Ubuntu within window7 not displayed in booting OS list

[sivaramapandianbtech]

Hi,

I have installed Ubuntu 8 within window 7. But when system starts, it does not promote for OS selection. By Pressing F12 on booting, i came to OS selection, but windows 7 is only listed, not ubuntu. As per my friend help, i checked msconfig-->boot, but it also list windows 7 only.
The same ubuntu i have installed earlier within windows Xp. but in windows 7 it produce issue like this.

Can anyone please help me?

Thanks

[zvacet]

If you don´t see grub try press shift key.If that doesn´t work try to reinstall grub following this (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#SIMPLEST - Copy GRUB 2 Files from the LiveCD) guide.

[oldfred]

If it is a wubi install inside windows, you do not want to install grub or grub2's bootloader to the MBR. Wubi boots with the windows boot loader.

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/wubi
how to fix those Wubi installation breakages without going crazy Rubi1200 Dec 2010
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1639198

http://wubi-installer.org/faq.php

If windows is missing wubi, I think you have to use BCDedit to add it.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wubi

[sivaramapandianbtech]

Thanks for your reply. I will try and revert back.

[sivaramapandianbtech]

hi
I just found the blow point in one of the site you gave.
Windows Vista, XP, and 2000 are known to work with Wubi. Windows 98 should also work, but has not been thoroughly tested. Windows ME is not supported. Linux is supported through Lubi (http://lubi.sourceforge.net/).

Actually i have window 7 and i installed ubuntu within window7 using wubi only. So is it the reason for this issue?

[oldfred]

I have not used wubi, but we have seen many users with windows 7 with wubi. I just think you have to update windows BCD, in install is ok. BCD is same for Vista & Windows 7.

Download a liveCd and run this. It will show if you have wubi installed, but cannot parse windows's BCD to see if it is correct.

Boot Info Script courtesy of forum members meierfra & Gert Hulselmans
Page with instructions and download:
http://bootinfoscript.sourceforge.net/
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