GRUB is a modern boot loader installed by many Linux distributions
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Add Ubuntu to list of Grub boot options
I have an old laptop with an old version of Debian. I would like to install Ubuntu as well. Is it possible to install Ubuntu from the HD (not a rescue CD or flash-drive) and have it reside as a Grub ...
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Unable to Boot into F17
I was currently running Win8 and F17 as a dual boot on my home desktop with an i5 chip and Asus UEFI BIOS. Unfortunately, while I was in Win8 I accidentally removed the partition that held my F17 OS.
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Real mode and loading linux kernel confusing
As far as know, protected mode will activated in kernel and in grub stage it still real mode. My misunderstanding is: In real mode, total memory available for use is less than 1MB but how grub can ...
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Clonezilla Grub
I am trying to restore a disk image with clonezilla. However, after I do so, a grub menu pops up showing the 4 standard options(os, recovery, memtest...). My original image did not have this and I ...
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VM restored from backup grub can't see
I can't explain this, I'm wondering if someone can help me explain it. When the VM is installed using virt-install, etc., grub can see it just fine. For example:
# parted /dev/mgtvg/cos64 print
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Install grub on LV container for VM
I'm having difficult time installing grub in LVM LV container for a VM. This is the partition table:
# parted /dev/mgtvg/linux2os print
Model: Linux device-mapper (linear) (dm)
Disk /dev/dm-7: 129GB ...
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How to make RHEL 6 to boot in Text-mode?
I am using RHEL 6.4 on a HP-Z620 Workstation.Whenever this machine starts up, it comes up with Graphics Mode e.g. Splash Screen,Red Hat Logo etc.
But I want my machine to start in Text Mode.
e.g. I ...
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Transfer a Fedora system to another computer
I'd like to transfer my Fedora to a remote machine. Fedora is under Grub 2.0 and on the remote machine there is a Centos system and Grub 0.97. In fact, I have two questions.
First is how to properly ...
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Linux Mint on laptop fails, gives grub error
I am trying to install the latest Linux Mint onto my laptop via a USB stick. The laptop previously had Ubuntu, and it had a separate /home partition. I'm overriding and reformatting the / partition, ...
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How to customize logout options under Kubuntu
I'm running a machine with Kubuntu and Windows XP in dual-boot.
I recently learned about the very useful grub-reboot command, and id like to know if it is possible to customize the logout options ...
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`find /etc/profile` in GRUB returns “file not found” [closed]
When GRUB loaded at boot, I entered c in the command window, then at the grub > prompt, I tried find /etc/profile. It returned "file not found".
Some other files also failed. However, I can find ...
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Grub does not fit the screen
I have a problem with my grub installation. The screen is "moved" to the left a couple of pixels, which means that I cannot read the first 20 or so characters of the entries when I boot.
I'm ...
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How can I configure grub (or a different bootloader) to use modifier keys?
To clarify, I am wanting to dual boot Windows and a Linux distribution. I already know how to set my laptop up to do that. However, I don't want the grub menu to display on boot. I would like for it ...
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GRUB reported “error: file not found.” when booting CentOS 5
I installed CentOS 5.3 by using a 4GB USB disk on an old PC that I used run a Debian on it.
After a series of housework on the fresh system, I reboot the system using:
sudo shutdown -r now
After ...
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Boot windows from grub rescue command prompt
Previously I had installed the Ubuntu 10.04 and Windows 7.
Now I logged on to Windows, gone to partition editor and deleted the volume containing the Ubuntu (Thought it will delete the Ubuntu and it ...
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GRUB can't find an existing file?
I'm trying to install GRUB, but when I try to boot, I get this:
error: file '/boot/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found.
But that file exists on the drive I'm booting to. Why is it saying "not found" ...
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Manually copying MBR from one drive to the other GPT drive and configuring GRUB results in booting failure
I run CentOS 6.4. I have SSD 300GB for system files and RAID10 8TB for storage + backup.
SSD system drive is partitioned as follows: fdisk -l /dev/sdb
Disk /dev/sdb: 300.1 GB, 300069052416 bytes
255 ...
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unionfs filesystem
I recently learned about unionfs and aufs and would like to put it to some real use. The scenario I have in mind is the following. Boot a machine with ubuntu on it which will serve as our base. Make ...
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Can I measure cold boot time using logs?
I want to measure the time it takes from loading grub until GNOME starts. Can I do this using existing logs?
What alternatives do I have to measure the time it takes from grub until GNOME loads?
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Update from Grub 1.98 to Grub 2
I currently have an OS called Backtrack installed alongside Windows 7, and I use Grub to boot.
The problem is the Grub that comes with this is version 1.98. I'm fine with it except for one thing: ...
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Use boot parameter to perform certain actions after boot
I'm asking myself if I can use Grub 2 to tell the Operating System which actions to perform after boot.
Background:
I have a HTPC with Debian Wheezy installed. Sometimes I want to use the System as a ...
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Grub error: file '/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found?
I recently install arch (hopefully successfully) on my machine. When I went to reboot however I had a problem. I got a black screen with text saying
Grub loading.
Welcome to GRUB!
error: file ...
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How is the kernel loaded?
I am trying to understand the Linux boot process, and after reading quite some amount of documentation there is one point that I still can't seem to understand.
So the basicis is BIOS -> Grub MBR -> ...
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How to recover grub after Windows installation
Usually when we install Windows after installing GNU/Linux, we usually lose the Grub. Which is the best way to recover grub when we lost grub or what are the possible different ways.
