Dual-boot is the process of having two (or more) operating systems installed on a computer, allowing one to be chosen during the boot process.
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How to create a multiboot flash drive in Linux?
I like the way the yumi makes a multiboot flash drive in Windows. In Linux, can I complete the same task as easily as yumi does in Windows?
With yumi, I just browse to selected iso (i.e. ...
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Optimal Setup for Windows & Linux - Sharing and Partitioning
This question gets a little complicated so please bear with me.
So we have a new custom designed desktop which we will be mostly a dedicated machine for scientific computations in FORTRAN and ...
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Cannot boot into Windows 7 after deleting Linux partitions [duplicate]
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After removing linux Grub error
I was dual-booting Linux Fedora 17 and Windows 7. I used Windows to delete the Linux partitions, but now I can't boot into Windows ...
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After removing linux Grub error
I have a dual boot Windows & Linux system. I removed the Linux partition, but after that I am not able to go in to Windows XP. It is not booting. It gives me a GRUB error.
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Can't boot live USB of Linux Mint DE on my UEFI PC
I used the Universal USB Installer application to copy the latest ISO image from Linux Mint DE (64 bits) and install it on my PC, however when I try to reboot it I have the option to choose my ...
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Debian boots on one Mac but not another
I'm trying to boot Debian from a USB Hard Drive (using rEFIt as a boot loader), and am successful on two newer-model MacBook Pros and a Hackintosh (no surprise there), but I'm not successful on ...
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How can Linux detect automatically if kernel must boot on dev hdc or hda
I have an industrial PC mounting Linux.
These PC is delivered in two version, each with slightly different internal board and depending on the board type the disk inside the PC is see as hda or hdc.
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Backtrack 5 R2 Dual-Boot w/Windows 7 No Longer Loads
A while back, I installed Backtrack 5 R2 to Dual Boot on a Windows 7 PC. It worked fine for a while, but now when I try to load it, the screen gets all messed up (tried to get a picture with my phone, ...
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Resizing of partitions taking too long in Debian 6 installer
I had a Windows 7 PC, with three partitions on it:
The default Windows partition (~300GB in size, primary)
Some system stuff Windows 7 needs (100MB in size, primary)
A partition called Shared, that ...
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Debian Linux is not starting because no bootable device was found
I have installed Debian with the Gnome Live CD on my notebook.
Because there are still some applications which I need, it was necessary that I also have a Windows 7 system installed.
Based on some ...
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Getting “NTFS5: No ang0” error message when booting Linux Mint
I am getting the following message as shown in the link below when trying to boot into linux mint 13.
Try (hd0,0): NFTS5: No ang0
Try (hd0,1): NTFS5: No ang0
Try (hd0,2): NTFS5: No ang0
Try ...
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Can't boot Scientific Linux [duplicate]
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Cannot boot Linux Mint after installing Windows (First) and Linux Mint (Second)
I have installed Scientific Linux on my Asus laptop where I already have installed ...
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Restoring Windows XP from grub
Previously I had a dual boot with Windows XP and Fedora. I have deleted Fedora and extended the C drive using Mini Tool Partition Wizard. Then I restarted the system with the Windows XP bootable CD. ...
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Linux Mint 13 can't detect SSD &/or Windows 7
I'm a newcomer to Linux OSes in general. I'm trying to install Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon alongside Windows 7. Linux Mint can't seem to see/detect either of my SSDs and because of that, it can't ...
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Grub dual boot without countdown
Is it possible to configure grub to have a dual boot setup behaving like described below?
When turning on PC and doing nothing, the default system should start as soon as possible without waiting ...
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Re-installing Windows 7 on a dual boot system with Fedora
At present I have a dual boot system with Windows 7 and Fedora 14. I want to re-install windows 7 but most probably it will replace Fedora's boot loader. I have a lot of things set up on Fedora. I ...
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How to boot a system in a second HD but runing the system in another one?
