A bootloader is a small program that gets executed at startup time. The bootloader loads data and other startup process into RAM where they can be executed.
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12.10 not booting from grub line but will boot to generic version
I am new to Ubuntu and installed it as a method to access the internet while I attempted to repair my internet connection for Windows XP SP3. Dual boot for both Ubuntu and XP worked great. Failing to ...
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dual booting ubuntu without affecting recovery disk
I bought a new laptop with genuine windows 8 with a recovery partition built in. I need to install ubuntu without affecting to the current configurations.
This is how my partition table looks in ...
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Question About Ubuntu on Windows 8 [duplicate]
I just wanted to know the risks involved with trying to boot Ubuntu in Windows 8. I would try to follow the guide on THIS page (second post down). Is it possible I could ruin my Windows? I really want ...
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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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Failed Install on external HDD (bootloader installed at wrong place)
I installed Ubuntu using "Erase and use the entire disk" on my external hard drive.
Now the problem is that the bootloader was installed on my internal hard drive from my PC
instead of installing it ...
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Flash Drive Boot Issue
I tried to install Ubuntu 13.04 onto a flash drive and everything seemed to go smoothly, but after it told me to restart (and I did), it said t insert a boot device (which should be the flash drive, ...
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Remove the additional entries in grub [duplicate]
I was trying to get a dual-boot set up with Windows 8 and Ubuntu 13.04. After installing Ubuntu, it wouldn't let me go back into Windows 8. So I ran boot-repair and it fixed it self. Now I have all ...
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how to uninstall any other OS without uninstalling Lubuntu [duplicate]
i have installed 2 OS on my computer. Linux Mint and Lubuntu 13.04 ( No windows )
now how do i uninstall Linux Mint ?
keeping in mind i've no windows OS so no bootloader issue i guess.
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Grub menu editing help [duplicate]
Is there an app to change the order of the Grub menu?
I am new to Linux and when I press 'e' at the grub menu I get a list of code which, to my untrained eyes doesn't bare any resemblance to the ...
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Double bootloader after install Burg
Successfully installed the Burg boot loader but after selecting the windows symbol the old Grub boot loader show up for selecting windows or ubuntu.
How can I remove the old bootloader and use Burg ...
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burg error after removing entries
Hi I installed burg lately using commands
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/burg sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install burg burg-themes
sudo burg-install /dev/hda
sudo update-burg
and later ...
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Ubuntu on Virtaulbox - VT-x is not available [duplicate]
Since I couldn't load the boot loader after tons of trys, I decided to install it on a Virtualbox. I havn't tried it before and I'm still brand new to both Ubuntu and Virtualbox. The installation went ...
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Unable to repair Grub in ubuntu
I had multiple OS windows and ubuntu, It was working fine but suddenly something happen(or I did some changes which I dont know) and I am unable to boot ubuntu. Even I am not seeing ubuntu drive when ...
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wubi move to partition [duplicate]
im new in ubuntu and I really liked ubuntu 12.10 with wubi (windows ubuntu installer) and I want to emigrate to the partition system which is more faster, but I don't want to install grub, I want to ...
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How to Dual boot Windows 8 and Ubuntu 13.04 using Windows 8 bootloader?
I have Dual boot Windows 8 and Ubuntu 13.04 with separate /boot. But at startup, I want to directly boot into Windows 8 bootloader, and right there select Windows, or, Ubuntu. I have added entry using ...
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Multiple OS's, several drives, need a working boot manager
Okay, so I have several drives with various operating systems on various partitions.
the main drive is a 200GB sliced into a primary for Ubuntu a swap and some storage. the other drives 2x350GB are ...
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Can the bootloader be stored outside the HDD?
If the Ubuntu boot loader is stored on the Hard Drive, is there an alternative to loading the boot loader from the hard drive?
Can it be stored on alternate storage such as a CD or even an external ...
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New Ubuntu 13.04 install does not show up in boot menu for existing bootloader
I just installed Ubuntu 13.04 on a new partition on a laptop that currently has Mint 14 installed. Because I ran into lots of problems when originally installing the boot loader I followed the ...