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grub waits for user input when booting as guest in virtualbox
I have several ubuntu guests inside a Mac OS X virtualbox host. When I start them, about half of the time they correctly boot and get to their login screens/start all their services. The other half of ...
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How can I prevent Windows from overwriting GRUB when using a dual-boot machine
I've been reading a lot about dual-booting, and it seems as easy as loading Windows and then loading Linux with GRUB, but everybody says that Windows loves to trash GRUB when it gets the opportunity. ...
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Rotate console on startup (Debian)
I want to rotate my console (not X Server) by 90 degrees (clockwise).
The following seems to work for me: echo 1 > /sys/class/graphics/fbcon/rotate; however, I'd prefer to use a kernel option in ...
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Any chance to fix dual boot after the stupid UEFI?
Long story short, I had a single Linux hard drive with a LUKS partitions and stuff which worked really nice for a long time.
Unfortunately, even though Wine nowadays works amazingly well, I couldn't ...
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Slackware Console Resolution when Dual Booting with Another Distro's GRUB2?
I am tweaking my new Linux Installs on a new home-built machine. I installed Linux Mint 14 first followed by Slackware 14 and Arch Linux on separate partitions. I don't think it matters, but the ...
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Grub loading slowly with SSD
Since yesterday, I added a brand new SSD in my PC, and I am experiencing a very fast boot from grub menu. The problem is before arriving to this menu, I must wait for a long time (~30s in most cases).
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Grub with two hard drives
I am trying to install Mint14 on my machine having two hard drives :
Samsung SSD PM830 SATA : 128 Gb ( sda ) - Windows 7 (i want to keep this)
ST9500423AS ATA : 500 Gb ( sdb ) - ...
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Mint 14 does not detect my first hard disk
I have two hardisks installed in my machine :
Samsung SSD PM830 SATA : 128 Gb
ST9500423AS ATA : 500 Gb
When I start Mint installer, it only showed me the 500Gb harddisk.So I partitioned it into ...
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Installing 12.04LTS Server on a Fake RAID10
Scenario
Install Ubuntu 12.04LTS Server on a RAID10 with boot on a RAID1.
4 - 2Tb SATA Hard Drives
3 Partitions (/boot, /, and swap)
boot (256Mb from each disk) setup in RAID1 /dev/md0
partition ...
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Kernel/grub : how override root parameter inside initrd script
I have an old kernel ( 2.4.37.9 ) and I want to override or substitute the root=XXXXX parameter to send to the kernel inside the initrd script.
I already made some attempt to do that but it seems ...
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Using a custom name for root device in grub
I'm working on old distro ( slackware 8.1 ) using a kernel 2.4.37.9 and I have the following problem.
I want to use a custom name for boot device, say for example /dev/root1, which can replace the ...
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Fedora 17 Grub not finding Windows 8
I had Windows 8 installed, shrunk it and installed Fedora 17 using the free space. It now only boots into Fedora.
I have these two EFI partitions:
/dev/sda2
/EFI
/Boot/bootx64.efi
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Running a script as Grub boot option
I'm assembling some DR stuff for my Linux boxes. One item that would be really handy would be a GRUB option that would run a script to change my boxes from static IPs to dynamic.
I know we could do ...
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Redhat Grub not working after Fresh Install
Today i installed redhat on one server this server will be used on DR site as a backup.
System has 2 HDD with 500GB space and I created the RAID0 and after that i completed the installation. But ...
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LFS System not booting or GRUB cannot access /bood/grub on boot
The closest question I could find is this one, however it is still quite a bit different from what I am needing: GRUB fails to install
My specific setup and the steps I followed to produce this
I am ...
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Unable to launch Fedora 18 LiveCD using USB device
I just bought a new motherboard which has BIOS and UEFI. I have a previously working LiveCD installed on my usb, created with LiveUSB Creator. I tried using it to boot but got stuck at the grub ...
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Grub problem booting problem at fresh install of Centos
I've Windows 7 installed on my PC. I would like to install Centos and remove Windows 7 completely.
After burning a Centos 6.2 on a DVD, and restarting the machine, I got the grub> window.
I can ...
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GRUB installed with every OS. Which one is actually in use?
When you have multiple Linux OS's on the same computer, each installation has its own installation of GRUB, and the most recent installation is usually the one that is used when booting up. The issue ...
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GRUB fails to install
For the past two days, I have been attempting to install Linux Mint 14 64-bit edition.
Each time, the ubiquity installer has failed with this error:
Executing 'grub-install /dev/sda' failed.
This ...
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What is the default font for Grub in Ubuntu and Fedora?
I was wondering what the name of the font is for the grub set by default after installation in Ubuntu and Fedora (they are different ones). Any help would be great!
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Determine what program is in my MBR code
I've done a lot of partitioning / dual booting on my Macbook Pro. Right now I have Mac OS X installed along with Ubuntu 12.04, with Grub installed on the Ubuntu partition.
I am wondering - what is ...
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Installing Debian on USB
From my Ubuntu, I want to create a bootable Debian USB. I tried to install Debian with debootstrap. A brief list of commands is
mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt
debootstrap sid /mnt http://ftp.debian.org/debian
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Cannot boot into Windows 7 after deleting Linux partitions [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
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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Installing GRUB from scratch
I am trying to make a scratch linux installation on a PC board that has an x86 processor running on it. It also has a compact flash drive on it to which I have copied my compiled kernel image. The ...
