Questions tagged [dual-boot]
Dual-boot is the process of having two (or more) operating systems installed on a computer, allowing one to be chosen during the boot process.
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Replacing Ubuntu with Mint
I'd like to replace my Ubuntu with Linux Mint on my HP Pavilion 15 (Windows 11 dual-boot).
I created a bootable USB but MOK management does not allow me to proceed. I really don't know what to do, ...
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Linux Mint fails to install GRUB
I'm a complete beginner.
I recently wanted to try to dual-boot my computer that already had Windows 11 on it, adding Linux Mint. I created a USB using Rufus, choosing GPT, as my system is recent. I ...
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Arch linux dualboot grub problem
I had garuda os installed and i wanted to install new os (exodia) when installing exodia alongside garuda i just noticed that efi partition was 300mb and the manual said it had to be atleast 500mb so ...
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windows not bootable after linux mint installation
After installing Mint 21.2 next to windows I could not boot on windows
my situation is different from
Can not boot windows after installing ubuntu
as windows is not even present in the GRUB
ps: the ...
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Cant access BIOS after dual boot with kali
I am a CC student and I tried to dual boot windows 11 with Kali Linux. After that, when I tried to access BIOS on my laptop (Acer Nitro 5), the fans starts going crazy and it gets stuck in the Acer ...
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How to fix Ubuntu GUI after installing windows 11 dual boot
I recently installed Windows 11 on my second HDD and since then I face issues with Ubuntu improperly loading GUI.
Ubuntu loads to tty1 instead of the graphical user interface (GUI).
mount -t ext4 ...
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Inconsistent partition size [migrated]
I have a 1tb SSD and Windows 11 installed on it. I wanted to make a dual boot with Zorin, then I created a tiny 40gb partition for it. Some moments later, I realised 40gb wasnt enough, so I tried to ...
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kali linux stuck with red square
Kali stuck with a red square
kali-linux-2023.3-installer-amd64
System Model: HP Z420 Workstation
Processor: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-1620 0 @ 3.60GHz 3.60 GHz
Card name: NVIDIA Quadro FX 580
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Sometimes cannot boot because a disk is mounted under the wrong /dev number
Hopefully this is not a duplicate question, I have found some similar ones but none that exactly match.
I have an Arch Linux installation dual booted alongside a Windows installation, both on ...
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Lock icon suddenly appearing on folders in Ubuntu's /dev/sda8 partition
I'm encountering an issue on my Ubuntu system where folders in the /dev/sda8 partition shows a lock icon for some time then it goes away. It happened twice. In that locked state if I try to run any ...
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Issue setting up dual-boot Mac OS and Zorin OS on 2017 MacBook Air
I recently purchase a 2017 MacBook Air that came with a fresh install of Mac OS on it. Following a couple online guides, I was able to shrink the original partition of the HDD, and then re-partition ...
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HELP! mistakenly removed pop os from bios boot menu
My laptop is Thinkpad E590, UEFI Bios version is: ROYET51W (1.34). Machine type model : 20NBS0B800
I dual boot Pop os and win10 on my lenevo thinkpad. Both of them are install on my ssd.
I always used ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 doesn't shut down
I am using an Lenovo ThinkPad with Ubuntu alongside Windows 11. After updating Windows, Ubuntu doesn't shut down and I am stuck at following screen.
I tried to edit the grub file, however this didn't ...
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Grub listings from two separate drives
I have an NVME drive with Windows 10 and Linux Mint installed on it. The grub recognizes both. I just moved an old HDD with Manjaro and Kali installed into my pc. The grub from the NVME does not ...
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How do I clone/merge a Linux Mint partition to a Windows installed SSD and still keep dual boot?
So I have Linux Mint installed in a SSD and Windows 10 installed in another SSD, got dual boot running perfectly, but now I need to give away one of my SSD, so I need to merge everything to a single ...
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Os-prober does not detects Fedora (even though I am currently booted into Fedora 38!)
As shown below, the os-prober does not detects Fedora (even though I am currently booted into Fedora!)
$ sudo os-prober
/dev/mapper/vgubuntu-Data:Ubuntu 22.10 (22.10):Ubuntu:linux
File descriptor 3 (/...