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Can't load Ubuntu after installing [duplicate]
I'd just installed Ubunto 13.04 but I don't really know how to run Ubunto. Something went wrong in the very last part of the installation and it said something about the boot loader or something. I ...
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Installed Cinnamon now 13.04 is frozen
I installed Cinnamon and when I booted, Raring froze. I logged out and removed Cinnamon via Synaptic. Rebooted and now I am unable to login to anything except a Guest Account (I had Unity set for ...
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since Quantal , I can't boot after an install. No grub menu
I have an issue with Ubuntu since Quantal, Raring is concerned too.
After the Install I can't boot to the system. I have no Windows on my PC, I just have Ubuntu on both partitions : One as main ...
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My Ubuntu Boot behavior is Random
My newely installed Ubuntu on an HP Pavilion G7 is behaving weird in the loading (Booting) process. It sometimes loads from the first time, it sometimes stucks at a purple screen for over 4 minutes. ...
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Boot Loader /install/vmlinuz: file not found Please help!
I have a boot DVD that has Ubuntu server 12.04 on it, I have used this cd to install ubuntu server on a desktop computer and it works fine. Although now when I try to install it on a D945GCLF ...
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Why cant I load Ubuntu 12.04 or 12.10. [duplicate]
Every time i try burn onto disk or usb, it comes back with errors or missing files, i really want to use Ubuntu, but this keeps happening everytime, please help!!
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Where I should install GRUB bootloader, and chainloading bootloader?
I wanted to install Ubuntu Studio, and I'm confused where I should install GRUB. I wanted to chainload bootloader (because I want to dual-boot) and keeps Windows Bootloader, because I'm using EasyBCD.
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Dual-booting Windows 8 and Ubuntu Studio
I have experience failed to boot system after installing Ubuntu, and I won't that happens again.
I wanted to install (again) Ubuntu, but this time Ubuntu Studio.
So I just ask a few questions:
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Running one OS per core [closed]
I'm interested in using a COTS board like the Wandboard for a project. On one hand I'd like to use something like Ubuntu for user interaction, sounds, TCP/IP stuff, etc. But I also need an RTOS like ...
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Windows and Ubuntu not booting in triple boot with OS X
I triple-booted my Mac. Windows and Ubuntu can't boot. Only OSX.
When installing Ubuntu, I installed the bootloader on the same drive as Ubuntu. Ubuntu gave
an bootloader waring that I need a ...
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I added ram to an Acer Aspire One, Windows 7 boots, Ubuntu boots to blank black screen. Is this an Xorg problem?
My friend bought an Acer Aspire One D270-1375 with 1GB RAM. I installed Ubuntu 12.04 in this setup: Netbook runs Windows 7 starter, Ubuntu was installed using download running Wubi to install under ...
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Install on Second Hard Drive with startup boot option?
In theory, what I want to do is very simple, but I've done some google research and read some posts on this site and I'm still confused.
I want to keep win7 on my primary C:\ drive, and install ...
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Ubuntu 11.10 bootloader doesn't start windows 7
I just installed ubuntu 11.10 alongside with Windows 7.
Ubuntu starts and work fine.
Instead, when i click on the last option:
windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda1)
the bootloader reload itself and ...
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How to deactivate grub after fresh installation?
Short version
I have a system with Windows 8 and in a working but undocumented state and next to it an Ubuntu 12.10 with the Grub2 bootloader, which doesn't recognize Windows correctly. I want to ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 does not start on MacBook Pro: Black screen
I'm trying to dual boot Ubuntu 12.04 on my MacBook Pro running OSX 10.8 (the laptop itself is brand new as of March 2013, if that tells you something about the model.) However, when I boot Ubuntu, I'm ...
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Dual Boot Windows 7 & Ubuntu 12.10. Managed to boot in Win7 but not in Ubuntu
http://paste2.org/p/3270871
Hi all,
Thanks In advance. Because I know people over there is very knowledgeable and able to help me out.
