Questions tagged [grub]

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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What happens after rm -rf / on dual boot machine

I was given this machine at work which had Windows on it and I dual booted it with Linux (Ubuntu if matters), and now I'm curious what will happen if I wipe out linux with sudo rm -rf / before give ...
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Move Windows Boot Loader to another disk where Windows 7 is installed

For the last two days, I have been trying and searching for a way to boot Windows 7 from the new disk. My disk configuration is as follows: Disk 0 - Multi boot/multi portioned 1 TB HDD - Windows and ...
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Removing the Ubuntu bootloader from Ubuntu/Windows 10 Dual Boot

I am removing Ubuntu (from the Ubuntu/Windows 10 dual-boot) because something happened to it and it just "broke". I could not reinstall since it did not give me the options to do so when I followed ...
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Can't access bios setup, just grub rescue

My laptop bluescreened last night,and when I turned it on this morning I got the grub rescue prompt. I dual boot Windows 8.0 and Ubuntu. When the bios splash screen comes up, it lists all my HDDs, ...
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Can't reinstall grub after coning partitions to new drive (Debian 8 / Jessie)

I had a drive failure and restored a recent image to a replacement drive. I can't seem to get grub installed on the new drive. I can only boot using a bootable grub USB key that finds the bootable ...
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Ubuntu types... Need to fix win 7 from in my dual boot Mint 17.1. Read write screen of death

Not sure what else to say. My Linux Mint knowledge is very peicemeal but i can do some scripting and have hacked my win 7 before from within Mint. Am sure it can't be too hard to fix the memory ...
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Arch Linux install works, but grub doesn't

I've just installed Arch Linux onto my shiny new computer (ASUS ROG motherboard) and while the installation and configuration of Grub went off without issue, attempting to boot the system fails. ...
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dualboot windows linux 1 disk per OS, grub save default LVM diskfilter writes are not supported

Hi I have machine with 3 disks 2x SSD + 1 HDD I want to have Windows on 1 SDD and linux in LVM on 2nd SSD, and shared HDD for data sda(250GB) ├─sda1 500MB - ...
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Installing Windows (10 LTSB) after Manjaro?

I have a problem. As an experiment, and for a specific purpose, I am trying to do install Windows 10 LTSB alongside a LUKS encrypted Manjaro system (no LVM), encrypt the Windows system with VeraCrypt ...
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Get Logical Volumes Group name in legacy grub

I am currently in GNU GRUB v0.97 Restore mode and I have CentOS 6.5 installed with /boot partition separated and rest of filesystem is in Volume Group. But, I don't remember volume group name, is ...
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update-grub => Invalid output format export. Choose from value, device, list, or full

Ciao! How are you? Before UEFI, my looped ISO-s were working, I could use via ISO files in the HDD with Clonezilla and SystemRescueCD on a ext4 partition, but now I get this error: patrikx3@...
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Deleted Grub: Laptop's Now Dead

After installing Linux alongside Windows, I made a boneheaded move and used gparted to delete the Windows partition. Now, all I have is a laptop that boots up and provides this...and only this: error:...
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Restoring GRUB after Windows installation

My Windows 7 had troubles that cloud be fix only by reinstallation. But it was not only one system in my laptop, other one was Debian Jessie. Aware about incoming GRUB overwriting I did backup of my ...
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Can't boot Windows 8, can't boot from USB installer

I'm having all sorts of problems with my PC. It's custom-built so I didn't expect to have UEFI/Secure Boot compatibility issues but I think that's what's happening. I have a Windows 8 Pro ...
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How to boot linux in console mode

I've installed ubuntu 17.10 on HP Stream 7, EFI, x86. It loads and works fine. But I want to boot it in console mode. I've edited /etc/default/grub commenting out GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT, setting ...
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Installing Debian on existing encrypted lvm

I have a dual-boot machine, where I already set up Ubuntu in an encrypted lvm. I want to use the same lvm for Crunchbang (a debian derivative), since I designed that lvm with two root-Volumes, a swap-...
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When I type something each letter is contains ^[ symbols in front of it