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How to secure the linux boot/efi partition from being tampered by Windows?
I've encrypted my root partition with LUKS and my home partition with ecryptfs, so the data on on them can only be damaged. Problem is, you can easily modify stuff on the boot/efi partition from ...
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Zorin OS stuck on blank screen and blinking cursor on boot after changing the PATH variable
I've googled and tried out all the ways but in typical IT fashion, none of them worked T_T.
I have Windows 11 and Zorin 16 dual boot on my Lenovo Legion 5, on separate disks (windows is 500GB, Zorin ...
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I have two bootable flash drives with different linux distros installed on each, both started malfunctioning within a 24 hour time frame
I could use some detective work.
I've taken to installing linux on USB drives. I've managed to break Windows a couple of times while repartitioning my main drive.
I've had a 128 Gb USB drive I've been ...
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I can't boot into Windows although that's my only system
A long time ago I had Fedora installed. It's still available to boot into for some reason, but that only goes to GRUB. Now I recently set back my BIOS settings (I have a dell) and now it boots into ...
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MOK signed NVIDIA drivers are not loading after some time
From time to time my NVIDIA drivers (signed with MOK) are not being loaded on my dual boot machine (Ubuntu 22.04 and Windows 11). I'm resolving the issue by reinstalling the same drivers with the same ...
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Ros noetic on debian bullseye
I'm trying to install ros noetic from source on my debian bullseye. However i have multiple issues with ogre, dependencies and more. I'm thinking to downgrade to buster do you know how i can do that? ...
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Linux Mint 21.1 and W10 22H2 installed on separate SSD's
The SSD on which Mint was to be installed was connected by itself.
This SSD was removed form the PC.
The SSD on which W10 Pro was to be installed was then connected by itself.
In each case the OS's ...
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How to install Debian 11 into logical volumes dual boot
I've used Debian or Devuan for a long time. AFAICR it was possible to do a manual install into existing LVM logical vols so I could format & reuse the partitions for root, /usr & so on but ...
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Is it possible to boot a Full Installation of Fedora on a USB Drive with Ventoy/Multiboot Software?
I've been using Ventoy for booting live environments from ISO files.
I want to create a full installation of Fedora on a USB drive, not just a live USB.
To my situation: I have a friend's pc, my pc ...
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Wanted to install Ubuntu in dual boot, formatted the boot partion
I wanted to install Ubuntu in dual boot mode with Windows. During the installation, I selected the option to format the EFI partition, and expected to use GRUB to boot into both Linux and Windows. ...
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Cannot find external partitions from Live USB
I have a dual-booted laptop (Windows 10 and Manjaro).
After changing the battery (which was not functioning properly anymore), I could not log into Manjaro anymore and I am trying to first recover all ...
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How to boot into Ubuntu installed on disk with "partition table: loop"?
After some changes I can't boot into my Ubuntu installed on separate disk. GRUB from other installation doesn't see it (nor grub-repair suggests it) and disk doesn't even appear in UEFI boot options.
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using 'rsync' to clone the Debian OP to another partition and get stuck in the booting after installing Windows 10
I am a newbie to Debian but I got all the basics and I have been using it for the base 4 months.I decided to install windows in a dual-boot but i get to the information that i need to install windows ...
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How do i choose boot option on pc start
I have both Arch Linux and Windows installed on my PC. Linux is on one drive, and Windows is on another.
Is it possible to choose the boot option when my PC starts, or do I always need to open the ...
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GRUB broke my Windows boot, how to fix?
I had a laptop running Windows 10, quite nicely. I used an Ubuntu installer to try and install a dual-boot system. When it asked me if I wanted to let it install grub in the boot record, I pointedly ...
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Can I have a user in two different Linux distributions (with KDM) use the same home folder without mucking things up?
I am planning to install two different Linux distributions on my computer, both running KDE, albeit different versions
They will both have one user nacho. I want both of them to use the same /home/...
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How would I go about resizing my / partition and installing a 2nd Linux distribution so I can dual boot?
