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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How will Windows System Restore affect GRUB boot loader?
I have Windows 10 dual booting with Linux using GRUB.
I have forgotten my Windows administrator password so am hoping that booting into Window's advanced options and doing a "System Restore" ...
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Dual boot, Ubuntu + Windows 10, BIOS or Grub, both get overwritten by Windows update
I'm a daily user of Ubuntu and an occasional user of Windows (both for professional jobs) and, some years ago, after struggling with frequent Grub misconfigurations I decided to use 2 separate ...
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How to boot system normally from grub prompt?
How can I boot Linux from the grub> prompt, as if I were booting from cold?
I have full disk encryption. When I fat-finger the encryption password, it bumps me to grub rescue (bonus points if you ...
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Display bug on UEFI, grub, Linux and plugged in Windows
The bug
Hi, since a few days I have a really annoying bug: Black stripes are appearing in the top 40% of the screen and the bottom part freeze. This bug appear in Linux (Ubuntu 22.04), grub, UEFI and ...
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How do I configure grub to boot an ISO image from an exfat partition?
Due to the increased file size of the Ubuntu LTS 22.04 Desktop image, Linux pen drive creators will soon feel the pain that comes with realizing that a single partition, FAT32 drive won't cut it for ...
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How to restore GRUB in my case?
I have 2 NVMe in my system, let's call them OldDrive and SecondaryDrive.
OldDrive had Windows installed, and SecondaryDrive had various Linux distributions installed.
I replaced OldDrive with NewDrive ...
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configure grub to work with either UEFI or PC BIOS boot
Is there a way to use GRUB to boot in a system that will only boot in UEFI mode AND (without changing anything on the disk) also boot in a system that will only boot in PC BIOS (legacy) mode?
I want ...
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How can I explicitly set the Kernel using debian live-build?
I'm using debian live-build to create my own kali linux live boot image. The image uses a chroot hook to install another kernel that I want to use (t2 linux kernel https://wiki.t2linux.org/). However, ...
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my kali linux os i think the drive or the ext4.corrupted
What happened :
I used the browser, there were a lot of things open in the middle of browsing and searching YouTube, the computer froze, I turned it off and it showed me
"error unknown filesystem ...
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Linux installation, how to partition for install with a raid setup?
This question is about how to install Linux and create a raid setup as part of the installation. I am trying to install Debian 12, although this question is probably quite generalizable.
As part of ...
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Is this possible to boot an OS from some kind of a file?
First of all, I want to say that this quesiton is purely theoretical. But if it's possible, I would be really glad to learn its possible use cases, and overall drawbacks.
Is this possible to boot an ...
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Cannot boot OS from disk
I have a Samsung ATIV Book 9 with Windows 8 and over the time different Linux distributions. Lately, I switched from Debian 11 to SuSE Tumbleweed and now to Debian 12.
Since this switch to Debian 12 I ...
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Triple Boot MacOS, Windows, Linux: Windows Boots over Grub
I have a cosmetic problem but would like to know the reason behind the following behavior:
Upon pressing "option" to boot my iMac2019 I can choose between the 3 operating systems. But ...
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Multi-boot Windows, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Arch in a UEFI system with one disk
Goals:
Multiboot, where I can select Windows, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, or Arch in the Grub menu.
I guess only one of the Linux dists (Ubuntu?) should be in charge of the Grub EFI binary.
But the different ...
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Understanding the Loading of Modules by initramfs in Linux: User Space or Kernel Space
I'm trying to gain a clearer understanding of the Linux boot process and the role of initramfs in loading kernel modules. Specifically, I'm interested in knowing whether the modules loaded by ...
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What does “/EndEntire” followed by “file path: /ACPI(…,…)/PCI(…)/UnknownMessaging(…)/HD(…,…,…,…,…)/File(…)/File(…)/EndEntire” during boot mean?
I use Secure Boot, followed by GRUB2, set up to boot Debian 12 and Windows 11 at the choice of a user. Right after the user chooses Windows and hits ⏎, we see a black screen with two white lines on it ...