I have two computers, but the old one is not working well. So I'd like to install the old hard disk on the new computer.
I know how to do this and I know how to access the data from sdb. But I have ...
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Is it possible to remove Windows 7 from dual-boot?
I have Windows 7 as primary OS with Linux Mint as secondary OS. I am just feeling comfortable with Linux and want to remove Windows from the disk.
Is it possible to remove it without damaging data?
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Missing Fedora in grub after installing Ubuntu
I had Fedora 17 in a primary partition. Yesterday I installed Ubuntu in an extended partition, and I can't see Fedora in grub, so I tried update-grub2 but it doesn't recognise Fedora being present, ...
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How do you dual boot Debian and FreeBSD using GRUB2?
I've been trying to install FreeBSD alongside my Debian installation in a single partition. All examples readily present on the Internet had shortcomings:
Some required chainloading the FreeBSD ...
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Can GRUB2 share the EFI system partition with Windows?
I have an existing Windows 7 GPT installation, which already has a EFI System partition.
I am now trying to install a Linux on a separate harddisk, which is also GPT formatted. I did not find any ...
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New menu entry in GRUB2, “file not found” and “you need to load the kernel first” errors
I wanted to add new menu entry to my GRUB2 list. This is how I tried to do this and necessary info:
Erros after choosing "Debian Wheezy" menu entry from GRUB2 list:
error:file not found
error:you ...
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Problem at booting Windows from GRUB2 menu made by Debian for itself
I've Asus UEFI motherboard with 2 hard disks, (hd0) and (hd1).
I managed to make my Debian Wheezy on my second disk bootable using grub-efi and it boots OK. I also have Windows on the first disk, ...
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Unable to see Ubuntu as a option during booting after installation of Win8 [duplicate]
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Grub not loading after Windows 8 Install
Earlier I had windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 and I use to get option during boot up to choose from both of them. But after ...
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Grub not loading after Windows 8 Install
My system was configured to dual boot Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS and Windows 7. Today I got my hands on the MSDN release of Windows 8 and I installed it over my Windows 7. Now the computer just boots to ...
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How to repair the boot selection on grub? [closed]
I had installed on my computer as a dual-boot: Debian Squeeze and Windows XP, so I decided to install Windows 8 just to test and then I would remove it and install in its place Debian Wheezy as ...
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Upgrading SSD Capacity - Clone Drive
I currently have a 60GB SSD that I have as my OS drive for Windows 7 partition and Fedora17 partition. Most data is stored on my 500GB HDD. I have upgraded to a 120GB drive, and want to clone the ...
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What is the best procedure for setting up a triple-boot system?
I have a machine that I wish to install 3 operating systems on. The systems are, in no particular order, Windows 8, Ubuntu, and Backtrack Linux. Is there some document or step-by-step guide to the ...
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Is it safe to only have root and swap partitions when dual-booting Linux and Windows?
I am trying to install Linux Mint alongside an existing Windows 7.
I found a simple tutorial (I haven't tried it yet), but I wonder if it is healthy to partition / and /swap only. On the other hand, ...
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How to restore GRUB after windows XP installation?
After I've installed windows xp for dual booting, I need to restore grub of my archlinux installation. I did it a lot of times with windows 7, but this time heavens decided to torture me.
I have ...
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CentOS grub2 booting iso via loopback
I've got a usb-key setup to multi-boot different Linux images. I'm trying to add CentOS, here's a post with similar entries for grub.cfg
set drive_label=multipass01
set isopath=/iso
menuentry ...
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Weird Booting Problem with Debian Squeeze
I have a Windows XP/Debian Squeeze (XFCE desktop) dual-boot set up on a Dell Latitude laptop. The Windows XP portion boots fine. However, sometimes the Debian portion does not boot. If it doesn't ...
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Home partition not recognised after GRUB reinstall [closed]
I had to reinstall Windows on my machine, which had a dual boot with Crunchbang.
My Crunchbang install has two partitions, root and home.
