Questions tagged [system-installation]
Use this tag for questions related to the initial installation of Unix-like operating systems. When installing extra software on a running system, use the "software-installation" tag.
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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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Debian 11 - HDD isnt seen by installer and live version but perfectly seen by BIOS
HDD isnt seen by installer and live version but perfectly seen by BIOS.
I have 2,5 in HDD on 320GB connected to Asus AT4NM10-I motherboard with SATA2 cable.
HDD is set to ACHI in BIOS.
Ive been trying ...
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Installation speed using USB thumb drives
On the command line, I cp'd the debian 11.7 install image, which is a large 3.7GB isohybrid file, from my desktop SSD, to each of two different ~8 year old 8GB thumb drives (memory sticks), neither of ...
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Simplify multiple fresh installs onto different hardware
I've read through this: Is this a safe way to migrate my data to a new computer? but most of the discussion is over my head. My computer usage has greatly declined since retiring 10 years ago, and I ...
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OpenBSD USB install; how to mount usb and find file sets:
During an OpenBSD install from USB, if one has reached the Pathname to the sets? prompt and the USB stick is not mounted, how does one find the usb device name, mount the usb drive and direct the ...
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Does AlmaLinux use both `ifcfg-` and `nmconnection` locations for storing network configuration?
I'm working on a system where we rename some of the network interfaces for consistency in the application. We're struggling to configure the IP addresses during the installation. I did a bit of ...
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How to setup a Linux Installation on e.g. SSD on Hardware X and install SSD on Hardware Y later on
I have a question similar to this one: How to move a Linux installation to newer hardware?
But without the mentioned errors and not moving an "old" system to new hardware.
I'm working on ...
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How can I install packages from the Arch Linux installation USB into my installed Arch Linux?
I've just finished installing Arch Linux following this guide.
I was having some trouble and now, although Arch is installed, I do not have iw or wireless_tools packages installed. I do not have an ...
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Reinstalling Ubuntu 22.04 LTS without losing data
My system consists of a NUC with two 1 TB SSDs running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. The system is experiencing difficulty during boot-up, although the memory test shows no errors.
Currently, the /home directory ...
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storage issues with live boot with kali issues with or w/o persistence. installer issues too
okay so when i boot up my live boot with my drive (64GB) everything works fine but i only have 5.5gb left there storage or so. When i go to /run folder there is 1.1gb left there when i go to /run/live ...
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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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Arch Linux Manjora XFCE and DBAN dl/USB burn help
I need DBAN and Arch Manjora on a bootable USB stick. I can only find .iso files for this and none of my PCs will accept these as bootable once I burn them.
I've tried many times, and formatted many ...
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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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Site does not exist for a2ensite
During the koha installation process I told ubuntu to
sudo a2ensite library
and got the message
ERROR: Site library does not exist!
I looked it up and found here that I might have to rename the file....
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I am installing Linux Lite and want to use a HDD with existing data that I don't want to lose. What are my next steps?
I also do not need to dual boot into windows or any other OS. I only want Linux installed. I am uncertain of the steps and can't find clarity on this point. Any help at all is appreciated.
I have ...
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Parrot OS installer error "Command 'grub-install --target=i386-pc --recheck --force /dev/sdb' returned non-zero exit status 1"
I encountered some errors when installing the Parrot sec OS 5.2.
This is the error message provided by the installer:
My computer supports UEFI mode and BIOS mode, and I have tried to use Rufus and ...
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Copy from server
I need to install more than 10 in 1 day a distro. I think if I install it on a server or install on a cool disk , Then cp into new server it's better.
Do you have a solution?
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Error installing 2nd version of Linux Mint: The attempt to mount a file system ... at /boot/efi failed
The device I'm currently working on, is pre-installed Windows 10 with legacy BIOS.
I have two bootable drives with both contain Linux Mint installer in it.
the first drive contains Mint 19
the second ...
