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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Boot Ubuntu from external drive [duplicate]
I have been trying for a week to install (not live cd) Ubuntu on an external drive.
I am totally new to Linux and would love to try it out. That's why I want to install it on an external drive and ...
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Uninstall GRUB and use Windows bootloader
I have Windows 8 pre-installed, and then I installed GRUB with Ubuntu. Ubuntu is not my thing, so now I want to remove it along with GRUB. From what I have learned, with UEFI, GRUB does not overwrite ...
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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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In a dual boot system, how does the BIOS choose which bootloader to run?
I have a dual boot of Windows and Ubuntu. When I switch on the machine, the BIOS does POST and after that the bootloader starts.
I want to understand how the BIOS chooses which bootloader to run. I ...
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efibootmanager -o changes are lost on reboot
Trying to install ubuntu on a laptop. The "bios/uefi" has no uefi boot options & the windows boot manager just kicks in. The only "option" is "boot from hard disk". So we tried to use efibootmgr ...
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How to prevent Ubuntu from overwriting grub bootloader after update?
Is there any way I can stop Ubuntu from overwriting bootloader?
It happens after updating (I suppose) system's kernel. I want to stay with my other linux distro bootloader without having to change ...
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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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How to uninstall Ubuntu from dual boot and change the bootloader? [duplicate]
I have a Windows 7/Ubuntu 11.10 dual-boot setup, where I am running the OSes on separate partitions on my laptop's HDD. I assume the best method of uninstalling is "simply" a matter of ...
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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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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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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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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 to create or recover Windows Bootloader after deleting Ubuntu boot drive
I have a computer that dual-boots (or tri-boots) Windows 8 Release Preview, Windows 7, and Ubuntu 12.04. Grub boots between Windows 8 and Ubuntu; for which I use primarily. Recently, I decided to ...
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Where to install bootloader when installing Ubuntu as secondary OS?
I'm trying to install Ubuntu as secondary OS on my laptop. I have Windows 8 already installed on my laptop.
Now, I know how to run Ubuntu from USB drive, I created addition partition and formatted it ...
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Restore Windows bootloader
I installed Ubuntu on my laptop and something happened and my Windows 7 bootloader is missing. I can boot only Ubuntu.
So, I tried to do something like suggested here
How to restore Windows 7 loader
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Move bootloader or remove efi partition in second drive
I'm new here so I apologize in advance if my question is not formally correct.
I have a dual boot system, on two different disks.
Windows was pre-installed on the first drive (500 Gb), then I ...
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Dual-Booting OS X or macOS with Linux without rEFInd
I think the title quite sums up the content of this post. I'd like to dual-boot a macbook pro 13' without having to use a third party boot loader. All the tutorials I've found use rEFIt o rEFInd to ...
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UEFI bootloader alternative to GRUB
I'm having trouble with my current bootloader GRUB on Ubuntu 12.04. Sometimes it takes forever too boot, other times it wont find the kernel image. My system uses UEFI to boot, is there a UEFI ...
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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 files ...
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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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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 I ...
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Cannot install Ubuntu 20.04 on Mac mini 2020
I have a brand new 2020 Mac mini (Intel i3 quad core chip).
My install (dedicated Ubuntu NO dual boot) fails with the famous;
Executing 'grub-install /dev/nvme0n1' failed.
This is a fatal error.
I ...
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Want to view contents of /boot/efi/ in Xubuntu and don't have permissions
So, not knowing the syntax of Linux at all, how do I set the permission to be able to view and edit a certain file within the /boot/efi/ folder?
The file is refind.conf - and is the config file for ...
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How to remove "Ubuntu" from Boot Menu after deleting Ubuntu partition in Windows 10 (Dual Boot)
I have recently installed dual-boot with Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. After messing around with Ubuntu, I decided it was time for a clean re-install.
I booted back into Windows 10 and deleted ...
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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 to set up GRUB2 password in an easy way?
I need to setup password for GRUB2 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS amd64. The setup I am trying to reach is to have [e]dit and [c]onsole options protected by password, but booting of operating system entries (...
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Install Ubuntu with other linux distributions on same machine
I have brand new machine.
