GRUB is a modern boot loader installed by many Linux distributions
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Installing Grub (2) on a USB flash drive
MultiBootISOs is a tool that let you install Grub on a USB flash drive. I really like it because it lets me boot from ISO files and let me put a bunch of ISOs on my USB and choose which one to boot.
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How do I prevent GRUB from using/starting any graphical UI?
I have a problem with an older Laptop (Fujitsu Siemens LifeBook S6010, to be precise) and an Ubuntu (10.10, Xubuntu desktop) installation (fresh install).
During installation the graphics hardware ...
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Cannot boot Linux Mint after installing Windows (First) and Linux Mint (Second)
I can't boot my Linux Mint after installation of Windows. First I installed Windows and then installed Linux Mint with the option of "Install along with windows". But after I completed the Mint ...
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How can I tell grub I want to reboot into Windows—before I reboot?
I have a dual boot linux/windows system set up, and frequently switch from one to the other. I was thinking if I could add a menu item in one of the menus to reboot directly into windows, without ...
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Chainload two Grub2 installations
This is really getting me down. I have Gentoo and Ubuntu, both with Grub2. Gentoo has a dedicated /boot partition, while Ubuntu does not. I have a menuentry in Gentoo's /etc/grub.d/40_custom to boot ...
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How to make grub work again after drive reassignment?
My config: opensuse 11.4, boot partition at pendrive and hard drives with partitions sda1, sda2, sdb1.
Today I changed chassis for my computer, and by mistake I attached second drive to SATA 3 ...
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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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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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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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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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How do I change the GRUB boot configuration from within Windows?
I currently dual boot Windows 7 and Fedora 14, using GRUB, with Windows 7 as my default. I know that from Fedora, I can set GRUB to boot into Fedora, overriding the default, on the next reboot. Is ...
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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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Unable to boot the operating system
I installed Lubuntu 11.10 and it run without problems. I decided to install Ubuntu 11.10 mini instead of Lubuntu 11.10.
After the installation the operating system didn't boot. I only saw the black ...
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How do I make sure grub is only installed once?
I currently have Windows on one partition, and Ubuntu on another. I'd like to install Quimo, and possibly Mint and/or Lubuntu as well.
How do I make sure that only Ubuntu has Grub, and that the ...
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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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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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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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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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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 ...
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Boot into chroot directory leaves the root partition read-only
I am trying to make grub boot into a chroot directory /slack containing a Slackware Linux installation. This directory was created by issuing the following command:
installpkg --root /slack a/*.t?z
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How to completely rebuild boot partition with grub as well?
openSUSE 11.4, I have boot partition on pendrive.
The problem is when I boot computer, grub immediately shows error "file not found" (I have no clue which file) and switches to "rescue mode".
I can ...
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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 fails to install
For the past two days, I have been attempting to install Linux Mint 14 64-bit edition.
Each time, the ubiquity installer has failed with this error:
Executing 'grub-install /dev/sda' failed.
This ...
