Usage in Linux Distributions Ubuntu before 9.10 (Karmic Koala): GRUB is the default boot loader 9.10 and later: grub2 is the default boot loader
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How can grub pass any custom variable into system enviroment?
I want to identify which menu entry has been lauched in rc scripts.
So is it possible to pass any variable into my system via kernel argument?
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Is it possible to choose between various X.Org configurations and rc scripts via GRUB?
I have AMD/Intel hybrid graphics. I have been using only Intel GPU when AMD Proprietary crashed X.Org. Now i'm having installed Catalyst and i've recognized higher power usage.
In both AMD/Intel and ...
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How to remove Linux from my system without affecting Windows' bootloader?
I'm a Windows user. I tried to experiment with Linux and installed openSUSE on my system. I formatted a partition and installed Linux on that drive.
When I tried to remove Linux by formatting that ...
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GRUB, `device.map` and BIOS drives
I am exchanging hard drives in my computer fairly often, and it seems to have an adverse effect on the computers ability to boot. I'm aware of the boot order in the BIOS and I make sure that the drive ...
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Install a Bootloader to Boot Another Partition
I currently have an external hard drive that is partitioned to 3 parts:
dev/sdb1 - Files
dev/sdb2 - Kubuntu 11.10
dev/sdb3 - linux-swap
I'm using GRUB on my built-in HDD in order to boot ...
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“cannot read the Linux header.” New install, old machine
This could be a hardware problem. I hope not. I have an old Compaq Evo laptop and I have completed the install of lubuntu from here: http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/11.10/release/.
There ...
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How to install GRUB from inside Windows 7
I am trying to make a kernel in Visual C++ (Windows) using the tutorial here. What I am wondering is how to install GRUB from within Windows 7. If I have to download Puppy Linux or something I will, ...
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Move Grub to a different drive
I recently added a new ssd to my machine which I intended to have as my main drive. I installed crunchbang and everything went fine, except I unthinkingly accepted updating/overwriting the MBR on my ...
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permanently save changes on grub menu
any way to permanently save an edited entry in a grub menu.
I know about editing the config scripts in grub.d, but for quick changes while i'm fixing something, and that i will have to boot into some ...
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Boot partition on SD/MMC with GRUB
I have a server box that runs Gentoo off an SSD with GPT partitioning. My BIOS is rather old, and for some reason it doesn't seem to be able to boot off the MBR of the GPT disk, so I am booting it ...
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Can I determine if a Grub menu.lst is valid on a virtual machine without rebooting?
There's a problem with Ubuntu running on my hosted VPS. All I have access to is a recovery console which allows me to mount the devices.
I've narrowed the problem down to a messed menu.lst. I have ...
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Change splash screen on GRUB 0.97
I'm running a Linux from SuseStudio. I would like to change the background image at the GRUB screen. menu.lst contains the line gfxmenu (hd0,0)/boot/message. When I strings the file, I see the line ...
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Boot non efi ms-dos Windows 7 partition with grub2-gpt
I have the following setup:
UEFI Asus Motherboard
GPT TABLE and Ubuntu on /dev/sdb
MS-DOS TABLE, Windows 7 and Linux Mint on /dev/sda
I try to boot the Windows 7 partitions with grub2 from Ubuntu ...
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Reboot into the other OS [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How to automatically boot from Linux distro to Windows?
I have both Windows 7 and Debian installed on my computer. I thought it would be cool if you could restart your ...
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Can installing Linux or Grub make all of my operating systems slow?
I installed Linux Mint 64-bit recently but it freezes up all the time. Not only that, but Grub wouldn't detect Windows.
I thought it was just an issue with Linux Mint so I booted into Ubuntu - ...
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Installing Backtrack on partition holding GRUB?
Alright, so a while ago I tried installing Windows on a machine that was only Ubuntu after partitioning it, I made a 80GB partition for Windoze, but I ended up destroying GRUB. So, I decided to just ...
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Recovering GRUB/Arch Linux after installing Windows 7
So on my desktop I have Arch Linux installed but I need to dual boot with Windows 7. After installing Windows 7, it's bootloader takes over and the original GRUB is gone. Now, I've done this before ...
