Questions about the bootup process in Ubuntu. Use this tag if you have trouble booting Ubuntu or you have questions about the bootup process.
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How do I install Ubuntu 13.04 on a new partition?
I ask this question because at the moment I can't even seem to load my live USB (which has the iso I downloaded from the Ubuntu website) because I don't know which key(s) to press to log into boot ...
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New user. Having to boot my computer twice before Ubuntu 12.10 starts
I'm a new user to Ubuntu. While I haven't had many issues with the OS since I've installed it, I have had one odd problem. Whenever I shut my computer down and later turn it back on, the power button ...
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how to setup nouveau driver at boot time in ubuntu 12.04?
I would like add nouveau driver during boot time but I don't know where is the place in ubuntu 12.04 to add modprobe nouveau.
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Trying to boot from USB on Asus q200e-bhi3t45 just brings me to grub menu
It's been a struggle every time I've tried to change my OS on this machine. I honestly don't even know how it works whenever it does. I've somehow managed to get Windows 7, Windows 8, Mint 14, Ubuntu ...
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Can't boot into Ubuntu 13.04? GRUB4DOS instead of GRUB2 menu?
I am trying to dual boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu 13.04 along side each other. I installed 13.04 to a separate partition on the same hard drive as my Win7 install without any difficulties but after I ...
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Trouble with GRUB in dual boot
so I'm fairly new to linux and I have a problem after installing Ubuntu on my PC. I've dual booted ubuntu and osx before on my mac without trouble. I would be given the option of which OS to use. Now, ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 not recognized as Bootable after installation
I managed to successfully install Ubuntu 13.04; however after restarting, I found that the installation was unbootable.There was no error message --there was simply no option to boot from my hard ...
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How to boot into Windows 8 from Grub?
I just did a 50GB partition on my laptop thaty initially had windows 8 on it, every time i try booting Windows im getting an "invalid EFI file path" I just ran a boot repair and it gave me this URL: ...
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ACPI problem on 12.04 LTS and Compaq 6715b
After boot both cores run at 800 MHz, but during boot they run on 2GHz.
And the hardware can't power off.
I tried cpufrequtils and got some statistics, and another boot problem...
2.0 GHz, 1.8 GHz, ...
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I have problem with UEFI and Legacy USB Boot options in my computer.., with these i can't install Ubuntu 12.x and 13.04 versions on my Laptop [duplicate]
i am using samsung laptop with AMD-64 type processor.., meanwhile i have problem with this, My laptop have UEFI and USB legacy support in my bios settings..,with that i am unable to install Ubuntu ...
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Cannot boot into Ubuntu 13.04-amd64 after install
I recently decided to migrate to Ubuntu after issues with working in Windows and Remote Desktop access.
I made a bootable USB flash drive with Ubuntu 13.04-amd64 today and proceeded to install on an ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 does not boot after install - Single disk no Windows
Hi I have a HP Elite 7300 series desktop PC with EFI bios, no legacy bios option. I have created following partitions on my 80GB disk and installed Ubuntu 13.04. EFI partition is flagged as boot. I ...
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How do I disable X at boot time so that the system boots in text mode?
Is it possible to disable X at boot time? I'm setting up a server so it would be nice if it wouldn't load the graphical interface every time I boot.
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How to burn / create a bootable USB or CD for UEFI-secure-boot
I used Lili (LinuxLive USB Creator) to create a bootable USB Stick based on the 64bit Lubuntu 13.04 iso with Windows 8 Uefi secure boot. The stick starts only in legacy boot, but not in Uefi mode.
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Ubuntu 12.04 couldn't show login screen and lightdm, only blank black page [duplicate]
I cant access login screen or lightdm and showing text "couldnt write bytes = broke pipes
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12.10 64 bit Ubuntu won't boot, grub rescue, file /boot/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod not found
I bought a new computer a couple of weeks ago and installed Ubuntu from a book DVD. Everything went fine and I was happily using Ubuntu until I found out that it was the 32 bit version. I want to use ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 freeze in the Ubuntu logo
I have brought a new computer with No Operating System with the intention of installing Ubuntu 12.10 and quite excited about it.
