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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Triple boot with windows 8, windows 7 and ubuntu
I tried to install windows 8 to an new hdd, but after installation i cant boot it with grub.I configured grub with sudo update-grub, it added the Windows 8 to the menu (which is instaled to sdb) but ...
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How can I recover a lost MBR/boot sector?
I had a VDI (VirtualBox Virtual Disk Image) with Ubuntu 11.10 (64bit, I think) installed on it. Earlier, while running a GParted live CD on my Virtual Machine to erase the partition table of another ...
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repair windows partition on GRUB boot + IRRT managing SSD disk on mini pci express
You see it in the post, my system is not the simplest one. I have an HDD and a SSD, the SSD being on the mini-pci-express interface, while the HDD is on a usual SATA 2 interface. I have windows 7 on ...
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Laptop doesn't boot anymore after changing GRUB configuration
I have a Satellite L640 laptop. I made changes in Ubuntu 10.10 with:
sudo gedit /boot/grub/grub.cfg
My intent was to change the boot sequence because I use two operating systems.
After that, it ...
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Why do we need a boot loader?
After the BIOS, or something similar that serves as a firmware, is started, the control is passed to the bootloader, as far as I know.
Why can't the BIOS load the OS kernel directly?
Also, the ...
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Detecting which GRUB2 menu entry the system was booted with
I am working on a remote server with no KVM, and am modifying stuff in the boot loader menu. I enabled the fallback and "default boot once" options in case for when I screw something up.
Is there a ...
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How do I fix MBR on Windows XP? (no such partition after removing Linux)
I need some basic help with fixing partitions.
I have installed Linux on a partition but then I had to reclaim the space.
I used diskmgmt to erase partition and then easeus partition tool - to ...
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Deleted Linux and Windows partitions, now have Grub error
I wanted to install Mint in a laptop that that Ubuntu and Vista. I didnt have the windows password so i thought it was best to use ubuntu to delete those partitions, merge them up and install a fresh ...
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Ubuntu Linux freezes after boot up
After a fresh installation of Ubuntu Linux 11.04 under Lenovo G570, when I choose Ubuntu Linux 11.04 in grub menu, Ubuntu freezes in a black screen and even hiting ctrl+alt+f1-f10 didn't make any ...
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I updated Debian Squeeze and Linux Mint is now missing from GRUB
I did a search for how to fix this and came up with nothing...I would like to put Linux Mint back on GRUB. I am a newbie so please be easy on me.
I installed Linux Mint first, then Debian Squeeze. ...
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Is this Hard Drive dead?
Okay, so I have a hard drive which I have run into problems with. I am dual-booting Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04.
Recently I have been getting random crashes in both Windows 7 and Ubuntu, but much more ...
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When laptop lid is opened, Debian login screen shows up instead of Windows login - how to re-instate?
I installed Debian beside Windows 7 in my laptop. I had an issue with GRUB not recognizing the Windows partitions at first, which I could fix by running grub-update (this found the windows partitions, ...
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remove deleted OSs from grub 1.98 boot menu
I am trying to remove entries for deleted operating systems, from grub 1.98 menu.
I am using Gnu/Linux Debian 6 ( grub version 1.98+20100804-14+squeeze1 ).
I have an Ubuntu partition with 10 kernel ...
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GRUB only sees first of 2 identically-configured drives in RAID 5 array?
Has anyone ever come across a case where of the two (virtual) disks that are members of the same hardware RAID 5 array (LSI 9750), GRUB can only see the first?
It's a 100% hardware RAID 5, to the ...
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windows crashing after installing fedora 16
I have HP dv6 pavilion. I installed fedora 16 in it along with windows. I installed fedora on a separate partition. After installation I booted to windows, but it crashed. It shows a "starting windows ...
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grub rescue ignore partition
i need to ignore a partition I made to store files in that I can access with both Windows 7 and Ubuntu. Now I get a error from grub saying there is an unknown filesystem. How can I get grub to ignore ...