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Windows 10 does not have enough space, and I want to give it from my Fedora system, but there are some shenanigans with partitions placement
I have some problems with disk space management on my machine. This is what my disk looks like now:
Size
1 GB
279 GB
100 MB
166,51 GB
521 MB
OS/Purpose
GRUB Partition (?)
Fedora
EFI Boot
Windows
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Can I mount rootfs from file localed in other filesystem
I want to boot Linux on my PC, but I am not allowed to create additional partitions on the disks, and booting from USB is slow. I have two disks, on the first one I installed Windows 10, and on the ...
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GRUB sees NVME SSD but Linux does not
The system was working then suddenly freezed and didn't boot up.
After some wrestling with power button it eventually started up but Linux stuck in initramfs cli. Guess this happend in the chroot ...
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How to reboot system that was not started with systemd?
I have a remote server, running Linux 5.19.0-41-generic x86_64, that I am trying to reboot.
I get the following message
sudo reboot
System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can'...
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Keyboard working in grub but not in Windows or Fedora 37
I have a Asus FX705DT laptop with dual boot, Fedora 37 and Windows 10, and the following issue:
the keyboard works in grub, all keys, arrows, letters etc.
after I boot in either Linux or Windows the ...
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Linux booting only sometimes
I used a Notebook with a proper working MX Linux installation (LUKS encrypted disk, GRUB bootloader). This Notebook died, but i could get hands on the exact same model and hardware configuration.
So i ...
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Can i install the GRUB boot loader manually on kali linux virual machine?
while i was installing kali linux on my virtual machine i selected No for "Install the GRUB boot loader to the master boot record?" and the system decided not to boot, is there another way ...
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Fedora 38 does not find install of Fedora 34
I have a SDD with BTRFS. I have a Fedora 34 (old) install in it. I installed Fedora 38 in a new subvolume. I want to boot the old Fedora, but it is not in the boot menu.
This is an EFI system.
When I ...
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How to fix accidentally deleting EFI partitions on dualboot windows 7 and linux
TL; DR: How to fix EFI partitions that accidently deleted and cause windows 7 gone from dual boot
What happend: So recently im dualbooting windows 7 with linux zorin os (based on ubuntu) and tried to ...
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error instaling grub-efi-ia32
I was folowing this guide to install linux(xubuntu) on my minix neo z64, but I arrived to a part where I had to install grub-efi-ia32, but when I runned the comand to install it, it said that I nedded ...
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replacing main drive in a multi-OS setup without breaking GRUB or reinstalling every OS
I have two NVMe drives on my PC, the first (and original) one has Windows, the default OS on my PC.
Later on, I added a second NVMe drive, where I installed a few Linux distributions.
I get a menu at ...
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Dual boot between the same linux OS on two different disks?
I have a computer with two separate hard drives, I want to use one for personal use, and one for work related uses.
Since I am quite used to Debian, I thought I could simply install the first instance ...
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I found that I can get into my Arch Linux without a password. How to solve?
I was able to enter the linux Archive without password with the GRUB boot command
quiet init=/bin/bash
and I was still able to edit root files!
Is this safe?
in this case, whoever steals the ...
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USB keyboard doesn't work on GRUB boot menu when connected through USB-C hub
I have Win 11 / Ubuntu 22.04 dual boot on a Dell XPS 15 7590.
I have one of those USB-C hubs where I connect my monitor, webcam, and keyboard on. And that connects to the USB-C port on the laptop. It ...
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Unify Grub Customiser across multiple partitions
The 500Gb SSD boot drive of my Linux Mint PC has several partitions...
nvme0n1p1 (537Mb) efi boot partition
nvme0n1p2 (50Gb) current live "House PC" copy of Mint 21
nvme0n1p3 (24Gb) copy of ...
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Boot from USB on Grub showing unknown error
My laptop has a kernel panic error. So I tried to install a new OS, Alpine Linux 3.18.2, I burned the ISO to my usb and followed all the steps to boot it from grub, after I used the chainloader ...
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GRUB Message Encountered Installing Ubuntu 22.04 (from USB) onto a Windows 10 System
I have a problem similar to the one described at:
How to resolve Minimal BASH-Like line editing is supported
I had a fresh install of Windows 10 on a computer (Intel NUC10i7FNHN that I just purchased)....
