My laptop has pre-installed Windows 8. I want to install Ubuntu 13.10 alongside it.
Now I want only one boot option that is - Ubuntu. I want to be able to boot Windows 8 only from inside Ubuntu(through Terminal, most preferably).
Is there any way to do this?
You can run windows inside the Ubuntu only through the Virtual Machine.
Refer the following link : Install Windows 7 inside Virtualbox of Ubuntu?
As far as I know, there is no way booting another OS through terminal. Except, you mean something like virtual OS.
If so, you can download virtualbox through apt-get and then setting up the environment.
Or, I found a way to boot already installed one, but this tutorial only tested in Windows XP. I already tried it and it works (Win XP). Here, take a look.
Maybe, you can change the command as follow.
sudo apt-get install virtualbox
sudo VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename ./Win8.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/sda
sudo apt-get install mbr
sudo install-mbr --force myBootRecord.mbr
sudo VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename ./Win8-ready.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/sda -partitions 1 -mbr ./myBootRecord.mbr -relative
Then, start your virtualbox
$ gksudo virtualbox
Make new virtual OS.
Set Type:MsWindows; Version:Win8; blabla then Next.
Next again.
On 'HardDrive' part, select 'Use an Existing...', click browse icon.
Choose Win8-ready.vmdk on file browser.
Then, create.
Notice, all commands use super user authority.
Refer this question
How to reboot into Windows from Ubuntu?
Basically you will be using your grub entries as a reference to reboot to Windows from inside Ubuntu. But this would still require to have a grub entry for Windows. Not sure if you can completely remove it.