New computer is a Zoostorm AMD A4 3300 Dual Core
Despite trying with ...
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How to boot ubuntu from my sd card
I want to try ubuntu, so I put it on my sd card 32 card. But I can't figure out how to boot from my sd card from my boot menu. My sdcard usb drive is too outdated i got in 2005 and it only Support sc ...
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Lubuntu doesn't repond to keyboard! + account not found (wubi)
So when I boot my lubuntu up, I get like a screen with these random stripes that you'd expect when your pc crashes. Then when it boots up, I can log in with the account user, not the account I made in ...
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Boot failure - drop to initramfs
I'm having my fresh Ubuntu 13.04 64bit install fail on me.
This is my partition structure:
ext4 filesystem (sda1) (boot /)
ext4 /home partition
swap
Installation completes normally but on the ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 not starting (dual boot)
On my dual booting laptop, I have Windows XP and Ubuntu 12.04. I've had XP on the laptop for years, and install Ubuntu 12.04 a few months ago. For some reason, Ubuntu 12.04 has stopped working.
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grub rescue…delete ubuntu…windows 8…purple screen
Okay so I noticed I am basically screwed and have been working on this for hours. I tried to dual boot my windows 8, but I am still a beginner and failed. I am at the point where I delete ubuntu, get ...
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Getting a “General error mounting filesystems” after upgrade to 13.04 [duplicate]
When I turn on his computer, the GNU GRUB menu appears. When I choose the Ubuntu option,this shows up. What do I do?
Scanning for Btrfs filesystems
General error mounting filesystems.
A maintenance ...
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Lenovo G780 and Ubuntu 13.04
Just installed 13.04 on new G780, left UEFI enabled, but wiped Windows 8 off the disk.
Whenever I boot up 13.04, the screen shows purple for a few seconds, and then just the back light shows for a few ...
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No GRUB Screen or recovery mode on Boot after 12.04 Upgrade
I tried the live boot CD and boot-repair, also loaded the Desktop install CD, and it looks like all partitions check out OK.
However, when I try to boot Linux (the only bootable partition on the ...
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ThinkPad T520 won't boot from USB
This is cross-post from ubuntuforums.org but as I've received no responses there I'm hoping for better luck here.
Basically, I've installed the full version of Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS on a 32 GB SanDisk ...
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Easiest way to stop using a separate partition for /boot?
I have an older machine that I originally set up as a dual boot with Windows 7 and Lubuntu. Part of that setup was establishing a small partition for /boot. The partition is 89 MB, and with recent ...
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Gnome broken splash screen
I installed Ubuntu 13.04 today with gnome(First Ubuntu 13.04, then apt-get install gnome-shell). After this my boot screen is broken, you can see this here:
This happened at Ubuntu 12.04 and Ubuntu ...
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How to use windows 8 bootloader instead of ubuntu 13.04grub?
I have dual booted my netbook with windows 8 pro and ubuntu 13.04.
i do not like grub and think the windows 8 bootloader is a lot more clean and sharp.
Is there a way to use the windows bootloader ...
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Ubuntu hangs on start on system that have Windows 7
I have installed Ubuntu 12.10 using Live-USB stick on a system that have Windows 7 in Asus 1025ce, but after selecting Ubuntu in boot menu, system not started in first time and these messages ...
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Can not boot after a terminated upgrade
I have moved my HDD with Ubuntu 12.04 to a new PC, but the wired LAN didn't worked, so I have booted the computer from a 13.04 USB stick to see if it is working there (it works), and started the ...
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Ubuntu does not boot on retina Macbook Pro
I decided to install Ubuntu as my primary OS on my Retina MacBook Pro (2012), but sadly after installation it does not boot into the OS. Instead, I get the message "no operating system found". I only ...
