how to add windows 8 entry to grub after boot-repair
I installed ubuntu 14.04 in a dual boot (with windows 8.1) but my pc directly boots into ubuntu. For that I did a boot-repair->recommended repair. But all I got was grub menu with an option to boot to ubuntu.
here is the ubuntu pastebin file I got at the end of boot-repair:
http://paste.ubuntu.com/8433985/
It seems to identify the windows 8 partition, but I don't know how to add an entry for the same in the grub menu.
I searched the net but I couldn't understand the procedure (I am a newbie..)
So pl help me guys..
Thanx in advance..
According to your link [http://paste.ubuntu.com/8433985/] you installed Ubuntu in /dev/sda5
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Then do the following steps to reinstall grub and recover Windows entry:
Boot from live CD/Flash and do steps:
Open Terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T and type the commands one by one.
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Mount
/dev/sda5
by the following commands:sudo mount /dev/sda5 /mnt for i in /sys /proc /run /dev;do sudo mount --bind "$i" "/mnt$i";done
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Now we mounted the
/dev/sda5
. just run below command to switch toroot
directory of Ubuntu:sudo chroot /mnt
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And run below command to install grub to main partition
/dev/sda
:grub-install /dev/sda
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Update grub and exit and reboot your system. it will fix.
update-grub exit sudo reboot
I hope this helps.