Questions tagged [bootloader]
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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What does Ubuntu do differently than Raspberry pi OS when booting on a pi 4 [closed]
I have a raspberry pi 4 b+ 8gb that will not boot anything but Ubuntu. It will boot both the desktop and server version available using rpi-imager.
It will not boot any other OS.
I have repeatedly ...
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I've uninstalled Xubuntu but the Ubuntu bootmanager still shows up win11?
As the title says I've uninstalled Xubuntu but the bootmanager still shows up everytime I boot. How do I fix that.
And how do I enable fastboot again?
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Struck at GNU GRUB while loading from external SSD
I recently needed to use ubuntu for my project, so instead of dual booting ubuntu along windows I wanted to boot from external SSD to have the project portable. I installed ubuntu on a pen drive and ...
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How to create a bootloader on an usb-stick that boots a partition on a hard drive?
I received an HP Elitebook Folio 9470m with Ubuntu Bionic Beaver installed on it. I installed the latest Ubuntu. After reinstalling the laptop and rebooting, the BIOS refused to boot: PXE-E61 Media ...
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Stuck on GNU GRUB Version 2.04
I downloaded and dual booted Ubuntu with IOS (Catalina) for a project and to learn Linux. I put it on a separate partition from my Catalina container and only used about 10% of my drive. I didn’t need ...
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HP Pavilion Ubuntu installation BIOS problem
I'm trying to install Ubuntu LTS on my new HP Pavilion laptop and getting these errors:
Detailed explanation:
I'm trying to install Ubuntu on my newly purchased HP Pavilion which came out of the box ...
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GRUB2 error - invalid file name "chainloader"
Used grub customiser to add Windows 10.
Code:
insmod part_gpt
insmod fat
search --fs-uuid --no-floppy --set=root D4A8DCD3F31F3A09
chainloader chainloader (${root})/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
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Installing Ubuntu 22 LTS on an empty second drive, no boot managers, leave first drive INTACT
HARDWARE:
12600KF Intel PC with a Z690 ASUS board. (Firmware updated)
/dev/nvme0n1: Windows 11 Pro
/dev/sda: Ubuntu 22 LTS (what I'm installing)
/dev/sda currently has OpenBSD 6.8
OBJECTIVE:
NOT ...
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How can I add Ubuntu as an option to Windows Bootloader?
Windows installed first on first SSD
Ubuntu installed after on a separate SSD
I have to enter the boot menu via F11 to be able to access Ubuntu. The option for Ubuntu does not appear on Windows ...
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Cannot find boot device
I have installed Ubuntu on my Acer aspire 7750, but when I try to run Ubuntu it says: cannot find boot device. I have checked if my SSD is giving any errors with the smart tools and it says it' s ok. ...
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Ubuntu takes a long time to boot
I have a question about the boot of my Ubuntu Machine. The thing is, it takes up about five minutes. First I see the motherboard startup screen (MSI in my case) and after that I see the Ubuntu loading ...
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How to install the bootloader of Ubuntu 22.04?
I'm using Ubuntu 22.04 on my HDD and Windows 10 on my SSD. A few days ago, I encountered an issue with Windows - it froze during startup. Despite attempts to use chkdsk and repair system files, ...
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Bootloader issues
How can I rectify booting issues when the os cannot load/ retrieve available users. When the Ubuntu loads , it only shows a black wallpaper, i.e a blank dull age instead of giving room for user to ...
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Update Ubuntu on my notebook
Goodevening, i have a notebook with Ubuntu 16.04 in dual boot with win10. I want to upgrade my Ubuntu to 20.04 with a new installation but my trouble Is where to install the bootloader.
Can someone ...
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How to dual boot Ubuntu without USB in Windows PC
This is a weird setup, I know, but I tried to dual boot Ubuntu 23.04 without USB in my Windows PC. Fr that, I added the ISO file to separate F:\ drive which is fat32 and edited the bootloader using ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 efibootmgr from terminal 'eats' slashes
I'm running ubuntu 22.04.3 + maintenance on a DELL XPS 9320 (unix variant), efibootmgr version 17, GNU bash version 5.1.16(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Here's the output from my last attempt to ...