I have two disks in my system that are currently running Debian Bookworm.
disk 1
/boot/efi
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swap
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/home
I want to:
resize / and split it into two partitions such that disk 1 looks like:
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Dual booting starting from Linux with LVM
I currently run Arch Linux, and am quite familiar with Linux, however I'm not that familiar with partitioning and stuff.
When I set up my system, I decided to use LVM, though I'm not that familiar ...
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Dualbooting Arch and Gentoo
I have Arch linux installed on my PC and I recently bought an SSD so I could install Gentoo on it. I am just unsure how to go about this. Do I need separate boot partitions if the two distros are on ...
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How to add chainload binary entry to GRUB2 boot menu?
I'm using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, which came with memtest86+ v5 that does not support UEFI.
I'm trying to install memtest86+ v6 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and I downloaded its binary here.
I moved memtest64.efi to ...
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Dual boot with 256GB SSD & 1TB SSD
I have bought a laptop second hand, that has Windows 11 on it. Windows 11 is installed on a 256GB SSD, and the laptop also have a second drive of 1TB that seems to be empty (It says "New Volume (...
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how to dual boot with bootx64.efi
My device:
Thinkpad X1 Carbon and with Windows 11 x64 home edition on it.
I am trying to install Fedora workstation 38 x86_64 with dual boot.
What I did:
In the fedora installation process, I mount ...
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Unable to boot after GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="console=tty12"
I changed GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="" to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="console=tty12".
My disk is crypted and I need to insert the password, but I don't know how to write over that console and ...
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linux-boot-prober doesn't handle multiple initrd when parsing grub.cfg
My main machine is running KDE Neon, which is based on Ubuntu 22.04. Recently, I added an additional hard drive to my system onto which I have chosen to install Manjaro.
I want my KDE Neon ...
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How do I stop windows from corrupting my linux boot partition?
I tripple-boot Arch, Ubuntu, and Windows 11, and it seems that every time I boot into Windows it corrupts my Arch boot partition.
On the boot partition is a FOUND.000 folder which seems to be where ...
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Dual boot mac mini 2012 partitioning
I have an old mac mini 2012 which has installed iOS on a 500gb ssd, I've shrunk the partition to give space to install Red Hat, so 250gb for iOS in one partition and 250gb for red hat. Ive flashed a ...
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Resolving Kali Linux booting issue with GNU Grub in dual-boot with Windows
I recently decided to double boot Windows and Kali Linux, but when I install Kali Linux and then try to boot into it, I only get to the GNU Grub command line. I've tried various commands to get out of ...
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Systemd-boot doesn't show/detect Pop OS, only shows Windows
So, I have an Alienware from 2016 that I have dual-booted with Pop OS. Windows 11 is installed on an SSD in the SATA slot while Pop OS 22.04 is on the NVME slot.
After I start the computer, the PC ...
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Can I install linux apps on external drive and use it on different machines with different linux distro?
I was thinking to upgrade my laptop with 500GB nvme drive and I want to multiboot different linux distros (also windows and macOS for software testing) in it.
So in order save space, can I install ...
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Linux dualboot not working well on Lenovo Laptop (Manjaro, Ubuntu, Pop OS)
I have been trying to download and run linux on my lenovo yoga slim 7i pro in dual boot since last week by now but I cant get rid of constant issues with it for some reason. I have tried Manjaro, ...
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How to boot Windows again after dual-booting Linux?
Two months ago I successfully dual-booted PopOS using a USB on a Lenovo laptop which had Windows 11 pre-installed. I want to go back to using Windows. So far I have tried interrupting startup and ...
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How to replace rEFInd boot text with a image
I recently dual booted Arch and Windows and I've been playing around with Plymouth to try to make the boot up process more aesthetic and I found a really nice theme but rEFInd's boot up text ruins it ...
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lost dual boot 16.04 & 14.04
After working many years orderly suddenly Ubuntu 16.04 disappeared from Boot menu and I only can boot 14.04. Both are on the same HDD.
I tried boot-repair and choosed Ubuntu 16.04. LTS to boot from as ...
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Installing Linux alongside Windows without bootloader in the same SSD
I have W11 installed in my SSD (UEFI) and I want to install Linux (Kali) alongside it but without any bootloader (I'm ok with changing the booting OS in the UEFI when I want to go to Linux) (VM is not ...
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