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13.04 upgrade won't boot kernel 3.8
After upgrading from 12.10 to 13.04, my Toshiba NB305 won't boot under kernel 3.8.. I am able to boot if I manually select kernel 3.5. from the GRUB menu.
I tried several things that have been ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 Boots to purple screen
I know this question has been tackled in a couple different threads but I've tried what I could from those and have not resolved the issue. I have just a basic understanding of this system so feel ...
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GRUB2: When I choose Windows 8, error invalid EFI file path
I had a problem with install Ubuntu 13.04 next to Windows 8. I have a Dell inspiron 15 notebook with UEFI.
In Boot-setup I changed to Legacy Boot on and switched UEFI boot off. Then I installed ...
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How to boot Ubuntu from EFI/UEFI?
I have just tried installing Ubuntu 11.10 on a newly bought Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge with EFI boot enabled. The machine came preloaded with Windows 7. I first opted to install Ubuntu 11.10 side-by-side ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 not booting after upgrade from 12.10
This is duplicate post from here
After upgrading to 13.04, I was able to boot into ubuntu.
I made change a line in grub from
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
to
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Slow boot on ubuntu 13.04
I'm using proposed packages, and after updates, the boot becomes very slow.
Hre is part of dmesg command output:
[ 3.534121] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as ...
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Windows doesn't boot after Ubuntu installation
I have had serious problems installing Ubuntu and Windows and have dual boot. Recently I installed both operating systems, Ubuntu was the last one, and after that my computer was booting directly to ...
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Ubuntu boots to a blank screen (12.04)
I was trying to set up an Android build environment for building CyanogenMod. This involved me installing a few packages via apt-get. After the installation I also updated some packages in Synaptic. I ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 is not booting
I have upgraded today Ubunutu 12.04 Lts to 12.10 and then to 13.04.
After issue with brightness. I have followed serdotlinecho and added GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_backlight=vendor" to grub config.
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Why isn't Grub2 using custom resolution?
I hope somebody can help me with this... Running Ubuntu 12.10 GNOME Remix
I am trying to get Grub2 to use a resolution of 1600x900...
I have checked vbeinfo and hwinfo --framebuffer which both ...
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Which Ubuntu ISO should I burn for my system?
When I am downloading Ubuntu to burn it and install on a partition, I keep getting the amd version (ubuntu-12.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso). I don't have an amd processor but I have intel i7 3740QM.
On the ...
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Can't login to my user
I was installing NVM using this command:
curl https://raw.github.com/creationix/nvm/master/install.sh | sh
as explained in the github page https://github.com/creationix/nvm
It didn't work, so I ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 doesn't boot after fresh install
I've installed yesterday Ubuntu 12.10 32-bit version (as recommended) on my laptop. It was a fresh install, alongside Windows XP. On grub, after choosing normal boot on ubuntu, it starts loading ...
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Grub rescue unknown file system error
I formatted my partition of Ubuntu 11.04 and created a new simple volume in Windows. But when I rebooted my laptop, I got an error :no such partition.
I tried nearly all commands suggested, but could ...
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Updated then black screen after boot [duplicate]
I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 today. I updated everything (no adjustments, just what it suggested me) and every time I try to start Ubuntu (dual boot with Windows 7) it sort of crashes. I see 'Ubuntu' ...
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Installing proprietary ATI driver bricked my SSD
Today I tried switch back to full Ubuntu, getting rid of Windows for a while again. Was attempting to install 13.04. At first try everything was fine, grabbed the driver from ATI download page, ...
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Ubuntu with Scured Boot on Windows 8
Got my new lappy with Ubuntu OS pre-installed..it only boots with Secure boot Disabled and UEFI disabled...which means I should only use the Legacy boot mode being enabled and so unable to load ...
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Deleted ang0 and ang1
I accidentally deleted ang0 and ang1 from my PC. I was dual-booting ubuntu with Windows 8 as default. How do I repair it? I installed ubuntu with UNetBootIn.
