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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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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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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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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Booting grub legacy via qemu using pxe
I have been trying to boot grub legacy via qemu using pxe. For some reason, the grub does not display the menu and enters into the command mode after displaying the following error.
Error15: File not ...
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grub error : “File not found” for separate /boot/efi partition
I've installed CentOS 6.4 on UEFI enabled machine, created /boot/efi partitions.
But my grub is not automatically starting, if I start the PC, I start in Windows 8.
I can only start CentOS by ...
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Multibooting FreeBSD and other Linux distros
Long story short: Have one laptop, need to multiboot FreeBSD/OpenBSD as well as a number of Linux distros.
Which one do you think should go first? FreeBSD offers a bootMgr, but I'm not sure how it ...
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How to start a windows partition from the Grub command line?
I have Windows 7 installed on my system. After I installed Windows 7, I installed Fedora on a separate partition so that I could dual boot.
I removed Fedora by deleting the partition it was installed ...
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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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How can I boot the PC-BSD live DVD-ISO IMAGE directly via GRUB2?
Via the loopback command, GRUB2 allows to directly boot an ISO file.
Now, I've configured the according menuentry to boot the PC-BSD Live DVD ISO, but when I try to boot it, the FreeBSD bootstrap ...
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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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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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How to use ms-sys to restore MBR to boot /dev/sda2?
My brother screwed up a multi-OS install on his laptop and asked me to help fix it. I'm a basic linux user and I know my way around the terminal a little but beyond that I might need some hand-holding ...
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How to configure GRUB to load Windows 7 Install in UEFI mode
I have a Dual-Boot USB I created with Multisystem for booting into PartedMagic, Ubuntu 11.10 & Windows 7 Install. Problem is Windows 7 says it cant install on a GPT partition.
Googled, and found ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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I deleted files from my Linux box's /boot directory and now it won't boot
I deleted files from /boot to save space, but now when I boot I see:
GRUB loading, please wait ... ERROR 15
/boot still has files corresponding to the 2.6.32-27 version of Linux. But I deleted ...
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Configure fstab for a bootable usb
I'm trying to clone a partition and make it a bootable usb. I've made two ext3 partitions (just like the installation I'm cloning).
The first one is small and has grub/ and the kernel.
The second ...
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Grub installed by Scientific Linux does not boot Windows
I installed SL6.1 on a laptop that has a Vista install as well. After I installed SL6.1 I figured that I would have a boot option but no. How can I reconfigure GRUB to recognize Windows too?
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How can I get from menu.lst to syslinux.cfg?
Problem
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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Installing FreeBSD without removable media from CentOS 6
I've been tasked with installing FreeBSD 8 alongside CentOS 6, without the luxury of removable media. CentOS 6 is already on the machine, and running quite nicely. However, I cannot figure out how to ...
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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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`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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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 ...