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Linux Mint boot stops after successful install with error message: nouveau trapped read at [...] reason 02 [PAGE_NOT_PRESENT]
I installed Linux Mint from a bootable USB following the official guide. When I booted the USB media and selected the basic Linux Mint installer to boot, I got something like this message:
[367.631806]...
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When I try to install Linux on older PC 32bit I get black screen with blinking cursor. How to fix?
I have an old PC that used to run Windows XP (32bit). There are two hard drives. I tried to turn it on again, but Windows would not boot. I then decided to install Linux. I tried Ubuntu, Xubuntu, ...
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Dracut shell error attempting to boot from USB
I have been trying to get Rockstor NAS software installed on a bare system with new SSDs from an ISO on a USB stick created with dd.
The loader allows me to select Install-Rockstor_Leap15.4-generic ...
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Unable to Install Rockstor from bootable USB
Motherboard: Supermicro X11SAE-F, BIOS 2.3
16GB ram
Processor: Xeon E3-1225 V6
I have 6 SSDs connected to the onboard SATA ports of the motherboard. All 6 drives are empty/new and have not been ...
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Industrialized single device installation for personal use
For years I've been using a script to reconfigure my personal system & I was wondering if perhaps there's a better way to "industrialize" & structure my device installation. I ...
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How to log in to a system what was created without any users. (Selected, in installer, to create user, but it didn't happen) (Fedora if that matters)
I just installed Fedora (37, KDE spin), and after booting into it I get presented with a log-in screen I can't get through using the user credentials I set up in the installer!
So how do I get in??
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What's the difference between CD/DVD and USB image?
I am trying to install NetBSD on my laptop, but there are two download links for the amd64 architecture, one for NetBSD-9.3-amd64-install.img.gz and one for NetBSD-9.3-amd64.iso. FreeBSD does the same ...
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How to pause script/process execution, modify variable values, and resume script/process? (for a Linux distro installation process, if that matters)
I want to:
Pause the execution of a Linux distro installer (running from an ISO on a USB flash drive),
Modify the value of variables (that were initially read by the system from config files ...
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Custom Ubuntu ISO autoinstallation - files not appearing
I created a custom ISO using the Pxeless tool on Github.
I have managed to autoinstall Ubuntu. Now I am trying to autoinstall additional docker packages and dependencies directly using the ISO. The ...
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VirtualBox installation of CentOS boots into text terminal
This is my first time setting up a VirtualBox machine on macOS, and I don't understand if I got something wrong, but when I'm booting my CentOS VM I'm only running into a kernel terminal interface ...
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Error resizing partition (Linux Mint Installer error)
Trying to install Linux Mint to dual-boot with Windows 11 I always get the above error. I`m not sure what is wrong, drive works perfectly on Windows and when I format it to ntfs, fat32, ext2, etc... ...
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Attempting to install AlmaLinux shows this really weird thing as a zombie partition
So this morning I had written AlmaLinux 9.1 iso file to my flash drive to do this install. I had previously used the same flash drive to install CentOS 7 a couple days ago but now I wanted to upgrade ...
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Boots only to flashing cursor
On a single boot (Linux only) older Acer Veriton desktop system, no matter which flavor of Linux I've installed, all boot only to the flashing cursor once successfully installed. I tried Ubuntu Studio,...
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Arch Linux Installation: System freezes on boot
I have an old HP notebook (specs linked below) that I would like to install Linux on. On my main machine, I'm using Manjaro, and have grown to love the AUR and Arch environment. I'd really like to do ...
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Install linux on a dead laptops hard drive using another computer and USB dock
I have a non-starting laptop, and I'm trying to install linux on it.
No working DVD drive
No USB booting capabilities
No PXE booting capabilities
I have removed the laptops HDD and attached it to my ...
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Where can I find a list of timezone options available during install process of a distro?
I'm building an app where it makes sense for the user to be able to select a different timezone than their actual own timezone for certain operations, without going too much into details, I can assure ...
