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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Can't boot into Win7 since Update to 12.04
I had dual boot, Win7 64bit, and Ubuntu 11.10
I updated to Ubuntu 12.04
Now I am not met with the prompt asking which OS to boot into (setup via EasyBCD in Windows while I had Ubuntu 11.10)
Is ...
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How do I install BURG?
I found the source in launchpad for 11.04 and 10.10 but I don't know how to install or compile it.
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After installing Ubuntu from USB, GRUB2 can't be installed!
Hello ladies and gentlemen! I installed Ubuntu alongside with Windows 7 using live USB.
It wouldn't let me install GRUB, it says there's a fatal error with the partition chose. I literally chose ...
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Wiped Ubuntu files, bootloader still there, how can I remove it and restore Windows? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to remove Ubuntu and put Windows back on?
I had Ubuntu installed through the Windows 7 dual boot option. Not knowing exactly what I was doing, I just deleted the ...
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How to set Windows bootloader as default bootloader?
I have a Win 7/11.10 dual boot system with Grub 2 as the default bootloader. However, I want to make Windows bootloader the default bootloader (grub 'dos' like interface scrares the hell out of my ...
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How to remove the unwanted entries from the boot menu? [duplicate]
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Is there a way to remove/hide old kernel versions?
When my system boots up, a big list of some 6 options are shown other than the Windows OS option.
They are like :
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Error message “Signal out of range 92KHz - 58Hz ” when starting Ubuntu. What is wrong and how can I fix it?
My monitor has an Analogical connection. First I install windows 7, then I install Ubuntu 11.10, when this installation finish I restarted the PC.
Any time there I turn on the PC I see the BIOS ...
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How do I boot HP Pavilion g6 to display GRUB2.00 rather than opening Windows8 by default?
With a lot of help from Ask Ubuntu, I have successfully installed 12.10 onto an HP Pavilion g6 2240sa notebook to create a dual boot machine which also has Win8. This could only be achieved by a full ...
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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 can I get GRUB to appear after installing Ubuntu with Windows 7 using a LiveUSB?
I booted Ubuntu 12.04 LTS from a LiveUSB, and then selected the option to Install Ubuntu to my hard drive. I allowed the installer to partition it, giving Ubuntu 50GB and leaving Windows 7 with 200GB. ...
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How do I find out which boot loader I have?
I know Grub is the one installed by default when installing Ubuntu but I am faced with an embedded system running 9.10 Desktop Edition. Following are the contents of lsb-release file
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How to enable the Boot Splash Screen?
After hitting enter from GRUB, the screen displays a blinking cursor. How can I enable the loading screen, so that the boot splash screen displays instead of a blinking cursor??
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How to make Windows boot first? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I set Windows to boot as the default in the boot loader?
I want to know how to make Windows the default boot OS in Ubuntu 11.10, how to make Windows boot first on ...
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Updating to Windows 8 on dual boot with Ubuntu
I have dual boot Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows Vista on separate partitions. I want to update Vista to Windows 8, buy I'm worried that I can mess up something.
How should I prepare for the update?
How ...
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Windows 7 Pro won't load after installing Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
So I installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit using the DVD. I followed LinuxBSDos guide for dual booting Windows 7 (first installed) and Ubuntu 12.04 (second install) on 2 Separate Hard drives.
I had ...
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How to replace GRUB with Windows NT Bootloader?
I'm not really a big fan of GRUB (I had a bad experience), nor very knowledgeable about Linux, so how do I remove GRUB, and replace it with Windows NT Bootloader, yet keep the same list/number/entries ...
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Grub Rescue Error: Unknown Filesystem [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
ls on grub rescue - unknown filesystem
Grub rescue - error: unknown filesystem
I was trying to dual boot Windows with Linux (linux installed first).
I read that it ...
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How can I remove Ubuntu from my system and install the Windows bootloader?
I want to completely remove Ubuntu from my system. But if I delete the partition, the Grub files will be deleted and that will leave me "Bootloader-less". How can I workaround this?
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Uninstalling Ubuntu from dual boot / Change bootloader
I have a Win/Ubuntu 11.10 dual-boot setup, where I am running the OSes on separate partitions of my laptop HDD. I assume the best method of uninstalling is 'simply' a matter of deleting the Ubuntu ...
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How can I reinstall the boot loader? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I repair grub? (How to get Ubuntu back after installing Windows?)
I've just installed windows 7, and I can't access Ubuntu any more.
Is there any way I can ...
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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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System will not boot without USB thumb drive inserted
I've had this issue before when trying out Linux Mint, but I was unable to get any assistance. I was then lead to believe that it was a problem related to Mint, and not grub.
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 ...
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How to manually install boot loader?
My attempt to upgrade to 12.04 failed, so I burnt a 12.04 CD, and asked to do a full install, getting rid of all previous OS (I had Windows as well as 11.10). All seemed well until the very end when ...
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Make bootable Win8 USB on and for Ubuntu MacBook
(Some time ago, I bought a new HDD for my MacBook 2,1. I put it in and installed Ubuntu on it, using a CD. Everything went fine, didn't have to setup any special Apple stuff, didn't need to bless my ...
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How can I disable the purple bootloader splash at boot?