I got to the login input in console mode on Ubuntu x86 EFI and when I type any letter it goes with ^[ symbols. For example, artur goes like ^[a^[r^[t^[u^[r. What can I do to fix that? Upd: It could ...
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SSD migration titsup

I'm migrating win7 to an SSD following this guide. I've happily cloned my c: to a freshly created m: partition on the SSD, and, perhaps prematurely, formatted my c:. Now the problems start. The SSD ...
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I have to reinstall GRUB to fix grub-rescue but boot partition is ntfs

My computer has dual boot for Windows and Ubuntu. I updated Windows and this made the computer boot into grub-rescue. It also broke the 'Windows' option on GRUB, which I repaired with boot repair cd, ...
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Pc can not find grub after windows 10 recent update, but I can not find it manually too

This is a common error when you use dual boot and you upgrade windows. I use Ubuntu 14.04 and Windows 10. The error I came across is: error: no such partition Entering rescue mode... I found ...
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Install Ubuntu in Triple boot. How to make GRUB recognize all OS?

I have triple boot, WinXp, Ubuntu 14.04 and Linux Mint. I have some issues with Ubuntu 14.04. I want to uninstall it and install Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Currently, Ubuntu is the first in the GRUB menu. ...
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Can't access linux / GRUB menu (dual-boot)

I have just installed linux mint on my Windows 10 laptop. Linux was working fine. After installation completes it recommends you restart, which I did. I thought (based on the videos I watched) the ...
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Changing Boot Order - can only access Linux through 'Use a Device' option

I have installed Linux Mint on my Windows 10 laptop today. Linux works fine but the GRUB menu never shows when the computer is booted. System uses UEFI. The only way I'm able to access Linux is by ...
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Can only boot from Ubuntu USB and not from Windows USB

The laptop is a Sony Vaio E-series. Currently has Ubuntu installed on it with Grub, no Window's boot manager is visible. I wish to switch back to Windows (completely, not dual boot) but I cannot boot ...
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Triple Boot macOS Sierra / Windows 10 Enterprise / Kali Linux

I'm running into a problem trying to get a Triple Boot working on a MacBook Pro (256GB SSD) for macOS Sierra, Windows 10 Enterprise, and Kali Linux. It all started today when I went to size down my ...
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Dual boot Windows 10 after initial Arch Linux instilation

I recently built myself a desktop for personal use, and initially installed Arch Linux as my primary os (on an NVME drive), being a bit of a gamer I eventually came to the conculsion that I needed a ...
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Unable to boot into windows after removing Linux

I had Linux Ubuntu and Windows dual booting from my computer. I used partition manager to remove the Linux Ubuntu partitions, now I can't get into Windows. The machine loads in to a command prompt ( ...
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Restoring Windows 10 EFI files without messing up existing partitions

tl;dr: GPT, EFI, dual-boot Antergos-Windows 10, Windows' EFI partition is deleted so I am only able to boot into Antergos and want to fix it. I had a Debian-Windows-10 dual boot setup using MBR for ...
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How to skip motherboard boot manager when powering on?

I have an asrock z170 pro4s and I just bought an samsung 960 evo. I reinstalled windows 10 on the ssd in uefi mode, then I created a partition on the ssd and installed ubuntu 16.04. Now when I boot my ...
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MythBuntu installs but doesn't install grub correctly

I've installed Mythbuntu on my computer but it won't boot anymore, the only thing it does is write: Grub stage 1.5 Error 15 file not found... When I load it with a live-cd and search, ...
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What is a good partitioning design/scheme for a multi-boot *nix system?

I'm planning to install Debian on my server. I would like to design the partitioning scheme in such a way, that I could install one or more other *nix distributives on that. So, reading many articles ...
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dual boot/ grub menu option issue

I did not know about the partition thing to do first in windows in command line, and start installing linux ubuntu by bootable flash drive. Now, whenever I open my laptop( dell i7), it doesnot show ...
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I think I broke my computer's boot loader

I've downloaded Linux OpenSUSE a while back (as another partition, I run dual boot), which was going great for me. But I had to change my computer's boot order on BIOS from Windows' advanced reboot. ...
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Can you add a loading (not a menu background) image or video to grub?