So I have installed Windows, booted with a Ubuntu liveCD, ...
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problem dual booting windows 7 with debian [closed]
I install windows and resize its partition. I then try to install debian in the remaining space. As it's installing the base system, it consistently gives me the following error message: "No ...
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How do I boot Linux if boot partition was deleted?
At first, Windows 7 was the only OS in the drive.
Then I installed MINT. Accidentally, I formated the sda1 partition (where the windows 7 bootloader was stored) as ext4, being the mount point of ...
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FreeBSD and Windows show different times
In a dual-boot system, I usually use FreeBSD 9 but when I boot to Windows 7 my system time in both OS automatically change and show incorrect time. What's the problem and How can I solve it?
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How can I tell grub I want to reboot into Windows—before I reboot?
I have a dual boot linux/windows system set up, and frequently switch from one to the other. I was thinking if I could add a menu item in one of the menus to reboot directly into windows, without ...
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How to autoboot boot0?
How can automatically boot FreeBSD in boot0 and, when needed, manually load win by pressing a shortcut button?
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Remove Linux Mint and restore windows's bootloader
I have an old laptop that is setup with dual boot, running Windows Vista and Linux Mint 12. I want to remove the Mint and reclaim the space to Windows. This is a simple task but I've been on it for ...
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Make WinXP live USB or at least bootable USB from OpenSUSE to play Diablo 3 from that USB [closed]
I bought Diablo 3 (Windows and Mac game) and I want to play it on my notebook, but I only have OpenSUSE installed on it and I can't dual boot, because I can't backup the files and have the maximum ...
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Migrating a Virtualbox virtual machine into a physical dual-boot system
I'm running a Linux Mint 12 virtual machine in Virtualbox. I would like to move it into a dual-boot setup with my Windows 7 installation. I have lot of settings in there, and apps installed, and my ...
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Best rolling release distribution for Macbook pro
I got a macbook pro 7.1 wich is running OSX, i'm looking for the most compatible distribution to dual boot.
Here's my criteria :
I don't want to reinstall my system every 6 month, so i'll prefer a ...
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How do create an encrypted system with multiple Linux distributions?
A few weeks ago I created a completely encrypted system on a notebook and must say I like the idea. It's a little bit annoying to enter the password on every boot, but it's nice to know even if I ...
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Cannot boot Linux Mint after installing Windows (First) and Linux Mint (Second)
I can't boot my Linux Mint after installation of Windows. First I installed Windows and then installed Linux Mint with the option of "Install along with windows". But after I completed the Mint ...
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How does pre-boot authentication with disk encryption work technically?
I'm looking for a solution to fully encrypt my dual-boot SSD drive (it's still new and empty, and I want to set up encryption before I put anything on it).
While there's a lot of chaos on the web ...
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Dual boot Mint/Windows: Lost 8 GBs on Windows side
Many dual boot tutorials talk about freeing up space through the disk manager in Windows before attempting a dual boot with Linux --
Out of curiosity I decided to skip this step and just run the ...
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Dual/Triple Booting with dmraid and non-raid disk
I currently have 3 hard drives in my computer
The first two disks are in a RAID-1 array, using an Intel P55 chipset, and accessed through dmraid, with the third drive partitioned like so:
Filesystem ...
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Grub2 network-based boot choice
Sorry for the stupid title, I didn't know how else to phrase it.
I run a computer-science lab at a university with about 50 workstations that dual boot Debian and Windows XP. Obviously the grub ...
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Setting grub loader as default loader
I have Windows 7 on my system, and recently I have installed Fedora 16 in a different partition. To have it dual boot, I have used EasyBCD 2.1.2 and I made an entry for Fedora. When I boot my system, ...
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Cannot boot to Windows 7 partition using Grub
Windows 7 BOOTMGR is missing when I try to boot into the OS from GRUB. Im not anywhere near being a pro when it comes to partioning or whatever so here's a image of gparted:
And a copy paste of ...