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Grub rescue - unknown filesystem after installing Ubuntu
I know there are plenty of similar threads all over the Internet but unfortunately, mine is a combination of specific settings which made me open a new thread.
I have a ASUS U36SD laptop with ...
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booting issue with eeepc 1201nl
I tried to move my dual boot winxp / ubuntu to winxp / fedora 16.
When fedora finished transferring the image to the the hard drive it complained the bootloader didn't install. I restarted (hindsight ...
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Installing windows 7 next to linux
I installed backtrack to a netbook drive but how do you install windows 7 and get dualboot? It has the grub bootloader installed. Does Windows have a dualboot option for install?
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Finishing up and Arch Linux install and Grub is failing to install
Not sure what to do at this point. I finished all of the Arch Linux installer and get to the bootloader step and it fails. This is for a dual booted Windows 7/Arch laptop if that helps at all. Not ...
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grub reinstall after partition name change
I had Win7, Debian 6 Wheezy, and OpenSUSE 12.1 all installed on my machine.
I decided I wanted to get rid of OpenSUSE and install Linux MInt 12, so I tried to delete the OpenSUSE partition + swap ...
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How do I set up Grub properly to quad-boot Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and FreeBSD?
Grub has gone completely insane on me. My quad-boot system was working great up until I upgraded Ubuntu to 12.04. Since Ubuntu overwrote the Grub stuff I had to repair it with my Mac OS X and FreeBSD ...
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Grub reports error “Unknown Filesystem” when booting computer
I have Windows 7 pre-installed on my laptop, a Sony VAIO EB46FG. I successfully installed Fedora 16 in a dual boot configuration. I was able to use both OSes for few days. However, now I'm getting a ...
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How should I set up my dual-boot so that I can hibernate the secondary OS?
So, my previous setup was a triple-boot of Windows 7, wubi-integrated ubuntu, and then fedora on the last partition using LVM. I have tired of not being able to access my Windows files from ubuntu ...
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Linux mint GRUB issue
I installed linux mint 12 and when I restared 'No such partition ' messgae came and entered into 'Grub rescue' mode.I entered commands and booted successfully.
How to repair GRUB now?
Because ...
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Boot xp from grub rescue no cd/USB
I've deleted my Ubuntu 10.4 from my eee pc, now I cant boot on xp I'm stuck at grub rescue...
How can I solve this without a cd or USB? Since I'm on vacations I don't have access to any of this....
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After Fedora upgrade, system won't boot; what step to take next?
I have a home server running Fedora 12 and decided to upgrade to Fedora 14. I ran through the upgrade process using preupgrade with instructions from here. I ran into an issue withi insufficient ...
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Linux can't boot without acpi=off on Thinkpad
I recently installed Linux Mint 12 - the Gnome version - on a new Lenovo Thinkpad L520 for a friend.
It's running kernel 3.0.0-12- generic.
When I booted - either into the live CD, or into the ...
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How to fix the boot sequence and/or restore a deleted partiotion
I have a computer with a 250GB HD on which there were installed a few operating systems. When the computer boots, I got the GRUB menu with all these Ubuntu installations (about 10 versions - I don't ...
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linux mint is not starting. grub issues?
I dual booted my xp installing mint, everything went well, i gave the cd to my friend and he installed linux mint 12 but it's not starting, i mean there's no menu where you choose what OS you want to ...
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Booting an EXT4 image file from GRUB2
My friend needed a fast HDD so I gave her my small 64GB SDD. This SSD had my Linux install on it. I used dd to make an image of the partition (boot, root and home on one partition).
This partition is ...
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Run Windows from USB Disk
I have an internal hard drive with Windows 7. Usually, it's in my desktop computer, but I now want to run it from my laptop, as well. (The laptop is a dual boot Windows 7, Ubuntu machine.) When I ...
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Error when trying to instal GRUB manually from Arch Linux disc. (Tripleboot OSX+Win7+Arch)
Alright I've partitioned my drive into 3 using disk util sda1 default mac boot or whatever, sda2 main OSX, sda3 arch, sda4 win7.
I've installed win 7 already, and attempted to install arch... I think ...