I want to install Ubuntu and one more Linux distributions on same machine. When the machine is up I want to have the option to choose which Linux to load.
Is it possible?
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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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How can I change the contents of grub loader?
I have Ubuntu installed alongside of Windows and in bootloader (grub) these operating systems as all of yours are with long names! How can I change the names in grub? for example I want to change the ...
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Restore backup of WinEFI or UEFI (not sure) that boot-repair made
I have a laptop that supports EFI/UEFI. I have Windows 8.1 and Ubuntu 12.04 on it. The way I installed my OSes was like this:
I installed Win 8.1 in the required partitions then Installed ubuntu and ...
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Grub Bootloader issue with Dual Boot/Dual Drive Install Windows 10/Ubuntu 20.10
So, I am trying to install Ubuntu alongside my Windows 10 Pro. However, I am sure that I am complication it by trying to install Ubuntu on a separate nvme ssd drive. So to elaborate, my Windows 10 ...
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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
ubuntu@ubuntu-...
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Pros and cons of installing Ubuntu alongside Windows Boot Manager
I'm trying to dual boot Ubuntu alongside Windows on my laptop. I already know how to install it. A tutorial that I watched recommended selecting the Something else option of the Installation type ...
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DMAR firmware bug. Broken BIOS?
I am seeing below error message on my laptop screen upon loading Ubuntu but I am able to login without problem. What do you think could be wrong?
DMAR: [Firmware Bug]: No firmware reserved region can ...
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Can Ubuntu be installed on Intel Atom based laptop or mini PC?
I have run into a lot of conflicting information for this laptop, and I want to warn you all about a couple of things before you jump to conclusions.
1) Lenovo has several Laptops sold under "100s" -...
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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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I accidentally deleted all bootloaders (Windows Boot Manager and GRUB) [duplicate]
I accidentally deleted all bootloaders (Windows Boot Manager and Grub).
If I start my laptop it doesn't found any bootloaders. How can I reinstall at least Windows 10 boot manager and/or GRUB ...
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How can I reinstall GRUB Bootloader on MBR after installing Kubuntu?
I installed Ubuntu, but then installed Kubuntu over it (formated Ubuntu Partition) because Ubuntu is not compatible with almost any hardware on my PC. Problem is I'm stuck with an old GRUB that says ...
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What exactly is GRUB?
Can anyone explain to me in fairly simple words and not too technical concepts what exactly GRUB is, what its primary usage is, and how to use it efficiently for a dual boot Windows/Ubuntu ...
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Bootloader install failed
The situation where I am stuck:
The issue is that I am trying to install Ubuntu 15.10 as my primary OS.
I had windows 10 and tried to use both OS in dual boot but got stuck at some point. So my ...
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How do I change from dual-boot Windows/Ubuntu to single-boot Ubuntu?
I have an old Vista laptop that I partitioned and installed Ubuntu on, with dual-boot. I've now decided to switch entirely to Ubuntu. What's the best way to achieve this?
My current partitions:
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Chainload from windows boot manager to Grub with Secure Boot enabled
I have a UEFI laptop with Bitlocker on the Windows partition. This forces the primary bootloader to be Windows Boot Manager with Secure Boot enabled in order for Bitlocker to work properly on Windows. ...
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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 GRUB2,...
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Booting a NVMe drive
Note: this is kind of follow-up of this post: https://superuser.com/questions/1318478/booting-nvme-drive-with-a-bootloader, but I decided to post here since I'm trying to install and boot Ubuntu.
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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 do I get grub-efi-amd64-signed to not automatically overwrite NVRAM on update
I am using refind as my main boot loader. Since it can load kernel images directly, I probably don't even need GRUB much, but keeping it around just in case feels safer just in case. What's annoying ...
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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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Can't boot to Windows anymore after removing Grub on a Netbook [duplicate]
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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Ubuntu 14.04 not booting before Windows 8.1
I try to boot my computer into Ubuntu, but I end up having to manually select Ubuntu from the devices menu, even though it was supposed to boot first. Instead Windows 8 boots up like Ubuntu isn't even ...
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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 ...