This question has been answered before, but neither of the methods in the accepted answer worked for me on 11.10.
First I tried editing in /etc/default/grub, and then running sudo update-grub. But ...
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Where to install boot loader on a Zenbook Prime?
I cannot figure out where to install the boot loader on my Zenbook UX31A Prime. I have installed Ubuntu many times on normal hard drives, but this is the first SSD and I am struggling.
Installed ...
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Unable to load Ubuntu after installing Windows
I had Ubuntu 11.10 installed, I installed Windows 7 on another partition but now on booting I cant see dual boot options and Windows 7 is loaded.
How can I run Ubuntu now?
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Can't boot to Windows anymore after removing Grub on a Netbook
Today I decided to try out Fedora by booting it from USB. I liked the OS, and decided I wanted to install it to my hard-drive. I couldn't complete the installation because I needed to free up a ...
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Where is the boot loader installed?
Where is the boot loader, such as Grub, installed generally?
When I install 12.04 along side Windows on different partitions of my disk, I encountered a choice for "Device for boot loader ...
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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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How to remove a duplicate Ubuntu Installation without ruining OS boot menu
I have a dual boot setup: windows vista and ubuntu.
But, I actually have a duplicate Ubuntu install that I setup a long time ago to get my bootmenu back... (my computer at one point could not find ...
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Can I make grub2 boot from a CD in an external USB CD drive?
I would like to boot from an external USB CD/DVD drive on a Toshiba Portege which can't. I've tried with plop, but haven't had any luck.
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GRUB's menu.lst deleted after a kernel update
I have installed ubuntu through wubi and all was well until I updated to the next kernel version.
I am now trying to boot into ubuntu and it shows me the GRUB rescue command line.
I am able to boost ...
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Can I Install grub on an USB and make it a rescue disk?
Can I Install grub on an USB and make it a rescue disk?
Question: Is it safe to run the following commands?
sudo grub-install /dev/sdb (where sdb is my USB drive)
update-grub2
Question: Would ...
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How do I boot from a grub menu?
I recently added another partition to my hardrive where ubuntu was installed to and afterwards when I booted ubuntu I got sent to the grub rescue> terminal. The fix for that was that I had to ...
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Where do I install the bootloader for a dual-boot system?
This may be an odd question, but whenever I start up 12.04 installation from my flashdrive, it finishes installation. Then, at the end of the installation it says "Failed to install bootloader, would ...
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Why can't I choose Ubuntu at boot?
I installed Ubuntu along side windows xp, and at the choose OS screen my keyboard doesn't work. I can't even hit enter to just start xp I have to wait for the count down. Any ideas?
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How to change the menu order of BURG
I have BURG installed with GRUB2 to provide nice GRUB themes on my GRUB loader. I have it all setup right but I want to know if it's possible to change the order of my menu icons. As of now, I ...
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Can't get past boot menu after WUBI installation
I just tried to install Ubuntu 12.10 using the Windows Installer from the Ubuntu website on my Windows 7 Home Premium ASUS gamers laptop and while it appeared to install correctly, when I rebooted the ...
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WUBI installed Ubuntu not showing up at boot menu after Windows reinstallation
I recently installed 12.04 using WUBI installer in a separate partition. Because of some problem, I had to reinstall my Windows.
Now the problem is that my Windows has recovered, but Ubuntu is not ...
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How to Install fresh 12.04 install to a PC with dual booting Windows 7 & Ubuntu11.10?
My laptop is already dual booting with Windows 7 & Ubuntu 11.10, with Ubuntu GRUB bootloader. I would like to go fer a fresh Ubuntu 12.04 installation, without disturbing the Windows 7 boot record ...
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how to fix broken grub after already having tried to repair it?
I recently added another partition to my hardrive where ubuntu was installed to and afterwards when I booted ubuntu I got sent to the grub rescue> terminal. The fix for that was that I had to ...
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How do I reinstall bootloader? [duplicate]
I was running Win 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 alongside each other on diffirent partitions. I recently upgraded to Win 8 and after installing it, it booted directly on Win 8.
I've put in my pendrive to run ...
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Hard Drive not detected in ubuntu 12.04? [closed]
I had installed Ubuntu 12.04LTS in this summer and all was going fine. But suddenly my brother switched off the computer while it was loading the BIOS. Now when I boot, its not recognizing my hard ...
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Ubuntu 12.04.1 dual boot - boots directly to Windows 7
I wanted to install Ubuntu on my computer as second OS. I shrank the Windows partition and gave Ubuntu about 40Gb of space. After this I created a live USB having Ubuntu 12.04.1, and booted using the ...
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Missing Windows 7 when i installed ubuntu 12.4
i am newbie to this i installed Ubuntu using separate drive and i choose windows 7 loader as a boot device loader and after the installation i can only choose Ubuntu no windows 7 os so please help me ...
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GRUB2 stuck at rescue console, showing “unknown filesystem” for all partitions
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my external USB drive, where I have a 700GB NTFS partition followed by the new 6GB ext4 partition and a swap partition (all primary). The GRUB MBR is also installed to the ...
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Executing 'grub-install /dev/sda' failed [closed]
I keep getting this error when i get to the end of the install.I am using a UEFI system.
right now i am using 11.10