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configuring grub at boot up
How do I configure grub settings during boot process?What commands can I use at that time?I know I can change the settings in grub.conf or grub.cfg file but I want to do it at the time of booting.
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Unable to change default OS
I have installed Ubuntu 11.10, Linux Mint and Windows 7 in my system. I tried to set Windows 7 as my default OS but Linux Mint remains as default. I tried to change the order through StartUpManager in ...
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Accidentally made a 90 GB Partition a Boot Partion
Alright, so I had a 90GB partition holding XP, the rest was Ubuntu. I accidentally installed Windows late at night, and forgot it destroys GRUB, so I loaded my Ubuntu 11.04 DVD and used the repair ...
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Boot GRUB2 to GRUB or GRUB2 on another disk
I've got a couple of distributions installed, Gentoo with GRUB2, and openSUSE with some other version of GRUB.
OpenSUSE manages it's kernel entries, and I don't want to have to update my main Gentoo ...
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How Long to Reinstall GRUB
I am trying to reinstall GRUB to bring my laptop back to life. When I select the option to Run Recommended Repairs, it gets to the message "Reinstall GRUB sda. This may require several minutes..." ...
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What should I change in grub.cfg to boot Chromium OS Lime off of a second internal drive?
I have Chromium OS Lime installed on my second internal drive (sdb) and can't seem to get it to boot. While it boots off of a USB when I try booting it from the second drive (SSD), it takes me to a ...
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Installed Linux and Now Win 7 Laptop Will Not Boot
Last night I installed Ubuntu 11.10 alongside my Win 7 installation. Now, when I restart the laptop it comes up with a list of errors (Out of Partition; No Suitable Mode Found, etc...) then loads ...
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Installed Ubuntu 11.10 alongside Windows 7 - getting grub> menu on boot
So, I installed Ubuntu alongside Windows 7 just now, on my girlfriend's laptop. I used a USB stick and followed all the default options, choosing a partition size of 32GB for Ubuntu 11.10.
After ...
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error: no such partition grub rescue>
I have removed the Ubuntu 10.04 from windows 7 this morning but when restarting the computer the following error comes: no such partition. grub rescue>
only responding for commands ls giving
(hd0) ...
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Lion refuses to be installed to any partitions on Mac
I was attempting to install Lion on my MacBook 7-1, on which I have installed Ubuntu 10.04 on a separate partition. Currently, my partitions look like this:
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Cannot install linux on PowerEdge 1800, but I have Grub installed on the system
I have Ubuntu 11.04 installed on a Dell PowerEdge 1800 machine. For some reason neither the CDrom work, nor does an external boot drive. I can see them once I am booted and into the linux environment.
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After “successful” install of archlinux normal boot fails while Fallback works
I have installed last archboot on my macbook air 3,2.
The problem is that if I choose "Arch Linux" in grub legacy menu it trows me to ramfs, but "Arch Linux Fallback" works ok.
This happens on x64 ...
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Erros installing archlinux on macbook air
I have "installed" Archboot on my MacBook air, and I am getting screen problems after it loads UDEV, it is last thing I can read.
Basically I am following these instructions. But then I got error ...
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Grub: Legacy 'ask' parameter no longer supported
I'm trying to change the resolution on my base shell (the Ctrl+Alt+1) shell in Debian so that it supports my ViewSonic monitor.
The shell appears really fuzzy when it is displayed on my lcd monitor, ...
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“file not found” error when reinstalling GRUB
I'm trying to reinstall GRUP after installing Windows.
sudo grub
grub>find /boot/grub/stage1
After this, I'm getting the error "file not found".
Can anyone help me?
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Debug/step into a Linux boot
Is there a way to watch Linux boot as though it was a program compiled with GCC on a Linux environment using the -g switch so, say, I can step through the entire boot sequence from GRUB onwards, ...
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Dual Booting Arch/Windows - Windows sets self as active partition?
First time Arch install, though technically I've done it about 3 times in the last couple days :0)
Trying to dual boot with an existing Windows 7 partition, which is almost working, with one small ...
