GRUB (GRand Unified Bootloader) is a multiboot bootloader from the GNU project. This tag is for questions relating to the legacy version of GRUB. Use the GRUB2 tag for questions dealing with GRUB2, a rewritten version.
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How to fix GRUB after Windows breaks it, and how to edit the GRUB menu
I had Windows XP and Ubuntu both installed. I could easily boot into either until Windows "fixed" the bootloader so that it now only boots into Windows.
I guess there is no way to prevent Windows ...
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Make grub keep its default boot under kernel updates
I dual-boot my machine and I want it to default to boot into windows so that whenever I restart the machine remotely from my home it will be able to get back into Windows (instead of Ubuntu).
The ...
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Aesthetically editing grub.cfg
EDIT: (for clarity) I'm looking to change the appearance of the grub boot menu, by editing the configuration files (possibly but not necessarily grub.cfg).
So, any ubuntu user knows how filled up ...
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Repair grub mbr and /boot using ubuntu 9.04 live CD
I have broken my boot sequence on my XP/Vista/Ubuntu box. I wish to restore the system back to the way that Ubuntu 9.04 (last installed OS) had it setup. I want to do only the mbr and /boot on the ...
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How do I move the Windows 7 Boot Files (bootmgr, …) to a different drive?
I wanted a dual-boot setup. So first I installed Windows 7 on the 1st partition of one hard drive (we'll call it HDD1), and then I went to install Ubuntu 9.10 on the second partition of HDD1. ...
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No GRUB after re-installing Windows
I have Windows and I installed Fedora 12 on a separate partition.
However, I had a problem with my windows XP SP 3 and had to install Windows on my C drive.
When I re-boot I on longer get the GRUB ...
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grub: boot from ISO
How can I boot into an ISO file in GRUB? The ISO file is on a reiserfs partition and GRUB can access it (already tested that).
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How can I change console shell's resolution in ubuntu 9.10
How can I change console shell's resolution?, by this i mean the shell when you ctrl+alt+F1. I'm running Ubuntu 9.10, i thought this could be done by changing grub's menu.lst file by with grub2 i ...
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Why do I get a GRUB error after deleting the Linux partition?
I had a dual-boot setup with Windows 7 and Windows Vista. I used Easus Partition Manager and shrank my Windows 7 partition. In the empty space, I installed Linux Mint. I decided I didn't want it ...
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“Reinstalling” the Windows 7 boot manager
I've run into an interesting predicament. I've got two HDD's, one running Windows XP (Primary) and another running Windows 7 (Secondary). I recently installed Gentoo over the XP installation and used ...
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Can Grub be configured to remember the last OS you booted into?
I typically have 2-3 OSes in my boot menu:
Ubuntu 10.04
Windows 7
[Sometimes, a third option, such as Ubuntu 10.04 Netbook]
If I am in an OS other than the default choice (Windows 7 in this case), ...
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How to automatically boot from Linux distro to Windows?
Here's the thing:
I've got dual boot computer with Ubuntu 8.04 and XP Pro. Sometimes I want to switch between these two. To do this I need to issue "Reboot" in Ubuntu, wait for grub menu and choose XP ...
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grub: how to boot into ISO partition
I have copied an ISO file into a partition (i.e. dd if=isofile of=/dev/sdb1). How can I boot into that partition via GRUB?
When I try just with chainloader (hd1,0)+1, it says unknown executable ...
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How to make Windows bootloader the default?
When I got a new computer, I installed Ubuntu and Windows XP on it. When I turn it on, GRUB shows up and lets me choose between the OSes. All right so far.
A while later, I decided I don't want ...
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How can I restore GRUB without a live CD?
I realize that this is a duplicate of a question asked before, but in that question the asker managed to find his live CD and no real answer appeared, thus I am re-asking it.
I managed to screw up my ...
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Triple booting Windows 8 Consumer Preview with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 11.10
I already have Windows 7 and Ubuntu 11.10 installed on my laptop, and would like to add Windows 8 Consumer Preview to that list. Here's some information which may be relevant to this question:
The ...
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I can't boot to Ubuntu after installing Windows 7
I installed Ubuntu 10.04 and it is working properly, but today I installed Windows 7 to another partition, and now I did not get any boot menu and automatically Windows is working fine still.
Is ...
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grub2 error: out of disk
I'm trying to make a 250G USB hard disk Ubuntu-bootable on a Compaq nc6220 laptop.
I've removed all other disks, so /dev/sda (the USB disk) is the only disk other than CDROM.
I installed Ubuntu 9.10 ...
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Clonezilla disk to disk clone on a dual boot ubuntu karmic & XP setup - cannot open '/boot/grub/device.map'
I just tried to clone a failing existing boot drive for a dual boot system with Ubuntu karmic and Windows XP installed using Clonezilla. The cloning worked fine right up until the end when I got the ...
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How do I recover my Grub 2 installation? The BIOS broke it
I installed Ubuntu 10.10 and Windows 7 on my hard disk and I had one boot loader for both of them, which is Grub2. I had some problems with my bios and hard disk that Led to my issue with Grub. I ...
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Ubuntu 9.10+Windows 7 dual boot, dynamic disks
Ok. Long story follows. I'm a Windows dude, but have started playing around a bit with Ubuntu. I had Windows 7 and Ubuntu 9.10 installed on my notebook until a couple of days ago. Ubuntu's GRUB was ...
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grub-install gives an error message I don't understand
I'm new to Linux, am using CentOS 6.3, and am attempting to install CentOS 5.8 ISO to a pen drive following instructions from here.
My pen drive is /dev/sda and partition 1 is vfat. It's mounted on ...
