grub2 is the second revision of the GRand Unified Bootloader. It partly resides in the master boot record, so it is launched by the BIOS. It is able to read most filesystems, and its main job is to read the kernel and initramfs from a disk in order to place them into memory and launch the kernel.
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List partitions in grub2 shell?
I've been doing some spring cleaning of my hard drive. This cleaning caused my grub configuration to get messed up ( no surprise there ). So when I boot I wind up in the grub2 shell. ( The shell with ...
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How to convert grub config to use kernel device names instead of UUID
I've got a bunch of identical systems on which I want to clone the same openSUSE 12.3 installation.
I've set up clonezilla on PXE server.
After appling the disk-image of on another machine, it fails ...
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GRUB2 chainloader: Why doesn't this work?
I'm trying to create a multiboot USB flash drive by using GRUB2 to chainload different partitions on the drive. It's not working. I do not want advice on how to create a multiboot flash drive; I know ...
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What are these commands for?
Yesterday I had to install a Windows with its Grub override.
Well, it's not the first time I had to fix Grub, so I used LiveCD, mounted the root partition (I don't have boot, just / and home) and ran ...
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grub2: how to bypass “press any key”?
I recently updated my motherboard and moved my grub2 onto EFI partition. I have same grub menu, but after I select a menu entry and press Enter, a message "Press any key" comes and the loading stops ...
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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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Grub 'incompatible license' error
The other day, I was using a laptop for general desktop use when its keyboard began to act up. Most of the keys on the keyboard's right side stopped working entirely and key combinations such as Ctrlu ...
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Fedora won't boot after installing Nvidia drivers
I followed this tutorial about Nvidia drivers installation and I accidentally forget to do 5th point (disabling nouveau drivers), so now I can't boot my system. I know I am idiot but is there anything ...
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Can not mount drive after installing windows vista
I have searched for weeks now and have not found an answer to my question. Hopefully you guys can give me a push in the right direction :)
Ok, here is what happened:
I have linux mint on a 1.5 TB ...
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getting the message “out of partition” after installing grub2. What is happening?
I recently moved a partition with a complete Linux install except /home to a new disk (with DD).
Everything went fine, I can mount the partition, browse it... perfect.
Next step: install grub to ...
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Chainload syslinux from grub2 - show syslinux.cfg menu
I am using a Clonezilla live USB disk to reimage systems.
In accordance to what is explained in ...
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Grub2 failing to update
I recently replaced a disk containing my /home partition only. Upon attempting to upgrade my kernal package (Debian Squeeze) I get the following error:
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: Couldn't find PV ...
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grub2 ubuntu 12.04.2 flashing screen
Okay, so I've been searching a bit and either by my lack of understanding (I know just enough to be about as dangerous as a fluffy kitten) or because I am just not searching for the right stuff (maybe ...
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How to properly configure GRUB settings from KDE System Settings
I'm using Kubuntu 12.04 with KDE 4.10, and I recently installed the kde-config-grub2 that places a nice Grub configuration panel into KDE System Settings.
I played around a bit, more for learning how ...
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Chroot in to reinstall Grub2 reinstall, mnt/ is empty
I have a common problem: I installed Fedora 18 on my PC that has Windows on it. When I start the PC I don't get asked which system I want to boot, Windows is chosen always.
So I found out that I ...
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Grub2, boot into existing OS option?
I've got Grub2 installed on a USB stick, and I want to add an entry to the grub.cfg that will boot in to another bootloader e.g. grub on the main harddrive.
Like how the Windows 7 install disk will ...
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Can the grub2 bootloader replace Windows bootloader partition?
I'm dual-booting Windows and Kali Linux on my laptop, using grub2 as the bootloader.
Can I remove the partition Windows 7 creates for the bootloader? It is the 100MB partition labeled "System ...
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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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Arch linux : pacman does not work when chrooting
I have Ubuntu installed on my computer. I decided to install Arch linux, but I skipped the part about Grub installation as it is already installed. Seeing that Arch does not show up in Grub's menu ...
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Can I move an existing Debian installation to a RAID5?
I put myself a small NAS together, to experiment a bit with raid.. I have a working RAID 5 array using mdadm under Debian 6 ("squeeze").
I installed GRUB and Debian to an USB stick, since I was not ...
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GRUB2 and kernel vga= parameter
According to the documentation, use of the vga= kernel parameter is deprecated as of GRUB2. The fact that some newer kernels don't seem to support it anymore on certain adapters is of no concern as ...
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Ubuntu: How do the md devices get assembled at bootup?
