Questions about modifying the system's BIOS to make it fit Ubuntu's need, or questions about recovering Ubuntu after a BIOS modification. Note that questions about accessing the BIOS should not be asked.
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How do I update the BIOS of a Dell laptop?
I have installed Ubuntu 11.10 on a vista laptop, but Dell is providing the BIOS update in .exe format currently my bios version is A09 but on the driver download site the latest version of bios is ...
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1answer
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ubuntu appears in BIOS menu
I've just installed and uninstalled ubuntn and win7 on my laptop for several times, and this happened: see the pictures below.
The first one is about BIOS:
The second is what I got after ...
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4answers
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How to flash a BIOS when only a Windows binary is provided?
I want to update the BIOS on Toshiba QOSMIO-G30. The exe file that i downloaded from the manufacture web site suppose to be OS independent! Yet using Wine Loader could not execute the file. Is there ...
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1answer
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How do I remove “Ubuntu” in the bios boot menu?
See this ubuntu appears in BIOS menu
I have this on my Lenovo s205 too.
Is there some way to remove "ubuntu" from the menu? I don't even have it installed anymore.
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1answer
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Ubuntu install CD hangs at 5 red dots while booting
I put the disk in for 12.04, go to the Bios, and I boot off the disk, it works until the 5 dots go red when it is ready to load the desktop and it just hangs. Worked before when I had windows and I ...
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1answer
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My ubuntu partition was deleted and I can't boot from either a DVD or USB
It's my first time installing ubuntu. I have Windows 7 and 8 before in my laptop (Acer Aspire 4752z). After Ubuntu (12.04) installed in my laptop, the Windows boot loader didn't recognize my Ubuntu so ...
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2answers
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Can't boot from liveUSB when trying to install it alongside Windows 7
I'm very noob at Linux and installing techniques. I want to install 12.04 from bootable usb flash alongside Windows 7 (also tried live CD but not working) but computer is not booting from USB flash or ...
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1answer
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When I boot I do not get asked which OS I want
I just installed Wubi on my computer which is running Windows XP. Everything went exactly like the official guide said it should, and I was told the installation was complete and to restart my ...
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2answers
4k views
How can I tell if my system was booted as EFI/UEFI or BIOS?
How do I determine whether a particular running Ubuntu system was booted using EFI/UEFI, or BIOS?
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1answer
332 views
Warm reboot directly to Grub
Is it possible to warm-reboot Linux, directly reloading GRUB without passing through the BIOS? I have a computer whose BIOS is buggy and takes a while due to its hating my disks so if I can reboot ...
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1answer
453 views
ThinkPad T420s won't boot in NVS 4200M enabled
I have Ubuntu 12.04 installed on my Lenovo ThinkPad T420S.
In BIOS I have an option to select graphical card: integrated intel card or NVS 4200M (or NVIDIA Optimus which is out of scope now).
When I ...
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3answers
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Dual-boot Windows 8 and Ubuntu, separate HDD, Win8 boot failure from GRUB
Background:
I installed Ubuntu 11.04 on my desktop, well, after April last year.
I upgraded in November to 11.10.
Around a month ago, I popped the SATA and power cables for the hard drive Ubuntu is ...
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2answers
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Updating HP Pavilion BIOS from Linux
I have a HP Pavilion dv6000 series (dv6602 au) laptop. I want to upgrade BIOS. I only have ubuntu installed in my system. Is it possible to upgrade bios from ubuntu? Google search gave me some results ...
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2answers
717 views
Can't boot from USB after installing Ubuntu
I bought a Samsung series 5 notebook and a very strange thing happened: I installed Ubuntu 11.10 from a usb pen drive but when I restarted (I cleared the existing partitions) I stopped being able to ...
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1answer
1k views
How to fix “Disk drive for /boot/efi is not ready or not present”? [closed]
After I updated BIOS/UEFI version to 1101 on an Asus P8Z68-V PRO motherboard Ubuntu (11.10) did not boot. After POST all I saw was a black screen with a blinking cursor in the top left corner.
I ...
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3answers
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Can't install Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 in my Lenovo X121e
I have been having troubles with my X121e wireless as described in this post.
The connection is very weak, so I figured I'd invest in a wireless card Centrino Advanced-N 6205.
When I plug in the ...
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2answers
681 views
No BIOS, no video after Ubuntu updates
I am running Ubuntu 10.04 on a Dell Precision T3500 Desktop machine. Last week, when I ran the regular updates, upon restart my video disappeared. I could not even see the Dell startup screen or ...
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3answers
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apparent low color depth on EFI Boot
I am running Ubuntu 13.04 and Mint 14 on a Mac Mini 6,2 (Late 2012) - Intel HD4000. When I boot from the legacy BIOS, I see good colour as it should appear. However, when I boot from the EFI ...
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2answers
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I removed Ubuntu from the BIOS menu but it comes back
For reasons too long to explain, I reluctantly removed Ubuntu from my computer. After completely removing it and deleting the partition that it was installed onto, I discovered that I still had two ...
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3answers
1k views
UEFI boot on my Asus k52f
I was reviewing my settings in BIOS and UEFI was disabled. I wanted to check what UEFI was so I googled it. I found out its like an upgrade to BIOS and improved boot speed. Currently I'm dual booting ...
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1answer
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Samsung series 9 np900x4c-a03us Dual boot windows 7
how do i get USB install of 12.04 installed?
how do i change the BIOS?
how do i partition the disk for dual boot?
Web instructions for USB ISO bootable image were confusing.
Series 9 has new, ...
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1answer
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How do I install update the BIOS of my Acer Aspire 4820TG laptop?
The BIOS update for the Acer Aspire 4820TG is distributed as a zip file, containing a Windows executable and a DOS executable.
How do I get this installed under Ubuntu without resorting to installing ...
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1answer
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How to enable Intel VT-x? [closed]
I have a CLEVO w150erm, with a i7-3610QM processor, which supports Intel VT-x. However in order to use it I have to activate that option in the BIOS (or so that's what I believe) but I simply can't ...
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1answer
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WUBILDR.mbr file error on windows 7 and windows 8 : UEFI boot
0 down vote I am having 64bit windows 8 machine. I have tried a lot, installing the wubi and still it shows the wubildr.mbr file missing during boot. I installed Win7 and did the same, the problem ...
