GRUB is a modern boot loader installed by many Linux distributions
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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 ...
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Failed to boot Grub Error Fedora 17
I had two hard disks. One is internal, 320GB, all NTFS, where Windows 7 is installed in a ~20GB partition. The other is external, 160GB, where I have installed Fedora. Now when I had installed Fedora ...
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How is GRUB able to read it's config file on ext3 fileystem?
I have read that GRUB can read ext2 filesystems and has modules for doing this. What is the location of the mod on a Redhat system and how about if the /boot partition is ext3/ext4 or other filesystem ...
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after adding one more physical volume and enlarging logical volume, grub fails
Several years ago I installed Debian on my 500 GiB hard disk. During installation I chose to have encrypted filesystem. So installer created one small unencrypted boot partition (I guess that grub ...
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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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Which Bootloader is Used on a Chromebook?
I installed ChrUbuntu on an Acer C7 Chromebook, and I am able to dual boot Ubuntu 12.04 and ChromeOS and to control which OS loads by default. I tried to edit the /etc/default/grub file and did run ...
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Bootloader error installing Fedora [closed]
I need a dual boot in my computer, Windows 7 and Fedora 17. I first installed Windows 7 and created the partition scheme during Windows install:
- Partition 1: is a small partition automatically ...
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Force GRUB to boot into a specific kernel/OS?
I'm using both a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard, and frankly it's really annoying having to go grab a physical keyboard in order to boot into another kernel version or into Windows on another partition. ...
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Complete install on RAID1 + LVM
When doing a complete install of Linux is it possible to install everything including /boot on 2 software RAID 1s (4 hdds) + LVM?
I haven't been able to figure out whether this is definitely ...
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Deleted GRUB root directory. How do I reinstall grub?
I have the following partition structure
/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sda1 system reserved ( ntfs )
/dev/sda2 ntfs ( windows partition )
/dev/sda3 ntfs
/dev/sda5 ntfs
/dev/sda6 ext4
I have Ubuntu ...
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grub does not boot when disk order changes
My BIOS has some problems and sometimes boot order of disks changes. I thought that if I insall grub on to the MBR of second data disk, it may boot. First disk(sda) is for boot and operating system, ...
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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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How to stop update-grub from scanning all drives?
Every time update-grub is run all hard drives are scanned. Each drives that is in standby state will spin up to go idle. This is a waste of energy. We use update-grub version 1.98:
# update-grub -v
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Reinstall GRUB from LiveCD
I have both windows and linux run on same machine. In Windows, when I set parition C to main boot, I cannot use GRUB anymore. So, I decide to reinstall GRUB.
But, when I use Fedora live CD to boot. I ...
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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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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 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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booting qemu/kvm directly from a file system
Having used Xen and its pygrub for a while, I'm now trying to do something similar with KVM/qemu.
Basically, I have a LVM logical volume (though that could as well be a file) that contains the root ...
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after BIOS splash, will not boot, asked to select OS, but can't
I'm running Linux Mint 13 MATE 64-bit. Everything has been working for several weeks. Yesterday, when I tried to boot up my computer, after the BIOS screen flashes I reach a screen with a black ...
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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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Move root filesystem on a logical volume to a different disk
I'm trying to move my root LV to a new VG on my brand new SSD and it's driving me crazy. I think I pulled it off with rsync, but now grub is refusing to register the new boot option off of ...
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Fedora 17 : Cannot open font file True
Each time I login to Fedora 17, no GUI, just a console, I notice this error:
Cannot open font file True
I have followed some tutorial on web to fix this problem, but still cannot. Here some ...
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Unable to boot into any LiveCD or boot Into Grub
After rebooting from my Arch install, grub2-bios gave me a normal.mod is not found error message. I cannot rescue from Grub or boot into any LiveCD from the BIOS; for the Ubuntu Image I am just ...
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Crunchbang does not see existing Ubuntu installation
I recently installed Crunchbang 11 in the free space of a hard disk of an Asus netbook that already had Ubuntu installed on it.
I partitioned the 2 distros separately, with only a common swap space.
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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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Unable to mount /home/ partition after reinstalling grub after reinstalling windows 7
I've reinstall windows 7 on it's asignated partition and, as usually, it override the MBR with it's own stuff and, thus, it was not possible to boot to my ubuntu 12.04 partition.
I followed the step ...