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Dual boot option not showing Instead showing GRUB
I dual booted one of my friends laptop with ubuntu and windows 10. When i first restarted, it was restarted successfully and there was boot options and i choose linux as my OS. But after a while when ...
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ACPI Error: AE_NOT_FOUND While resolving a named referrnce package element - PV01
Ubuntu was running perfectly on my company's workstation. Then the electricity was cut off, and when it came back I got this error message.
ACPI Error: AE_NOT_FOUND While resolving a named reference ...
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How can I use DriveDroid to install Ubuntu on a dead PC?
My laptop is stuck in GRUB rescue mode. I tried:
set boot=(hd0,msdos1)
set prefix=(hd0,msdos1)/boot/grub
and anything else I found on the internet, but everything lead to unknown system file or no ...
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Acces hidden GRUB2 Boot Menu in boot proccess
I want to hide GRUB2 boot menu in Ubuntu 23.04, but it can open from booting proccess as I want. I try to add GRUB_TIMEOUT = -1, but it can't hidden and still showing. My /etc/default/grub file as it :...
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When turned on the lap after updating ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04 it shows error [duplicate]
This is the error message I got. Can it be fixed?
[8.495885] Initramfs unpacking failed: invalid magic at start of compressed archive
[8.683497] Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root ...
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Where should I install bootloader on a triple boot system? (Windows, macOS and Ubuntu)
I'm dualbooting Windows 10 and macOS Monterey (Hackintosh).
I'm going to install Ubuntu and triple boot but
I don't where should I install my bootloader.
I'll boot from OpenCore's own boot manager.
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Whenever I start my laptop it shows many lines of code
Whenever I boot Ubuntu it shows many lines of code. I don't know if those are errors or not, but the system takes a little bit more time to start.
This is what I see:
Should I be worried about it or ...
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snapshot of current OS including all dependencies and libraries and some specified folders
I need to make snapshot of my current OS including all dependencies and libraries and some specified folders.
Folks from IRC just advised cubic to make some kind of iso (? live cd).
Basically It does ...
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are bootloaders the same when installing them into different locations?
I created 2 Linux partitions on my secondary drive along with my Windows main drive.
One of the partition, when created, i selected to install the boot loader on the Windows drive, and another ...
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Secure Boot with Ubuntu
I would like to ask about Secure Boot feature in UEFI especially in Ubuntu context.
I know that Ubuntu official ISO images are signed with Secure Boot signature.
Let's assume we have PC with Secure ...
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What are the main files used by GRUB bootloader on legacy and UEFI BIOS?
I have a small project where I need to configure a custom board with legacy BIOS, and another with UEFI BIOS. Therefore I would like to understand what GRUB files do we need for each type of BIOS.
I ...
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Dual boot menu not showing. Ubunutu boot drive does not exist anymore
I've been running a dual-boot setup with Windows 11 and Ubuntu 22.04 for several months now, and everything has been working smoothly. However, I recently encountered an unexpected problem: my boot ...
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Acer Swift 3 boot manager, no USB is detected
I've followed the instructions on Linux TV, but once i go to the boot manager, i cant find the usb, the only thing there is the Windows boot manager and linpus lite
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Ubuntu OS 22.04 would not boot
My default and only OS on my system is Ubuntu 22.04, but just a few days back it doesn't boot into the Ubuntu environment.
How it started:
I shut down the system correctly, but when I tried to put it ...
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How can I create a customise ubuntu to open browser when booted and restrict access to other application
I am trying to create a custom OS for examination purposes and I want to customize ubuntu iso so that it when booted it has only access to a browser and no other application
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Ubuntu won't boot to desktop after disconnecting and then re-connecting SSD
I think it can still read the disk as the splash screen is there.
This is the output I get:
I looked at journalctl -xb, but didn't know how to interpret that.
Basically default mode isn't working. ...
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end Kernel panic - not syncing - 22.10
Hi im getting an error message on my Ubuntu (see image) which does not allow me to boot my laptop. I dont want to reformat since i will lose everything. Please help
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How to fix Ubuntu getting stuck into Emergency Mode
I have a home server running Ubuntu Desktop 23.04, which had auto power restored on and I have experienced frequent power cuts. Since then, my server boot into Ubuntu Emergency Mode. I've tried ...