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Initialize boot paramaters screen_info with no Uefi support in bootloader
I would like to make the frame buffer and thus its display available during the booting procedure when implementing a boot loader, while this boot loader shall not support UEFI.
To reach these,
the ...
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running grub-install during arch installation gives the error "no space left on device". How can I solve this?
I'm dual booting windows 11 and arch linux (i'm installing arch right now).
I have created a single partition for /mnt (i created a swapfile in the same partition instead of creating a separate ...
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Booting Windows from GNU Grub 2.06
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I have managed to get into the startup menu with the F1, F2, F9, F10, F11 menu.
I am confused as when I hit F10 for the BIOS setup and then I go to boot options and select the USB and save and ...
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Another Triple Boot Classic Mac Pro Project
Forgive me for asking a question that has been asked a number of times over the last many years. In my case after several weeks of searching and researching, I have not found an answer that is current ...
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Two entries of Fedora 38 in GRUB menu
I recently dual boot Windows 10 and Fedora 38 update the system and now it's showing two entries. How do I delete one of entries?
Fedora Linux (6.3.5-200 .fc38.x86_64) 38 (Workstation Edition)
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How to install GRUB into VDI booted using Ventoy?
I have an Ubuntu Server 22.04 install running from a VDI image booted using Ventoy which I'm trying to apt-get upgrade.
When it comes to reinstalling GRUB, I get the following message:
The GRUB boot ...
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grub mkconfig finds Fedora and updates the config file, but Fedora doesn't appear in GRUB after reboot
I am a bit new to Linux, so please excuse my lack of knowledge and skill. I basically tried to triple boot Windows, Fedora, and Arch. I have two drives in my computer. One of them has Windows ...
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Why same menu entry does not work when grub is installed with `--uefi-secure-boot` option?
My laptop with Secure boot disabled and enabled CSM support.
I installed grub onto my USB stick with --no-uefi-secure-boot options:
sudo grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --no-uefi-secure-boot --...
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error: file `/boot/` not found. No such device: `/.disk/info`. No such device: `/.disk/mini-info`
I installed grub onto my stick: sudo grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --uefi-secure-boot --recheck --removable --efi-directory=/mnt --boot-directory=/mnt -v /dev/sde.
Then try to boot from this USB ...
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UEFI system settings are not accessible by keypress
After configuring dual-boot with 2 nvme-ssds it is impossible for me to reach the uefi system settings.
I have a manjaro drive with the grub bootloader, which is configured to also boot windows. ...
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Can't boot any OS after windows update
One fine day I hit windows update and restart and I left it to update, but Ubuntu was up in boot priority.
I later came to check on the status of update and now I can't boot into any OS.
It doesn't ...
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Boot failed - Initramfs dropped shell with NVMe disks not present
I recently changed laptop and upgraded my M2 SATA having Ubuntu into a M2 NVMe via dd. Firstly I booted into livecd (ubuntu 22), made a chroot environment, cleared all the linux-image-* and linux-...
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GNU Grub error 2.2, frozen on my PC
getting Grub error 2.2, but it will not let me add text, nor does it give me the F2. In fact it is frozen on my screen/PC
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Cannot access bios after dual-booting pop-os and windows 11
So I installed pop os on my SSD and just whiped the whole thing. I then made a second partition for Windows because I have games.
When I booted up normally it would just boot straight into the thing ...
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Manjaro won‘t recognise nvme ssd
So I tried to dual boot with 2 nvme ssds however manjaro won’t recognise my 2nd nvme ssd.
In fact it won’t recognise any. I tried reformating it’s file system into pretty much everything and also ...
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How do I get the Windows 10 installer to boot from the right partition?
I'm trying to set up a USB drive to boot multiple OSes using vanilla GRUB. I'd like for it to be able to boot the installer for both Windows 10 and Windows 11. The way I'm trying to do this is by ...
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Cannot update grub.cfg, Device file sys_uuid missing
using Rocky Linux 9
I modified the grub boot line with an extra kernel parameter, update grub
sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/rocky/grub.cfg
After reboot, i can see the boot line modification ...
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