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Lubuntu boots into GRUB, no idea what to do
I have installed Lubuntu 13.04 into a USB stick through the Windows installer.
I reset the computer, chose to boot from the USB and the installation continued without a problem. However, after it ...
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How to reinstall newest Linux Kernel?
Hello I upgraded all packages on my Ubuntu 13.04, and kernel also. But in upgrading process kernel upgrade failed, and I must always after grub load select older kernel. It is a terminal command to ...
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File not Found Grub Rescue after install [closed]
I'm having problems with Backtrack 5 R3.
After the installation of the system on my external disk, when i restart the computer the Grub Rescue Prompt appears after File Not Found. And when I type "ls ...
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Attempted to install Ubuntu, now I have no boot menu
I attempted to install Ubuntu 13.04 onto my secondary hard drive. I say "attempted" because I had to cancel the installation after it hung on "update-grub" (or something like that) for two or three ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 Stuck During Boot After Grub
I Just updated Ubuntu from 12.10 to 13.04 today. Everything went smooth until after reboot,and now at the grub menu. If I picked the first option(which says Ubuntu) it goes to a blank screen with a ...
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Boot Issues with 13.04 & 12.10
I have two internal hard drives. Windows 7 is on sda. Ubuntu 13.04 and 12.10 on sdb sharing a swap file. I get a lag in booting 13.04, but it does boot. The message identifies my computer and ask ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 64-bit fresh install not booting at all,not detected
I installed Ubuntu 13.04 as a replacement to my old 12.10 installation from a usb pendrive.
The install went perfectly fine.However,when I rebooted,my computer did not detect ubuntu and got stuck on ...
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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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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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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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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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grub rescue…delete ubuntu…windows 8…purple screen [duplicate]
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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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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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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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 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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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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grub2 C/H/S value error on Laptop Second hard drive (ODD)
I was living happily with my one hard drive in laptop then I installed a SSD as my first (hd0) then installed the old drive in laptop's second hard drive caddy in CD/DVD drive bay.
now I can't boot ...
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Can't boot Chromium OS from USB! [closed]
I've recently downloaded the vanilla chromium os from hexxah and have written it on my usb stick. I followed every step and plugged it into my laptop. After I changed the boot order I managed to boot ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 won´t boot …help pls [closed]
i installed Ubuntu over Win Vista yesterday, and it all worked fine. No Problem due the installationsprogress. But now if i start my PC and choose Ubuntu the following Screen appears :
Gave ...
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lenovo g575 grub2 loopback boot sata driver
On another machine I can use grub2 to loopback mount just fine.
On this Lenovo G575 I get the following when I try to loopback boot many different ISO image using grub2, so I think there could be a ...
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hd0 read error; tried boot repair still won't boot [closed]
I have tried to boot from grub rescue from console. I have also tried boot repair, but it didn't help. Here is the full boot repair log: http://paste.ubuntu.com/5668816/
Boot repair reports that the ...
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Fixing Windows 8 after removing ubuntu
I tried installing Ubuntu (successfully) on my Windows 8 machine so i could develop in c and it worked decently for a while. I did this without wubi. However, I later got a virtual machine to run ...
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Issue while installing ubuntu as dual boot [duplicate]
I have Windows 8 professional presintalled on my hp pavilion m6. I need to install ubuntu 13.04 as dual boot. The windows partition i created is not detected on ubuntu installation. How do I install ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 cannot boot after system crash
So, I was using Ubuntu with Opera, recording the screen with Kazam. I was watching videos on Youtube and after a while Ubuntu hanged insanely. I forcibly shut it down by pressing the power button. ...
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Can't boot Ubuntu 13.04 (two Xeons) w/out nolapic parameter
Whenever I attempt to boot, I get as far as the following messages and then it appears to freeze.
BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found
EDD information not available.
Based on other ...
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No boot disk has been detected or the disk has failed windows 8
I install ubuntu 13.04 on my PC which has windows 8 alreday installed. During install, I checked the second option (about LVM partitions). After install, I cannot boot neither on ubuntu nor in ...
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UEFI mode problem with windows 8 on sony vaio
This is Manorath. I tried all the options explained in the help page regarding uefi mode when I boot my sony vaio which already contain windows 8 in uefi mode when I am using the ubuntu cd as my first ...
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Boot issues after attempting dual-boot setup with Windows 8
(I did quite a bit of messing around before asking for help, which in retrospect was a mistake, so the BootInfo might be more useful than my retelling of the events: http://paste.ubuntu.com/5659500/)
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QUESTiON: Dual Boot Launch Windows Noramlly Ok? [closed]
Ok I am new to Ubuntu and have a question. I have a Ubuntu live CD and copied all the files from it except for Wubi on to my 500 GB external har dive. I changed my boot option for #1 as being ...
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13.04 Only booting on occasion
I've been having an awful lot of trouble with Nvidia drivers recently. I've managed to get almost everything working nicely except for the fact that the system only seems to boot when it feels like ...
