GRUB2 is the next generation of the GRand Unified Bootloader (GRUB). Ubuntu has used GRUB2 as the boot loader since 9.10 (Karmic Koala). Commonly referred to as simply "GRUB".
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Upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04 affecting other systems
I'm quite new to using Ubuntu. I have a dual-booted computer, running Windows 7 & Ubuntu 12.10. I'm planning to get an upgrade to 13.04. In terminal, I know the command is "do-release-upgrade". ...
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Failed to mount /boot/efi
I just downloaded the lastest Version of Ubuntu13.04 from the official website(of course it is amd64)and my Computer is the ASUS-A45V Laptop.I used the universal usb installer to creater a boot usb ...
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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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Disabled Secure Boot and Enabled UEFI for dual-boot on Acer?
I have an Acer Aspire M laptop, which comes preinstalled with Windows 8, so it has this new UEFI stuff.
To get the Ubuntu LiveDVD running, I had to disable the UEFI completely and switch to legacy ...
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GRUB check disk says there is an error in 1 file
My system runs very slow, it's a fresh install ubuntu 12.04.2. I booted from USB memory stick and checked the disk. GRUB said there is an error in one file, but I don't know where or what is the file.
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Dual booting windows 7 and pear os 7 [closed]
I have 2 hard drive, on 1st hdd i installed windows 7 and on 2nd hdd i installed Pear OS 7.
I can see windows 7 entry in grub menu but when i select it,
it says disk read error. press ctrl + alt + ...
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Ubuntu doesn't boot after Windows 7 installation?
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit on my hard drive, then decided to install Windows 7 alongside on a 25 gb partition. I shrank my Ubuntu install by about 25 gb with a GParted Live USB. Ubuntu booted ...
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Ubuntu became Kubuntu after upgrading to 13.04!
I recently updated my Ubuntu 12.10 setup to 13.04 using sudo do-release-upgrade.
After going through the process and rebooting, I was a little confused by the GRUB menu showing a "Kubuntu" option ...
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I can't install Ubuntu 13.04 on a new computer [duplicate]
I'am trying to install 13.04 via usb; however, when I boot to grub and press install Ubuntu, my screen will flash repeatedly between white and purple and will no proceed any further. So I pressed "e" ...
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Booting problem from external hard drive
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 on an external hard drive using an Acer One netbook (Windows XP) and used the same external disk with another desktop PC (Windows XP).
Now it does not load Ubuntu. Instead I ...
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Dual boot in ubuntu with pre-installd windows 8 in hpg6-2301ax [duplicate]
I have a hp laptop with windoows 8 pre-installed.
I installed ubuntu-12.10 with wubi.exe, I got screen about about OS selection.
But when i choose ubuntu, it crashes saying wubildr.mbr file missing.
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What do i do to fix this dual boot ?error: out of disc grub rescue>
I just instaled ubuntu 10.04 to my old computer that has windows xp sp3 and a new hardrive.at the end it said it need to reboot and when it did i got this.
error: out of disc
grub rescue>
How do i fix ...
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How to remove Windows from Grub menu? [duplicate]
My setup is GnomeShell Remix 12.04 and Windows 7 dual boot. Now everything works fine, however, I rarely ever boot Windows and I would like to remove the Windows entry from my Grub menu completely and ...
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Insmod error in grub: symbol not found:grub_realidt
I have a dual boot PC with Windows 7 and Ubuntu. I upgraded from 12.04 to 12.10 and then to 13.04 and since then I have not been able to boot because the PC goes into grub rescue with the error "File ...
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inspiron 1525 without wireless card
I have inspiron 1525 but i dont have a network card it has one of the internal wifi mini cards , i a dual boot with ubuntu and 7 but i deleted the grub partition that had windows stuff in it so i just ...
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Boot problem after format [closed]
I like testing things but I screwed up this time.
I had ubuntu 12.04 + win 7 installed but didn't like ubuntu so I deleted the partition.
However, I forgot to fix mbr.
Also I am unable to access ...
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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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Grub won't boot into anything on fresh 12.04 install next to OS X on Macbook Pro 7.1
The steps I took:
Installed refit on OS X.
Allocated 130GB of free space
Installed Ubuntu 12.04 on free space, believe it said SDA5 for mount?
When I restarted after installation, I get a grub menu ...
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Can't get to login screen
Ubuntu 12.04 has worked fine for a long time. After an update I turned the computer off, and when I turned it on the next day I got this screen:
GNU GRUB version 1.99-21ubuntu3.9
Ubuntu, with ...
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Installing Ubuntu GRUB directly from Ubuntu
I had windows 8 and Ubuntu side by side managed by Ubuntu GRUB menu. I installed Open Suse, and now Open suse is managing all my operating systems.
I want to remove Open Suse, I don't have Ubuntu ...
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Dual Boot Ubuntu 12.10 and Windows 7 64-Bit - separate internal HDDS - Grub rescue error when second HDD removes
I have successfully installed ubuntu 12.10 on a second internal HDD on my Dell box (Win 7 being on the other HDD). Initially had to run boot repair to get the grub menu to display on boot up - after ...
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Black screen on boot, timeout killing modprobe and GPU lockup
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 alongside Windows 7 and sometimes, after selecting Ubuntu from GRUB menu, a black screen with a blinking pointer appears for a while. Then the screen goes black and nothing ...
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GRUB Won't Find Kernel
I just upgraded from Xubuntu 12.10 to Ubuntu 13.04 using sudo do-release-upgrade -d. I accidentally turned my computer off during the upgrade process when I meant to restart xscreensaver and some ...
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How to make my upgraded Ubuntu boot again (with what seems a correct Grub)?
