GRUB is a modern boot loader installed by many Linux distributions
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Grub does not recognize password
I'm running Grub .97 with an OpenSuSE 11.2 and Windows XP installation. I configure the grub password in OpenSuSE 11.2 via the Boot Loader module. However, when I type in the password in grub, ...
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How to modify GRUB to boot from e.g.: USB or CDROM?
I have an installed Ubuntu (or e.g.: Fedora).
I need to boot from a CD or a pendrive.
I don't have access to the BIOS, so I can't set it to boot from a CDROM or from an USB flash drive. But I have ...
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Multiboot, Live Tiny Core and grub4dos
I've got a usb pen drive that miraculously I installed grub4dos, and it works, I can start some iso's like MSDart, etc.
I've decided put Tiny Core Linux in the usb stick, then I downloaded the latest ...
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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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How to install Fedora&Ubuntu with encrypted VG's on one disk?
I installed Fedora 14 first, then Ubuntu 10.04. I installed them using dm_crypt/aes256/lvm, so I used encrypted VolumeGroups. At the end of the Ubuntu install it said it cannot install GRUB, so I had ...
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grub shows multiple kernel versions on startup
I have Ubuntu 10.10 and after few updates the boot menu lists many kernel versions. How do I remove older versions?
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What would it take for a *nix system to shutdown, then continue to grub?
Is this possible to shutdown to grub, not all the way so you don't have to load back up the BIOS and other things. Like to give you the ability to quickly boot for Linux to Windows?
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Compiled a Kernel (2.6.39-rc1), where is the corresponding initramfs?
as I've already wrote in the topic, I compiled a new Kernel with make defconfig, the bzImage is where it there, so is vmlinux.bin. I've installed modules with make modules_install.
Now, what is the ...
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restore suse grub
I upgraded my ubuntu and that resulted in its grub loader being used. I have a triboot of windows, ubuntu and suse. I prefer the suse bootloader which I was using before the ubuntu updates. I would ...
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Loading different Linux Distribution each time computer starts automatically?
I have two Linux distributions (OpenSuSE, Ubuntu) installed on two different partitions. Each time i start my machine, GRUB loads up allowing me to select one of the two distributions.
I don't want ...
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Install Ubuntu over Suse without affecting Windows
I have Windows XP and Linux Suse 11 installed on my laptop for some time.
I want to replace my Suse installation with Ubuntu and would like to know if it is possible to do that without affecting the ...
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Grub location - did it go to the mbr or elsewhere?
I have a dual boot setup with linux and Windows 7 with Grub as the bootloader.
My partition table looks like this:
100 MB System Reserved Windows 7
500 GB Windows 7
100 MB /boot - ext2
500 GB linux, ...
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Install grub on hard disk used in another system
So I have a 512MB flash chip used in an embedded system with the following partition table:
p1: 32MB boot partition
p2: 200MB recovery partition
p3: 200MB normal partition
I'm using buildroot on my ...
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hibernate to disk not restoring, but suspend to ram is working
I have Debian 6, I have also seen this under Ubuntu (can not remember how I fixed it).
I can hibernate, but when I switch on the system cold boots (it does not restore previous session).
Note ...
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Selecting the right GRUB
I've just installed Backtrack on my harddrive (got one), i also got Fedora and Windows 7. However, now i get the Backtrack-GRUB instead of my Fedora GRUB. How do i change that? I got a sda5 containing ...
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Multiple-boot from ISO files does not show OS menu
I used instructions from PenDriveLinux.com to create a multiple-boot USB drive with some ISO images on it. I used Xubuntu 10.10 Desktop image and a Linux Mint 9 XFCE image. I was able to boot either ...
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Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
I installed Ubuntu 10.04 (LTS) to a VPS server I'm renting and get this critical error when booting:
Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
This prevents the rest of the boot process to ...
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blank screen after kernel upgrade
I am running ubuntu 10.10 with catalyst ati drivers which I installed from the amd website. Recently I took some updates which included a new kernel. I cannot boot into ubuntu. The screen shows ubuntu ...
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Problem with Fedora 14 after ATI Catalyst 10.11 Install
I followed the steps as given in this article.
After following all of the steps, ATI Catalyst was installed but when i boot my system, I get these options at GRUB:
GNU GRUB version 0.97
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GRUB on USB Drive — adding OSes
Some Background:
Coming from a largely Windows background (though I'm familiar with Ubuntu, etc.) and using a Windows 7 machine to complete this task
Have gotten GRUB installed successfully to the ...
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Stuck on “grub>” prompt when dual-booting Ubuntu
On the dual boot option screen I choose Ubuntu and only get:
grub>
I want to get into Ubuntu and start learning it a bit but am stuck. What would be the best way to fix my problem?
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installing grub 2 on mdadm, which device?
when installing grub(2) to mdadm devices are you supposed to install it to /dev/sdX or /dev/mdX?
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Getting an existing Linux installation from one computer to boot on another
I have an existing Dell Precision 690 workstation setup to dual boot Windows XP and CentOS 5.5. These operating systems are installed on two separate drives. I have a grub menu on the Linux drive with ...
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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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Having trouble reinstalling Grub from live CD
I have a 64-bit Sabayon Linux and Mac OS X dual boot. After using gparted to resize my partitions, I can no longer boot Sabayon. I've tried chrooting and fixing grub from several live CDs, but they ...
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Grub error 21 unless both sd card and live-usb are present
I'm not sure exactly how my EEE PC got to this point, but I have Backtrack (an Ubuntu-based distro) on the SD card, and a few different Ubuntu LiveUSB distros on different USB memory sticks. If both ...
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How to enter into BusyBox when booting?
I have occasionally installed cloud-init package in Ubuntu, which blocks me from booting. Neither recovery mode works. Because cloud-init installed some upstart job configuration.
So I want to enter ...
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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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How to generate grub.conf from scratch in Fedora 14?
It seems that I hit following bug in Fedora 14 - I deselected installing grub into the MBR while using the graphical installer, because I want to use an existing grub instance.
Now, I want to look up ...
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How to uninstall RHEL from a dual-boot system?
I had RHEL 5 and WinXP on dual-boot and then from WinXP I deleted those partitions which were allocated to RHEL. Now I am not able to start my computer. The booting process stops at grub. I tried ...
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bootstrapping a DSL installation onto a machine with no bios boot support
I have a vintage 2001 laptop (Vaio R505) which is very hardware limited. Fortunately there is much that works, but I can't figure how to make it work better. The two biggest constraints are 256MB RAM ...
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need help booting the machine using the Ubuntu 10.04 installer CD
I am trying to install Ubuntu 10.04 on my machine which already has Windows Vista and Fedora installed.
I use GRUB to get the boot menu. The GRUB screen looks something like this (has a fedora logo ...
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Editing grub menu
I'd like to edit the Grub menu that comes up, to move one line and remove others.
I have an Inspiron 1420 that came with Ubuntu 7.10. When it needed a new drive, I installed Windows 7, the original ...
