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Detect if it's lilo boot loader or grub?
Without rebooting, is it possible to tell if the boot loader currently present was LILO. GRUB 0.97 or GRUB 1.9X?
I was thinking about reading MBR, but not sure about it. Just by checking the files ...
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Linux on Hard Drive Partition, Bootloader on USB Flash Drive
How can I use a USB flash drive to boot Linux from a partition on (another) hard drive?
I'm trying to install Linux on an encrypted partition on the hard drive (using LVM on LUKS).
Since /boot must ...
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Automatically include N latest kernel versions in GRUB / GRUB2 menu on kernel upgrade
What I like about Ubuntu is that the GRUB menu always allows me to pick the latest (default) or second-latest (etc.) kernel version at boot time.
In Arch Linux, I can't do that by default. The only ...
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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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Grub fails after install it on my macbook pro
I'm trying to install Archlinux on my macbook in dual boot mode.
I part the disk that way :
/dev/sda1 -> EFI
/dev/sda2 ->MacOS
/dev/sda3 -> /boot
/dev/sda4 -> /
/dev/sda5 -> /home
As ...
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How do I force grub2 to detect my arch linux install?
I have an uncommon setup. I have Ubuntu installed on one, and a backup from a direct copy of an older Arch Linux install on the second. By direct copy, I mean I tar'd the contents of an entire ...
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1answer
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Can not boot ArchLinux with a Macbook pro 7.1
Today i endly decide to put a Linux in dual boot on my macbook 7.1
I parted the HDD with Gparted like this :
refit / MacOSX / boot / root / home
I installed Arch succefully, folowing the tuto about ...
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1answer
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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 ...
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1answer
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archlinux cannot boot after replace module init with kmod
I install archlinux (latest iso from the repository), then I install broadcom-wl
and connect to the network to run
pacman -Syu
everything is OK,
then I run
pacman -Syu
again, it ask that ...
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grub: “Missing Operating System”
I tried editing the menu.lst file in order to dual-boot with Windows 7. I simply uncommented the Windows entry and added
map (hd0) (hd1)
man (hd1) (hd0)
according to the Arch Linux wiki. I rebooted ...
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Arch installs but GRUB does not load
I installed Arch Linux from a USB flash drive. Everything went well, no errors at all. When I rebooted, however, I got only a blank screen with a blinking cursor. No GRUB. I cannot input anything. I'm ...
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GRUB error 15, no boot menu nor /boot
I am have a fully updated Arch Linux system that was running fine. Last night I tried to setup autofs per instructions on the Arch wiki, but upon restart there was no boot menu and only a GRUB error ...
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2answers
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How to uninstall GRUB
I just installed Arch Linux and it's not working well, and now I can't access Windows because of GRUB. How can I uninstall GRUB through the Arch Linux shell?
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1answer
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Grub Won't Boot Arch Linux
Notice: This is not about dual booting, I can setup GRUB to dual boot with Windows 7 later. I just need to be able to get into Arch Linux.
Last night I installed Arch onto my computer via ...
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2answers
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Arch Linux fails to boot from a USB key (cannot mount selected partition)
I tried to install Arch Linux to an USB key. Things are kind of wobbly (it assumes the system has exactly one drive inside, for example) but everything installed just fine. Until I rebooted.
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