I just started to use my first linux based operating system as ...
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Do I boot from a Live CD now that I'm stuck on grub rescue>
I've read all the details on how to fix getting stuck in grub, but I think I may have wiped out Ubuntu and somehow grub is still there.
I get: grub rescue> error: unknown file system
ls give me:
(hd0) ...
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unable to get bootloader on Ubuntu12.04
I have dual boot Lenovo laptop g580. I have already Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit installed .
I want Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit that's why I tried to reinstall Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit in place of 32 bit.
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ubuntu uefi boot issues
After quite a lot hurdles I got the ubuntu 12.04 installed on my machine in uefi mode but still one issue. It has created a separate boot option in uefi boot mode. So everytime I need to run ubuntu I ...
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How can I get into burg menus? (12.10)
I'm trying to make burg use a theme. I've already got burg working fine on mbr and installed few themes using Super Boot Manager but I can't access any of the menus like the one needed to make burg ...
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where is my ubuntu 12.10?
i have 4 partitions.
1 system part of windows.
2 windows installed(7 x64).
3 i common drive for temp files.
4 my drive for my personal data.
i downloaded ubuntu 12.10 x64
shrinked my windows ...
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GRUB is absent after re-installing Windows XP [duplicate]
I formatted my XP drive and installed XP again, and now I can't boot into Ubuntu. I just need the option of selecting Ubuntu while the system boots.
Thanks in advance for replies.
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where to install bootloader
New to ubuntu here and am trying to set up 12.04 alongside my windows7 install.
I got the iso onto a flash drive, managed to install everything just fine, but when I restart the computer after ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 boot disk not being read
I have a copy of Ubuntu (11.1 and 12.04), both on CD and on USB key, but I am unable to boot from any of them. The CD drive in the machine is fine and will happily read Windows and Acronis boot disks, ...
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GRUB error while trying to run fully installed Ubuntu 12.04 from SSD
Due to my laptop having a RAM problem, I removed its SSD(which contains an Ubuntu 12.04 installation, with my personal data) and attempted to boot it from my old P4 machine lying around. This P4 ...
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Problem when generating grub.cfg
When I ran update-grub in terminal it gave me this message:
root@ThinkPad-W520:/dev# sudo update-grub
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-25-generic
Found initrd image: ...
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Windows 8 no longer boots after Grub wiped out the Windows Bootsector
I was using Win8 and installed Ubuntu 12.10... There is an entry in GRUB for W8, but when selecting it - GRUB comes back again, so Windows never boot up. I can only launch my Ubuntu.
/dev/sda1 * ...
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How to make a proper Ubuntu/Windows 8 dual-boot using the Metro Bootloader? [duplicate]
I'm the owner of a UEFI PC and I would like to make a new setup of windows 8 and ubuntu 12.10 both in x64.
I' don't know if that's possible, I've made some searches, I've followed some tutorials like ...
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Help installing Ubuntu alongside Mac in an external drive (using rEFIt)
I want to install Ubuntu on an external USB hard drive (in a blank partition already made in mac) and then use rEFIt to alternate between operating systems.
The problem is that, when running the ...
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Removing System Reserved to use GRUB2
Today I was reading a lot about the boot process. I have win7 ubuntu multiboot, grub2 is the loader. My question is:
Is it safe to delete System Reserved (BOOTMGR in it), as I use GRUB2?
I mean:
Does ...
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Nexus 7 installer gets stuck on 'Erasing Boot Partition" help what to do next?
I have tried installing the Ubuntu Touch with the Nexus 7 Ubuntu Core installer on Ubuntu 12.10 64bit in a VMWare virtual machine.
It looks like its stuck on Erasing boot partition.
I have read ...
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Loading sound but no login screen [duplicate]
I have just installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my laptop which is an HP Windows 7 SP1 Pavilion dv5 Intel core i3 M350 2.27Ghz 4.00 GB 64 bit. When I try reboot into Linux, I get a purple loading screen, but ...
