> I am not that familiar with UEFI, but I would hazard a guess that
> since you are not installing the 1MB partition like it is asking, grub
> is not getting installed at all.
> I think the installer is being overly helpful and detects the UEFI is
> there and assumes it is active.  I think there is an advanced option
> somewhere that gives you more control were grub gets installed, but if
> you can't find it, try again and let it make the partition.
>
> On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 7:56 AM, Jayneil Dalal <jayneil.dalal at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have an Asus U47A Laptop with no discrete graphics. UEFI is disabled in
> > the BIOS. I had Windows 7 installed by default. So, I installed Kubuntu
> > 12.04 by creating a separate 300GB partition. During the installation, it
> > asked me where to install the bootloader. So, I installed the bootloader
> on
> > /dev/sda option which selects my entire hard disk I guess. I was also
> asked
> > to create a separate 1MB BIOS Grub partition before proceeding but I
> choose
> > to ignore it cause I had the UEFI boot disabled. Now, after installation,
> > the system just loads Windows 7. I cannot see the Kubuntu grub/login
> screen.
> > So, I went to the BIOS and saw that under boot options, it is still set
> to
> > Windows bootloader option. So, what do I do now? Should I change the boot
> > entry in the BIOS?If so, then to what(Windows recognizes the new Linux
> > partition as 'D' Drive)? I don't want to remove Windows but dual boot.
> Any
> > help would be really appreciated.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Jayneil.
> >
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