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windows 7 not booting after ubuntu partition deletion
I had on my laptop windows 7 and ubuntu server 9.10 (the partition with windows 7 was automatically selected at boot time). Today I wanted to install ubuntu 10.4, and for that I deleted the 9.10 ...
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GNU GRUB - Misaligned display/screen
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 with Windows 7 - and upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10 recently - Ubuntu installed the GRUB (version 2.00-7ubuntu11) boot menu. When I first got Ubuntu, I changed the default OS ...
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change the boot menu - GRUB [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Make grub keep its default boot under kernel updates
Hi, I've got dual boot system - Ubuntu 9.10 and Windows 7.
Whenever the GRUB loaded, the menu showed lots of ...
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Unable to boot Windows XP after installing ubuntu 10.10
I have ubuntu 8.10 & Windows XP installed on my PC. I formatted the C:\ partition and installed a new fresh copy of Win XP.
After that I was not able to login to ubuntu 8.10. It is clear that Win ...
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Will Windows 7 pick up XP when grub is installed
There's similar questions but nothing quite exactly what i'm looking for
I have a laptop that currently dualboots XP and Ubuntu, with XP chainloaded by grub. I'd like to get windows 7 in the mix, ...
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Is it possible to “return” to GRUB after booting Linux without restarting
I am dual-booting Windows and Linux on my SSD and find myself often switching between the two OSes. The SSD is really fast and both OSes boot in about 3 seconds once selected in GRUB. However, it ...
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How do I change the console resolution of Ubuntu 9.10 Server running on VMWare?
I'm running Ubuntu 9.10 Server in VMWare Fusion (on a Mac) and I'm having trouble changing the console resolution. It seems to be stuck on 640x480.
Ubuntu 9.10 uses Grub2, so there is no ...
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How to copy VirtualBox VDI contents to a partition and dual boot the OS from it?
I'm a Linux user but I keep a compressed Windows XP ISO with me on a pen drive for the case I absolutely need Windows to do something. This works in VirtualBox most of the time.
But now I want to ...
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How to move the Windows 7 bootloader to the Windows 7 partition?
I recently installed Windows 7 in a triple boot setup alongside XP and Linux. When I was finished and was in the process of restoring the bootloader for Linux I discovered something strange about what ...
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error: no such partition. in GRUB
I was a bit of an idiot and wiped my old Ubuntu partition whilst in Windows XP, forgetting to fix the MBR. Rebooting gives:
error: no such partition.
grub rescue>
The only things I've entered ...
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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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Installing Windows 7 on a dual boot machine
My current setup is a dual boot of XP and Ubuntu 9.04. Installed Ubuntu after XP and dual booting with GRUB. I want to install Windows 7 now to make it a triple boot system without disturbing my ...
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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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Ubuntu 11.04 (64-bit) won't boot. Forgot to install GRUB 2. Manual GRUB install fails
I cannot get Ubuntu to boot. I downloaded the Ubuntu 11.04 64-bit mini.iso and installed it in Virtualbox (v.4.1.2 running on OS X 10.5.8). When I installed Ubuntu, I selected "Command-line expert ...
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Windows 7 Keeps Changing the MBR on boot (grub2)
I installed Ubuntu in my new notebook. It originally comes with Windows 7 installed on it. Everything works nice however every time i boot into Windows7 the grub menu doesn't work any more. i can't ...
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Ubuntu grub fails to start, error: out of disk
My computer has become quite strange the last days,
last week grub stopped working and just halted at the grub prompt.
I can manually start the system by writing
insmod /boot/grub/linux.mod
linux ...
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Windows 7 Keeps Changing the MBR on boot
I am having an issue with Windows 7 changing the boot order everytime I start up.
I have 4 partitions:
boot
linux
windows.
Grub is installed on the boot, and boots up both operating systems fine, ...
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How can I restore my “Unknown” partition type, back to NTFS?
Lately I've been having trouble restoring my PC after uninstalling GRUB, and an Ubuntu install from it. Usually I don't encounter any problems when doing this, but this time is different. My Windows ...
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Chaining bootloaders for unusual setup
I'm trying to implement some unusual idea on my PC.
I've got a total of 6 partitions:
First one is for Windows 7 (my basic OS)
2nd one for Ubuntu
3rd and 5th are Windows storage partitions
4th is a ...
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3TB SATA hard drives into an old Linux system
I have a 3 year old PC with 4 internal SATA ports. My old SATA hard drives, all smaller than 2TB, work fine. If I buy a 3TB SATA hard drive, will it work in Linux? Will Linux with GRUB be able boot ...
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Windows 7 Pro x64 hangs on boot when loading classpnp.sys
Don't know what happened but this happens almost every time I boot. Never happened before a couple days ago and I haven't even done anything.
Computer powers up, GRUB (From fresh Ubuntu 11.04 ...
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Why does GRUB load after I select my Ubuntu Partition from Windows Boot Manager?
So first of all I'm running Windows 7 on one drive, and Ubuntu 9.04 on another. I downloaded and installed Easy BCD 2.0, which I have to say is an excellent piece of software. I used to have grub as ...
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Linux partition deleted, GRUB no longer boots
My notebook computer came with Vista and I installed Ubuntu on 2 partitions and kubuntu on another partition.
After a while, I wanted to delete one of the Ubuntu partition, so I did it in Vista's ...
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How to install reliable/flexible GRUB for multi-boot (Windows, Linux)?
This question must've been asked a billion times, but I haven't found a real GRUB-related solution.
I need to install GRUB on a machine that'll have both Windows and Linux (Fedora) installed. It must ...
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error: no such partition. Grub rescue
I deleted my Linux (Ubuntu) partition from Windows and I forgot to repair the MBR. I don't have my windows boot CD with me nor a CD drive. Is there any small utility that can be easily downloaded (I ...
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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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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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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
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