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Black Screen while installing Kali Linux on Mac M1 through UTM
Whenever I try to install Linux through UTM, I get a black screen after the installation.
Does anyone know what we need to do to solve this problem?
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I have PXE-M0F error after installing Linux Lite 6.2
I deleted windows and installed Linux Lite 6.2
I'm stuck in the page saying that no bootable device -- insert boot device and press any key
Note: I can't find the secure boot option probably because ...
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Artix live USB, after booting in boot menu blackscreen. Shows error of BIOS and Udev
https://postimg.cc/S26cbBxz
This is shown less than a second after I select CD/DVD/ISO on the bootmenu of artix to start it. Then its just black. I am running Fedora 37, checked the integrity of the ...
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How to create a dualboot linux installer usb?
Many gui tools such as rufus use up the entire drive when flashing an iso. I have a 64gb usb and flashing a single linux installer iso less than 4gb feels like a waste of space. Are there any packages/...
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Why can't QNX find filesystem to install to?
I am trying to install QNX 6 from CD. I formatted the entire hard drive using cfdisk as "QNX 6 filesystem", but I still get the error message "No QNX 6.1 filesystem or greater available ...
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How to install POP OS without a USB drive or DVD
I Want To Install Linux On My laptop to Replace Windows 11. It is a Lenovo D330 2 in 1.
Processor
Intel(R) Celeron(R) N4020 CPU @ 1.10GHz 1.10 GHz
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How to use a for-loop in a kickstart script?
I'd like to reimage the OS of a certain device 100 times.
How can I modify a kickstart script to reimage the same device 100 times?
Essentially wrap my entire kickstart script in a for-loop. Another ...
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Installing FreeBSD 13.1 fails right after booting
Machine:
motherboard: asus tuf gaming z490-plus(wifi)
cpu: i7-10700K
ram: 32gb ddr4
no dedicated GPU
What I've tried?
I've put on my pendrive (sandisk) with installed Ventoy, these files:
FreeBSD-...
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zsh prompt arch-installation shell seems to break with unknown commands
Apologies in advance if I am asking an unimportant question, but I can't find any information about this anywhere and it's making me crazy. See image above.
This is taking place in the arch ...
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Trying to install Fedora Silverblue, media check keeps failing at around 4%, what am I doing wrong?
I am trying to boot Fedora Silverblue onto my laptop VIA a USB drive and I keep getting
[FAILED] Failed to start checkisomd5@dev-sdb.service - Media check on /dev/sdb.
dracut-initqueue[1423]: Job for ...
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Why the rockylinux 9 installer and Fedora tell me is not possible to use LVM as boot..when is possible?
Try to reproduce: install on vm RockyLinux 9 or Fedora 36, and try to set the root partition including boot on lvm.
The installer will fail with this error " /boot file system cannot be of type ...
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Arch Linux Installation medium no video signal after grub
Problem summary
Hi! I've decided to finally switch my Windows to Arch. What I've done step by step:
I've created live USB with the latest official arch distro via rufus. The settings are on the ...
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Debian installation
I'm new to Linux in general. I tried to install Debian at first; it went ok , the installer told it misses some firmware and I just said ok ok next next and finally I could not install the kernel. ...
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Problem in booting Zorin OS first time
I am a first-time user of Linux. I booted the Zorin OS using the universal USB installer, but I got an error saying,
Unable to mount root fs on unknown - block(2,0)
What to do next because Windows 10 ...
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Ubuntu installation
hi all i am try to install Linux Ubuntu 20.04 on my laptop with advanced option like here
and also i format my hard drive i was using windows before linux , when i had windows i have 3 partions one ...
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I can't install pop_os! on a partition of a disk with windows installed
I have been trying to install pop_os! for weeks... At this point I feel so stupid... trying different solutions like changing partition sizes, disabling safe boot mode or windows fast boot, trying to ...
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