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Lenovo B460e laptop Unknown filesystem
I got a Lenovo B460e laptop yesterday (given by the TN Govt). It has WINDOWS 7 Pro
Set it up the way I liked it... all software drivers and all. I wanted extra drives, so I entered the WINDOWS ...
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Restore a bootloader with no accessible partitions?
I recently deleted my openSUSE partition, and before deletion was using the default SUSE bootloader whenever I wanted to access my other partitions, such as Win7. When SUSE went, so did the bootloader ...
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Got blue screen with a warning that I boot loader may not be properly configured, workaround?
After running
sudo apt-get update
got this message:
Configuring grub-pc
You chose not to install GRUB to any devices. If you continue, the boot loader may not be properly
configured, and ...
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X Graphical Shell Not Working
I'm having a problem with my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS install, the X graphical interface was working great, but the grub boot menu and virtual console was not, I'd get a monitor out of range error.
I went ...
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I used windows 7 in dual boot with opensuse, I deleted the partition on the opensuse, but how can I delete grub bootloader?
I already tried using a windows 7 disk for repair, and I tried the bootrec.exe commands in command prompt as well but they don't work, the automatic repair also does not work. Is there any way to ...
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Grub Boot Recover Windows Part
I have installed first Linux than Windows on same system. To be able to recover my grub i mount Linux anyway. Lastly i typed "sudo update -grub"
After that, i am not able to boot Windows.Is there any ...
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Tips on self-learning boot-time fundamentals (grub, disks, partitions, LVMs, etc)?
Is there any good resource which I can use to self-learn all the low-level system administration details on Grub, Grub2, disks, partitioning, LVM, etc? I'm comfortable with system admin tasks ...
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Installing grub on a usb flash drive
I have installed linux on a usb flash drive. I have also installed grub on it to be able to boot it. However, I am having trouble setting menu.lst file correctly to boot it. This setup:
title Arch ...
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Arch linux ati graphics crash after grub install
Ok, so I've had an arch linux w/ gnome 3 installed for a while now. And a while ago I installed ubuntu as another partition, I think to fix an issue that cause arch to fail.
So, it was all working ...
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Grub2 fails to chainload Windows 7 with error “invalid signature”
I've built a new UEFI 64-bit system with both Windows 7 and Ubuntu 11.10 installed (on separate hard drives). I'd like to be able to boot Windows 7 from the grub menu, but I have so far been ...
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GRUB menu not coming up during system boot
My Dell system came with Win7. I installed Ubuntu 10.04 into an LVM encrypted partition with the /boot unecrypted on it's own partition. The PC boots directly to the Ubuntu decrypt screen with no ...
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Trying to install Fedora or ubuntu on Lenovo X121e from USB pendrive but cannot boot the system
It is three days I am trying to install my damn Fedora or Ubuntu distribution (Fedora 16 and Ubuntu 11.10) on my damn Lenovo X121e in order to get rid of Windows. Of course i cannot use a CD because ...
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How can I get around this boot crash?
I've been using some alternative software to check how efficient the multiple x64 OS are in my laptop. One of the so called activators happened to break something it wasn't supposed to and now I'm ...
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install GRUB onto a CD
I have got about 10 Linux installation ISOs. I want to put them all onto 1 CD/DVD, so that when the CD/DVD gets booted, it will give me a GRUB menu asking which Linux I want to install.
How do I do ...
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How to add Windows 7 to Grub menu?
The following is the list that I got when I executed the command sudo fdisk -l:
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * ...
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Black screen appears when booting new install of Ubuntu 11.10 on my desktop, cannot access Grub menu to fix
I installed 11.10 on my desktop PC but get a black screen after the BIOS screen when I try to boot it. I was able to run 10.04.04 on my hard drive before installing 11.10 and I am also able to use ...
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GRUB2 rescue boot into windows
I had got 2 partitions on my harddrive:
1. win7;
2. Ubuntu 11.10;
As it can be predicted the GRUB loader was in the second partition and this partition was formated from ext4 to ntfs.
Now I get this ...
