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dual boot of linux mint 14 with windows 8 [duplicate]
I have acer 4750G and is running windows 8. I have 3 primary partition and a single unallocated partition where i intended to install linux mint.
The problem that i am facing is the installer hasnot ...
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Dual booting Linux Mint fails
I have Winodws 7 on my computer and I am trying to install Linux Mint 14 on the same computer. The hard drive has four primary partitions and thus it is impossible to boot Mint from it since I cannot ...
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Mint Uefi installation
I got few small issues with a Mint installation. I've bought a new laptop (Asus n56vj) with a preinstalled Windows 8 system. And there is the first problem, laptop has uefi mode on. So when I try to ...
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Not Loading GRUB After Installing Mint and Ubuntu
On a new computer (less than 3 months), I originally installed Fedora 16 to give it to try.
I wasn't all that impressed and un-installed it about a month ago and I'm not exactly sure how it happened ...
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Repair GRUB bootloader for multiboot system
I have two hard disks – one a 1TB and the other a 250 GB. I installed the OSes in the following order:
Windows 7 on the first hard disk (1 TB)
After that Kubuntu 12.04 on a partition (/dev/sdb7) on ...
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Error - unknown filesystem grub rescue - Can't boot from any other media whatsoever
So I've been trying anything and everything under the sun to fix this problem.
Have a lenovo Y570 laptop and decided to duel boot linux mint alongside windows 7.
I partitioned some space on the ...
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Error - unknown filesystem grub rescue - Can't boot any other media to fix it
So I've been trying anything and everything under the sun to fix this problem.
Have a lenovo Y570 laptop and decided to duel boot linux mint alongside windows 7.
I partitioned some space on the ...
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Dual booting Linux/Win7, Grub refuses to load Win7
Decided to give Linux Mint a try (Ubuntu's interface annoys me), so I installed it with the intention of dual booting with Windows 7. Installation went fine, but now I can only boot into Linux Mint. ...
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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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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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Stuck in Grub recovery after Linux Mint install
Every time I try to install Linux Mint XFCE my laptop freezes on removing the live packages, which happens just before the installation of GRUB2.
However: I've managed to manually install GRUB2. ...
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Tried to install Mint to a Flash Drive. Now I can't boot from the main hard disk
all. I'm kind of new to Linux and I need some help. I wanted to install a Linux distro to a flash drive so that I can have a portable OS with all my settings, programs, etc. wherever I go. So I fired ...
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How to uninstall GRUB and get windows 7 bootloader back?
I have windows 7 home premium currently installed and I have just recently installed Linux Mint and it has replaced my MBR with GRUB.
Is there any way I can restore the normal Windows 7 Boot Loader ...
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How do I install GRUB to a partiton and not MBR?
I am trying to dual boot Windows and Linux. I would like to continue using the Windows bootloader in my MBR.
I installed Windows 7 first. During the install I left some unallocated space that I ...
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How to remove entries in linux mint boot loader
How do I remove unwanted entries in linux mint boot loader?