When you boot out of the box ubuntu, there is a post grub menu "animation" of orange circles loading. I want to know if I can instruct grub to display my own custom image during the post menu ...
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Remove Grub Rescue and boot straight to Windows 10

I installed Kali alongside my Windows10. I decided to uninstall Kali, so deleted the partitions and used EasyBCD to restore back to Windows MBR. Upon boot Grub rescue still loads. So I ran a live ...
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Completely remove all OSs from laptop

I have a Dell Inspiron on which i made a partition and installed Ubuntu, then i deleted the Ubuntu partition on Windows 10. At this point i could restart the |PC and it would boot into Windows, then ...
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Computer is unable to boot after installing Kali

Previous situation was a working dual boot Ubuntu/Windows 10. I decided to install Kali Linux instead of Ubuntu, so during the installation process, I removed and overwrote both ext4 partitions that ...
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Cannot boot into Grub2 menu (dual-boot Ubuntu 16.04 and Windows 10)

I have a an HP envy dv6 notebook on which was installed Windows 8 (later on upgraded to Windows 10). I have installed Ubuntu 16.04 on my laptop in dual-boot mode with Windows 10. I have struggled to ...
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Linux: How do I backup my user files from the live CD?

Right, I did some updates last night and it messed up my install of KDE Neon, gave me a kernel panic error: not syncing vfs: unknown mount 0, 0 etc... After spending all night and this morning trying ...
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GRUB Issues with ubuntu 16.04 64-bit software RAID 1 install

I am installing Ubuntu 16.04 on a 1u using a software RAID1. I've done this many times with previous ubuntu releases but for some reason 16.04 doesn't like my software RAID1. I've reconfigured it many ...
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GRUB disappears after changing description of Windows Boot Manager

I installed Elementary OS, and everything worked nicely. I got GRUB when booting the computer, I could boot Windows and Elementary OS. The only problem was that Windows Boot Manager showed up twice in ...
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How to restore Windows in GRUB2 UEFI

I've installed Fedora 26 onto a system that has Windows 10 on it. I can boot into Fedora but now I can not boot into Windows 10. I have entered into the grub/boot shell, and identified the Windows ...
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How to install Grub Loader correctly

I recently tried to install Linux Mint on my PC having installed Windows 7, after that what I noticed, one partition of my hard drive is invisible, means Linux has been installed, but when I try to ...
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GRUB bootloader gone after `bootrec.exe /FixMbr`

My computer had GRUB bootloader installed with windows and kali linux. I had problems booting into windows 10 and i had to execute these two commands: bootrec.exe /FixMbr and bootrec.exe /FixBoot I ...
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Can I delete a logical partition to extend another logical drive

As you can see from the image below, I am running out of space on Win 8. I want to get rid of Win 7 so I can allocate all its space to Win 8. Can I just simply delete Win 7 logical partition and ...
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can't boot into win 10 after installing ubuntu

I had windows 10 with three partitions then I installed Ubuntu on the free one. on installation I have chosen advanced options and manually chose a specific partition for Ubuntu installation. when ...
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Windows 10 won't boot from grub

I currently have Linux Mint installed along Windows 10, and both have been working harmoniously together for a good 6 months. This morning, I attempted to select Windows 10 from the grub menu as I do ...
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ZFS on Home Computer as Debian Stretch Root

I'm going to build new computer in near future. I want to use ZFS on two 2TB HDDs in mirror for debian root and storage because of transparent compression, snapshots, ram/ssd caching and other cool ...
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Deleted Ubuntu, now I can't access Windows

My laptop was working on dual-boot, I had Ubuntu Mate and Windows 8. I wanted to delete Ubuntu, so I did it through Windows Disk Management by deleting the partition where Linux was. That way I ...
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Grub : linux command not found

I'm having an issue and I hope someone can help me, I installed ubuntu 12.10 on my computer (along side windows 7) from a live cd, but when I rebooted my computer after a succefull installation, I ...

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