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Windows 8 doesn't boot after installing Ubuntu (UEFI)
I installed Ubuntu with my UEFI installation of Windows 8 (with windows 7 boot-loader because I don't know how to recover it), and after grub installed, I was no longer able to boot Windows 8.
I tried ...
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In the recovery menu, how do i Enable Networking and then go into the root shell prompt?
Whenever i click on "Enable Networking" it just seems to open me up to a permanent command prompt, not letting me go through any of the Recovery Menu options. I'm pretty sure it's a simple solution, ...
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Customizing Boot Menu
I have a dual boot system: Windows 8/ Ubuntu 13.04.
I have multiple questions to ask regarding the boot menu:
There are two instances of Windows 8, how do I make it to 1?
The default OS is Ubuntu, ...
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Unable to boot into Ubuntu
I installed Ubuntu 13.04 and then dual booted it with Windows. Now, when I boot into my system, the selection menu does not come up. Instead, it directly boots into Windows. Is there any way to have ...
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Cloning via Clonezilla gives Grub Rescue unknown Filesystem AFTER first boot
I have two external hds one 80gb 2nd 160gb. I want to clone 'disk-disk' from 80gb to 160gb. Now because source is smaller I manually partitioned my 160gb using fsck in cmd mode of Clonezilla. The ...
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Dual-boot Ubuntu 13.04 and Windows 8: Windows doesn't boot
I have installed Ubuntu with dual boot to a preinstalled windows 8 on a Lenovo E-135. I disabled fast start in windows 8 before installation and shrank the partition to give place for Ubuntu. All went ...
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What have I to do to change from BIOS to (U)EFI after installation?
I have here a new bought laptop. It's the first device with (U)EFI I was working with. At first I did not get the installation running, so I switched back to BIOS legacy mode and installed ubuntu in ...
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GRUB2 unable to change/find my grub [closed]
I have MINT 14(ubuntu based) Linux installed, dual boot with windows 8. After Mint install, I've been able to change my grub with grub-customizer, worked...Then I, for some tutorial of battery saving, ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 Boot problem! [duplicate]
Im using Ubuntu 12.04! parallel to Windows7! My default loader is windows loader! When i select ubuntu grub loader comes up! when i select the normal ubuntu boot! the usual purple'ish screen comes up! ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 - Black screen with unresponsive cursor
Few days ago I installed ubuntu 13.04 on a new machine without big issues.
Today, after the boot, I have this situation:
grub correctly loaded and normal boot
normal purple screen with red dots
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Pb boot after update 12.04.1 to 12.04.2 : initctl: Event failed
Anyone can help me ?
I've a Ubuntu Server 12.04 and after an update from 12.04.1 to 12.04.2, i cannot boot normally. I must boot on recovery mode and then choose the resume option.
In the boot.log, ...
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Installed Ubuntu 13.04 on Windows 7 but it loads straight into Ubuntu
As you can already tell, I am a Ubuntu newbie...trying to make the big switch from Windows to Linux. I installed Ubuntu 13.04 on a partition aside from Windows. I was waiting for a prompt to ask me ...
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ASUS UX31A keeps looping ASUS Preload Recovery and won't boot Win7 after installing ubuntu
The title pretty much says everything. It looks like I have the same problem as Unable to boot Windows after installing Ubuntu 12.04 - error: invalid efi file path
but I already cycled that about 20 ...
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black screen with blinking cursor
Suddenly my 12.10 desktop went into a black screen. I couldnt do anything so I power cycled. Now I get it on boot. I can't do anything. Shift doesn't work to get into grub. Ctrl, alt f1 doesn't work ...
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No such parition, grub rescue
I have a sony viao laptop with windows 7. I have no access to Windows CD/DVD now. I dual booted with Ubuntu 13.04 and everything was working fine. I then copied all my data from windows C drive to ...
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How can I make Ubuntu the default boot option on a newer laptop (UEFI)?
I have a HP Spectre XT that I installed Ubuntu on. I have turned "Secure Boot" off and turned on "Legacy Support" in the settings. This laptop has UEFI and it always boots to Windows 8 rather than the ...
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Can't boot Ubuntu after hard reset. (GRUB issues) [duplicate]
I have a laptop with both Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 installed. Windows crashed, and I have to get a repair disk for it, so in the meantime, I'm using Ubuntu, however when I went to boot Ubuntu I got ...
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Can't boot to Ubuntu 13.04 after installing
I know that there is lots of people with the exact same problem, but I can't get an answer from another place (I've really been trying for hours), so here is my problem.
I got Ubuntu 13.04 on my CD ...
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Ubuntu installation and startup problem [duplicate]
I am a newbie to Ubuntu. I just installed Ubuntu in my friend's computer and it completed successfully. But when I tried doing the same in my computer, it didn't turn out to be successful. I installed ...