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install 22.04: Fail to boot after Grub menu
I am trying to install Ubuntu 22 (actually Ubuntu-studio, I don't think that makes a difference)
on a a brand new Beelink computer from an ISO copied on a usb stick.
The computer came preinstalled ...
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GRUB not loading properly when external SSD is disconnected
I have an internal SSD on which I have my primary Windows installed. I also have an external SSD where I installed my secondary Windows and Ubuntu OS. I mostly use both the Windows OS and sometimes ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS start-up message/check which delays boot
I am having Windows 11 and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS dual boot system. Windows 11 on regular SSD while Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on PCIE NVME SSD.
It's Dell XPS 8930 Desktop(2018) where I have made a lot of upgrades ...
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How to remove grub bootloader on a locked down laptop?
Ok so I installed ubuntu on a usb stick but it also put grub on my school laptop, I cant open diskmgt on windows, how can I delete the bootloader using linux?
The only thing I can think of is taking ...
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Ubuntu installation failure - Unable to install grub - Locked-NVram
230612 adding image of sure start settings Image of sure start bios settings
230611 Updating post with additional changes tried in BIOS/UEFI settings
Having issues when trying to install Ubuntu 22.04....
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I'm trying to dual boot ubuntu 22.04 and win10 but it always boot up win10. If i press f9, i get to choose ubuntu so far nothing have worked for me
Win10 is preinstalled
The system is Hp 650
I've selected dev/sda, dev/sda(the partition number), windows Boot manager as the device for the bootloader installation it still boots to win10 without ...
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Ubuntu installed on usb uses more than three minutes to boot
I have installed ubuntu on an usb stick.But it takes more than three minutes to boot. I don't know what's going wrong.
Here's the details:
USB: Kingston DTMAXA 256GB 3.2Gen2
PC: MSI GP76hx i7-12800hx ...
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How to install Ubuntu Core (2 versions) into separated hard drives
I want to install 2 Ubuntu core distributions to 2 separated hard drives in one PC.
I tried but there is only one distribution shown in the boot sequence menu.
How can we change the file /boot/grub/...
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bootloader missing after battery replacement
I have a dual boot: windows 10 and ubuntu 22.04 LTS. After the battery replacement, I found the ubuntu bootloader missing, whereas the ubuntu partition is intact.
Now I am directly booting into the ...
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Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04 and Window boot loader issue
I am having issue with the GRUB bootloader, where the Focal OS isnt showing at all - just Ubuntu 18.04 and Windows are shown as boot options.
I had installed Windows (/dev/nvme1n1p3) -> Ubuntu 18....
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Resolving BIOS-Related Errors during Ubuntu Installation
I'm having trouble installing Ubuntu on my laptop. The laptop originally had Windows installed on an SSD, but the SSD is not working properly, so I want to install Ubuntu on the hard disk instead. ...
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Windows 11 not in grub menu. Do I add the windows partition or the bootloader partition to grub
I am trying to get windows 11 on my grub bootloader. I tried putting the windows partition euid into grub(had to do it manually cuz the copy and paste was being strange)
Windows shows up in the grub ...
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No option to choose Ubuntu - boots into windows
After installing Ubuntu and going through the process after restarting It boots immediately into windows.
I’m currently in the try Ubuntu and this is the gparted that I got right now.
I tried running ...
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How can I run Unbuntu on raspberry-pi 3 or 4 using only a single core?
I would like to use the Raspberry-Pi 3 or 4 to get a ballpark performance estimate for a 64bit-ARM embedded system that runs Linux but only has a single core. (I don't have the target system yet). I ...
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How to boot one windows os from ubuntu grub menu
How can i boot one windows from ( i have 2 windows and 1 ubuntu os in system) from grub.
2 windows but have only one windows boot manager. when i boot windows boot manager from grub it needs an extra ...
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How to cleanly disable Grub after a migration to systemd-boot?
Short story: I replaced grub2 with systemd-boot and cannot be happier. Much simpler, and works perfectly on a rather complex efi multi-boot system mixing sata, nvme...
Now I want to make sure update-...