How do the md devices get assembled at bootup in Ubuntu? Is /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf truly the relevant factor here?
My mdadm.conf is sound and I checked that while I was in the rescue CD environment. ...
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Grub2 keyboard layout when decrypting partition
According to the OpenSUSE 12.3 documentation the only keyboard layout which can be used during a Grub2 boot is the "US keyboard layout".
Is there really no way to change the keyboard layout used when ...
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After Arch Linux install it just shows the text “No bootable device found”
I've been trying to install Arch Linux. After the installation, it shows the BIOS screen and after that there just comes a message that says "No bootable device found".
I have retried the whole ...
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How to boot on Fedora 18 (Grub2)
I have Fedora 18 and Windows 7 on my laptop.
I had grub2 bootloader and the default is been set to windows 7.
After I turn on my laptop it just automatically boots into windows 7.
Now I want to set ...
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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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Fedora-GRUB in Mint
I want to install the GRUB2-Layout of Fedora in Mint.
(I'm a new user, so I can't upload images. :( The image is here: http://ryanlerch.fedorapeople.org/Selection_045.png)
Does anybody know, how I ...
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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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Partitioning EFI machine with two SSD disks in mirror
I have two SSD disks, I want to put them in a software mirror RAID.
But whatever I do the OpenSuSe installation keeps telling me that due to the partitioning scheme he won't be able to install the ...
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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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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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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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How to get grub Ubuntu 12.04 to boot from secondary boot partition and use new seperate root
On a remote Ubuntu server I performed a series of upgrades/changes to go from a desktop-install Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick to a server-install of 12.04 LTS Precise
This all went well except a few hickups ...
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Linux not detected by grub
I have two partitions with Linux, /dev/sda7 and /dev/sda8
/dev/sda7 had Deeproot Linux installed (based on Ubuntu), later I installed Sabayon in /dev/sda8. It reinstalled the grub.
The problem is ...
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GRUB2: how to remember grub last choice
I'm currently trying out various distros so when I boot up my laptop I have several OS to choose from. Usually, all those distros install grub2 and locate themselves at the top of the list so they're ...
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How to add Puppy Linux to grub menu installed by Ubuntu?
I've been using Puppy Linux off a USB flash drive drive for a while, but that was really wearing it out. I decided to do a full install to the hard drive, so I cleared out some space, created an ext4 ...
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How to edit grub2 to use kdump?
I was following http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_use_kdump_to_debug_kernel_crashes and in step 2 I need to add the line to grub.cfg, but grub.cfg is a shell I do not know how to edit it, most ...
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grub-install from the grub2 shell
I am trying to follow this answer but keep getting stuck with the following errors:
me@greenlane:~$ sudo grub-install --boot-directory=/boot /dev/sdc
/usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup: warning: File system ...
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Adding another linux system to grub 2
As far as I can gather from the fedora website, I need to edit the /etc/grub.d/40_custom script to read:
menuentry "Arch Linux" {
set root=(hd0,5)
linux /boot/vmlinuz-linux
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System boots only with CD inserted
I have a weird problem lately:
My system only boots if either a CD is inserted (any CD, not a specific CD(*)) or if I enter UEFI-BIOS before boot.
Otherwise, grub2 would start but afterwards the ...
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How to set the default entry in grub on Fedora 18?
I am unable to set Windows 8 as the default entry in grub 2 on Fedora 18.
I have tried the following, but nothing happens.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GRUB_2
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Cannot load font true and no console access in Fedora
When I boot Fedora 17 this error appears:
Cannot open font file True
I found this question Cannot open font file True, but the person who faced the problem in that question can access the console. ...
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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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How to figure out GRUB2's menu output
I have just updated a remote machine which is running Ubuntu Server 12.04. I have only access through SSH and now it's asking for a reboot. I'm guessing a new kernel was installed. I need to make it ...
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How to correctly set up the right GRUB 2 default menu entry?
I'm running GRUB 2.00 on a Gentoo Linux system.
I compile my own kernels manually, and then I install them in /boot with make install. I have the following kernels in /boot at the moment:
# ls -1 ...
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Can grub2 detect processor architecture, and display options accordingly?
I have a bootable usb flash drive with grub2 handling booting of ISOs (mostly different spins of Ubuntu). I am editing the menu.cfg myself and have my own script to update grub because I don't want to ...
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dual booting ubuntu and windows 8. w8 boots through grub shell, but not from menu
I have a laptop, with installations of Ubuntu 12.10, and Windows 8.
Windows 8 was first installed on the system, and Ubuntu was installed afterwards.
During the Ubuntu installation, the installer ...
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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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