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Can not boot PC : GRUB ERROR 22. Can this be fixed through BIOS?
Somehow while attempting to partition my old desktop PC's HDD something went wrong and now when booting all that shows is
GRUB Loading Stage 1.5
GRUB Loading, Please wait...
ERROR 22
How can I at ...
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Remove Linux GRUB and keep Windows boot loader
My operating system was Windows 7, and recently, I installed Zorin OS (linux based on Ubuntu). At first, when I turned on my laptop Windows started automatically. I used a program to make the Windows ...
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Moving Win7 partition to other disk using Linux: how can I have win7 boot again?
I recently got a new notebook which came with Win7 preinstalled. I'm not a Windows guy (all Linuxes here) but I decided to keep it just in case. The problem is that the notebook came with a 5400rpm ...
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Modified grub.cfg to start in “text”; can I still launch GUI applications without startx?
I found this simple tutorial for modifying the way my Mint Julia 32 bit OS starts up with a command line only, except my next task is to try and find a way to launch instances of GUI applications ...
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Update grub for whole disks added to software raid
I have a raid-1 running under rhel6 (/dev/md0) that is mapped to /. It contains two unpartitioned disks (/dev/sda and /dev/sdb). I'd like to be able to boot from either disk. But grub won't let me ...
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After installing debian 6 on my laptop along with windows 7 64bit , my laptop only boots to debian what should I do?
I've installed Debian 6 32bit on the same HDD but different partition along with Windows 7 64bit, and now my laptop only boots to Debian 6 where I want both Windows / Debian.
How can I edit GRUB to ...
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How do I remove Windows 7 from GRUB in Ubuntu 11.10?
I just installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my Windows 7 Box. It's a single boot. The intention was to install Ubuntu and destroy Windows 7 with a full erasure if you will. However, post install my PC was ...
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Windows7 and Ubuntu 11.04 in grub
I installed Windows7 on my new netbook (x121e ThinkPad) and then installed Ubtuntu 11.04 afterwards, but grub won't load after startup and windows always starts immediatly. I already did such a setup ...
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Changing which drive the boot sector is on
I ordered a pre-built computer from a custom computer manufacturer, but asked them to install an SSD and make it the primary drive (C:), with the hard drive that was formerly the primary drive to be ...
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Fixing misaligned Windows partition without affecting Ubuntu
I have dual boot setup with my partitions set up like so:
/dev/sda1 - DellUtility (FAT)
/dev/sda2 - RECOVERY (NTFS)
/dev/sda3 - OS (Windows 7 NTFS)
/dev/sda4 - Extended
/dev/sda5 - swap
/dev/sda6 ...
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Netbook Windows 7 recovery
I have an Asus 1005PE netbook which I installed Ubuntu on as a second partition a while back. Its primary partition is Windows 7 Starter. I've now upgraded to a bigger laptop and am selling this ...
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Boot from USB using GRUB
My friend's laptop was in a car accident (he's fine!). However the laptop is very old its an Acer Aspire 1520 the CD-rom drive is broken and there is no floppy drive.
I made him a USB boot before I ...
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How to remove Ubuntu, that is alongside Win7 on a bootcamp partion without screwing up MBR/Refit?
I had this awesome setup, OSX, and Win7 on the bootcamp partition.
Windows was booting fine in VMWare Fusion until... I've tried to triple boot by adding an Ubuntu partition.
Now I've got reFit ...
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GRUB error: unknown filesystem
I replaced my old laptop drive which was win7 and ubuntu dual boot with an SSD.
Now I connected the old drive through a USB adapter and I want to boot from it.
But this comes up:
unknown filesystem
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Installing a GRUB2 system-image from a GRUB live-CD
I am having this fairly strange problem:
I have a Linux system-image tarball of a system that uses GRUB2 (it's an Ubuntu 11.10 image with lots and lots of customization).
My Live-USB-Thumbdrive is ...
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What can I do when Ubuntu 11.10 doesn't recognize my password?
Currently I'm dual-booting Ubuntu along side Windows 7. I recently upgraded to 11.10, and everything was going fine for a bit. However, I can no longer log in with my user account. The guest account ...