After upgrading Ubuntu from versions 11.10 to 12.04, my server won't boot anymore.
I suspected it was a Grub issue so I enabled my provider's recovery mode to log in and fix Grub. Somewhat like this:
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How to boot from GRUB 2?
I was using Ubuntu yesterday fine, as Windows was not booting up, but now when I try and boot Ubuntu, in gives me the message:
Minimal BASH-like editing is supported
along with some information ...
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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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problems while installing ubuntu?
I want to install Ubuntu with window 7 as a dual boot PC. I am new to Ubuntu.
After Booting from pendrive when I choose "intall ubuntu on Hard disk" , then installation window comes, I choose "do not ...
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Grub not showing windows partition
My mom has a windows partition and a ubuntu 12.04 partition on her laptop, and we wanted to set grub to automatically load windows for ease of use. To do this I used steps from this question: ...
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I broke linux kernel. Cant boot
I ran out of space last day and couldn't update so I decided to remove old kernels. I don't know why, it told me I had problems ??? I decided to reboot and I couldn't, it entered into a ram test loop. ...
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Stop GUI boot ubuntu ARM
I am using an ARM version of Ubuntu (Lubuntu specifically) on a pcDuino. I want to use it as more of a server as opposed with a monitor. One of the first obvious things to do would be to disable ...
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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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could not start session 'gnome' for xubuntu
I installed 12.10 (server) onto a laptop and use xubuntu-desktop, which works fine. However, changing GRUB to boot to text and then entering startx esults, not in xubuntu, but a popup along the lines ...
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No dual boot option,no boot priority order
I installed Ubuntu yesterday.I partitioned my C: when it was asked to give memory allocation to ubuntu. The version is 12.04.I was completely able to install ubuntu.
"Ubuntu is successfully ...
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URGENT Help with GRUB!
Solved for the GRUB issue!
Now just need to try to make the USB drives readable on windows again.
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grub boot splash options
A clean install of Ubuntu 12.10 to a laptop (from server CD, and then xubuntu-desktop package) works well. However, during boot there are sometimes text messages.
How do I change this so that no ...
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How do i use another hard drive? and dual boot
okay, i need help ive got ubuntu 12.04 installed and updated on my external hard drive , and i want too be able to access my internal hard drives via ubuntu , the internal hard drives , one has ...
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Chainloader not working after theme is set in Grub?
Why won't my chainloader in etc/grub.d/25_custom work after I set GRUB_THEME?
Everything works fine before I set the theme.txt with the following 2 chainloader settings under etc/grub.d/25_custom:
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12.04 LTS Dual Boot Ubuntu sometimes does not boot up
Hey askubuntu community,
I recently purchased a Lenovo U410 Ideapad, and much to my surprise, dual booting Ubuntu and Windows 8 was not as hard as I had thought it would be. However, the issue rises ...
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Installing Ubuntu on a powerbook G4 667- unable to boot
First of all, thanks for your time.
I see that every time this question was asked, the thread was closed before it got an answer. so please, can you at least point me in that right direction?
When ...
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Ubuntu boots to GNU Grub version 2.00-7 Ubuntu 11
I am using dual boot windows7/Ubuntu 12 and it has been working just fine in the past.
After my last reboot when I select Ubuntu it goes to a black screen that shows
GNU GRUB Version 2.00-7 Ubuntu ...
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Grub fails to boot windows 7, no such partiton error
My dual-boot windows 7 / ubuntu 12.04 has been working fine for months, but suddenly i'm unable to boot to windows. i've tried fixing this using boot-repair (i.e. purging and reinstalling grub), but ...
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Surface Pro unknown filesystem
all solutions I found depend on a live CD, but my surface won't boot into live USB and I can't figure out how to access UEFI.
Every time I start my Surface, it says
error: unknown filesystem.
grub ...
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12.10 only booting when I select older kernel version
I recently installed 12.10 in a dual-boot with Windows 8 (no UEFI or anything) and all worked well until the first update. I've been having trouble with Nvidia drivers for the past couple of versions ...
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Ubuntu Mini Install Boot Error [12.04]
I installed Ubuntu Mini 12.04 and the first startup runs ok, it boots into a normal terminal login screen.
After the first install it then sometimes boots up into a tty but normally I have to press
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cannnot boot to text mode with r/w fileystem
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 server to a laptop, and the grub file is along the lines of:
setparams 'Ubuntu'
recordfail
gfxmod $linux -gfxmod
set root ='hd0,msdos/'
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How to move Ubuntu 12.04LTS from USB to HDD
Firstly I'd like to apologize if this sounds like a question already asked but the answers given were of no any help :/
Here's my situation.
I bought a USB key with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS from Canonical.
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Deleted the kernel and unable to recover it [closed]
I have accidentally deleted the kernel that I was using (linux-image-3.5.0-27-generic) and after rebooting the system it didn't boot anymore. Fortunately I still have some of the old kernels ...
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How to fix location of Windows from second grub
I originally had Windows Vista, later upgraded to 7.
Then I used wubi to install Kubuntu alongside Windows 7 - my load screen became the black one with white writing (grub legacy I believe).
Then I ...
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Windows 7 not showing in OS selection menu at start up
I have 4 partitions (C:, D:, E: & F:) on my 500GB HHD.
I have two OS installed on my PC, Windows XP on drive C: and Windows 7 on drive D:.
Today I did a fresh install of Ubuntu 11.10 on drive C: ...
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Ubuntu boots to black screen after installation [duplicate]
I've just downloaded Ubuntu to my XP desktop it seems to downloaded OK but when changed the operating system to Ubuntu in safe mode, I get the login screen up but when I click select on the Ubuntu ...