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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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Trying to install Linux Mint 13 via Wubi, throws me into grub prompt
I'm trying to install Linux Mint 13 with Cinnamon via the 64 bit DVD image from within Windows. I've tried both installing it to C: which is my Windows system disk, but also to D: which is another ...
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Let grub re-scan disks?
I placed a entry like this in grub4dos,
rootnoverify (hd1)
chainloader +1
boot
But sometimes when I plug in my USB key too late, grub will not detect this usb key, is there anyway to let grub ...
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How can I get GRUB to configure my screen properly?
My screen says that it can't display the stream, and to use 1680x1050@60Hz as soon as grub would be loaded. I was told by #hardware on irc.freenode.net that this was due to grub missconfiguring the ...
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Multi-Distro boot DVD with SystemRescueCD 2.8.0 fails to boot the SRCD portion
I'm trying to create a multi-distro mutli-boot dvd image containing (amongst others) the SystemRescueCD iso. I'm using GRUB as the boot loader and I've managed to get most of the other ISOs booting ...
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Installing Linux on a SATA partition, with Windows installed on SSD
My computer has a SSD drive along with a SATA drive. I've installed Windows on the SSD drive (Intel) already and I would like to install Linux Mint on a partition created on the SATA hard drive. So I ...
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Automatically detect boot disk with grub0.9X
I have boot loader setup on a USB key, so when I boot with local grub4dos installation, I use:
rootnoverify (hd0)
chainloader +1
boot
But since I had two disk (usb and internal HDD), how can I ...
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Recover damaged grub loader on Scientific Linux 6.3
So... there is a notebook far away from me, and I can only sit in front of it in about a month. So I'm searching for a solution - "remotely".
Scientific Linux 6.3 is installed on it, and it worked ...
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loop-device: is this a Linux entity or a lower-level one?
Here's an Ubuntu How-to about booting from ISO-image on flash.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1288604
What I don't get is creation of loop-device in GRUB2 prior to booting a kernel:
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How can I get from menu.lst to syslinux.cfg?
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I'm creating a bootable iso from a YUMI USB drive to burn on DVD's for friends. More info here.
I took the grldr and menu.lst from a bootable XBoot iso, but now I'm trying to figure out a ...
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How can I add Mageia 2 to my YUMI MultiBoot USB Drive?
After a bit of googling I read that YUMI can handle Mageia from the Mageia forums.
Unfortunately after trying YUMI there doesn't seem to be any support for Mageia.
I asked on the official Mageia ...
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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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Installing GRUB to first sector of /dev/sdb damages partition table
I'm trying to build a linux-based embedded OS using buildroot framework. After compilation I extracted contents of root filesystem on micro SD card. Now I need to install GRUB. I have stage 1 and ...
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Debian restarts itself after booting with a “not responding” error
I had a stable Debian 6 install until earlier today, when some keys on my USB keyboard stopped working and my USB mouse buttons started to behave strangely. I had not installed anything new since the ...
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Move GRUB from USB to HD
When I installed
Linux debian 2.6 and GRUB I managed to install it, the boot loader, on a usb flash drive. Right now, If the USB drive is plugged into the computer, the GRUB and the OS starts, ...
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Prevent hacking the grub.conf using a 'live rescue' from a live linux iso
It happened that I had set the grub password in grub.conf. But, using a live linux iso, I was able to delete the password from the grub.conf. Please read the steps for the same mentioned in this link: ...
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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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Why do I have GRUB and GRUB2 in my boot directory?
I'm running F17 and my boot directory has grub and grub2. Why do I need both of these? I thought only one grub was required to boot. Does each one have specific properties?
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Installing Linux Mint Debian Edition into existing partitions: What's there to look out for?
I have four partitions on a hard drive, two of which are boot loaders. One is the /boot partition, one is the boot loader of Windows 7.
Now, the Linux running on it, is an old Fedora. I'd like to ...
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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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Want Windows to boot instead of Grub
So when I turn my computer on, Grub rescue boots up. I have finally figured out how to get into Windows, but now I want to skip the step of entering the information into Grub to get into windows. How ...
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Need to boot Windows 7 from Grub rescue command prompt
I booted my computer today and found the Grub rescue command prompt. I have been given this computer and it has Linux and windows 7 on it, but I have only ever used the windows section. I have no idea ...
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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, ...
