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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Graphical Themes for GRUB
I am a fan of BURG because it makes GRUB look pretty. However, it hasn't been supported in ages and doesn't work properly on UEFI systems. Has anyone out there made something similar recently?
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How can I create a live USB with persistant storage that will run on a Macbook Air without using rEFIt?
Sometimes I have to use a MacBook Air (2,1) at work. I'd like to be able to have an Ubuntu USB stick with persistent storage space for it, that does not require any modification of the machine's ...
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Windows missing from GRUB menu
When I turn on the computer, I can see the GRUB and boot into Ubuntu. But I can't boot into Windows because I don't see it in the GRUB.
I have tried both boot-repair and sudo update-grub to no avail. ...
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Booting Ubuntu Failure : error: attempt to read or write outside of disk 'hd0'
I have installed ubuntu 12.10 in a WD external harddrive (320GB). This is a complete installation, not live USB.
When I plug it in my HP desktop I go to the BIOS settings and boot off the harddrive, ...
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Dual boot with encrypted Windows partition
I tried to make the Windows option on GRUB boot menu the default by following the instructions I found on the internet. The instructions were good, graceful but since I encrypted the Windows partition ...
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Set boot option to hotkey in GRUB?
I want to set GRUB to boot up a particular option (eg, A different kernel version, different OS) when a certain key is pressed (eg, W to boot up windows with Ubuntu as default and L for Lubuntu). Is ...
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Zombie process during start
My laptop (12.04 and W7) will not start in Ubuntu any more. The login screen (black) appears after Grub.
It says. When I enter my name and password I enter "a terminal" and I can't get any further. ...
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Grub “quiet splash” + linux-image-3.2.0-40-generic + full disk encryption = boot failure
From this morning the boot process on my laptop is no longer working. The only relevant change from yesterday (when all was working fine) has been a kernel update (from 3.2.0-39-generic to ...
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Grub corrupted and etc directory missing
I have a dual installation with Ubuntu 10.04 and Windows 7. I was in windows, I had to restart my machine and my grub was not loading. I used boot-repair to load my grub. However, my linux ...
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Multiple Windows options in Grub Menu (Ubuntu 12.10)
Please help me. I'm curious about but VERY new to Ubuntu and Linux in general.
Short: My system has 2 OS: Win 7 x64 and Ubuntu 12.10. I'm getting 2 Windows boot options: "on dev/sda1" and "on ...
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How do I remove any data from a LiveUSB with data persistence?
I have miss-configured my LiveUSB installation and now when I run boot from it I get an error.
How can I erase LiveUSB data? Can it be done from the booting LiveUSB menu?
For some weird reason ...
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Problem installing GRUB with dual boot Win7 on RAID
I use Linux at work and am pretty happy setting up and installing to new machines in several configurations, however I have to admit, this time I'm stumped!
I have a nice new PC with an SSD Raid in ...
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How to fix a GRUB Boot-loader that does not recognize a partition without a fresh install?
I was running two separate partitions of Linux (Ubuntu and Linux Mint) and Windows XP when I deleted my Ubuntu partition through Easus partition manager on XP due to simple stupidity. This erased my ...
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Grub menu screen flicker
I am having a strange problem on my Dell Inspiron 1505 laptop. When starting the computer the grub screen flickers or every few seconds. I don't know if it would be called a flicker. The screen ...
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Can't boot Windows 7 after installling 12.04 on HP 6735s laptop
I installed 12.04 through a USB drive and when it's done I can't load Windows 7 (Loader)(on/dev/sda1) in GRUB. When I select that, it displays a black screen and then returns to GRUB but I'm still ...
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Grub error while installing Windows
I have changed my HD with a new one (the old one was dead). When I try to install Windows 7 from DVD it won't boot, even if DVD is the 1st boot device in BIOS.
I always get the error message :
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No GRUB Screen or recovery mode on Boot after 12.04 Upgrade
I tried the live boot CD and boot-repair, also loaded the Desktop install CD, and it looks like all partitions check out OK.
However, when I try to boot Linux (the only bootable partition on the ...
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How to make Grub display after installing Ubuntu on a laptop with Windows OS?
I just installed Ubuntu 12.04.1 on a laptop, but whenever I turn on my computer, it still boots to Windows and GRUB doesn't seem to be working at all.
My partition scheme is as follows:
/dev/sda1 - ...
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Problem with automatically booting
After upgrade from Ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04 I am unable to get Ubuntu to automatically boot. Even when I set grub.cfg as follows:
GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
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Ubuntu Graphics Card boot issue
I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04 because Gimp wouldn't install on 11.10. Said some conditions were not fulfilled. I upgraded and the graphics went for a toss. I was told by a friend to install the OpenGL ...
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grub recover command line
Recently the service provider link suddenly broke,while I was updating. Then suddenly while I was trying to boot, i could not. The message on my screen was grub recover missing, and I had no option ...
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unable to boot from live USB
Edit: Welp, I re-made the live USB and now it works fine. Thanks for the replies! Another computing lesson learned the hard way.
I was messing around with my new dual-boot (win7 and the latest ...
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Dual boot ubuntu 12.04 and Mageia
I am new to Linux, and I am currently using Ubuntu 12.04. I would like to set up a dual-boot of Mageia 2 and Ubuntu. Should I install Mageia first so when I install Ubuntu I can use GRUB2? Will it ...
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How do I restore the original Grub2 boot loader?
I wanted to try out the Burg boot loader, so I typed in the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ingalex/super-boot-manager
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install burg
That was ...
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The system drops to a grub prompt on boot after an update. How do I fix this?
The day before yesterday, I opened Ubuntu.
I always go to the update manager first. After I loaded the updates and tried to re-start, I got a command line prompt saying grub_. I have never ...
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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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One O/S, 2 Machines
quick question, Is it possible to share my Installation on my SSD between my main PC, and my laptop for when i go away, that way everything I need is still there, and dont have to worry about syncing ...
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Lenovo Y500 Dual Booting Ubuntu and Windows 8: Stuck on Purple Screen
I'm installing Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on my Lenovo y500 with nvidia geforce 750M using uefi. What I've done so far
Regular install with Ubuntu disc. (through legacy)
Boot repair (recommended) (through ...
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Loading Grub2 from a different location?
Before I explain my issue, let me start by saying that I am relatively new with Ubuntu so please be patient with me !
I had a Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 dual boot system, and everything was running ...
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How can we restore If all kernel has removed by mistaken it has RAID10
how we can restore the server if we removed the all kernels, and I have the RAID 10. in this case I try to recover with live-cd but I am not able to mounting partition because
I have RAID10 ...
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Can't boot ubuntu, not even in safe mode
At first I couldn't even access the grub menu. Booted from Live CD and repaired that with the grub repair tool.
Now when I try to boot normal, I get the purple screen thing.
I tried the nomodeset ...
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Grub2 won't install on fresh Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server installation
I have a hardware RAID 1 which seems to be recognized find by the Ubuntu installer. I choose the "Entire Disk - Guided" partition strategy and accept the defaults, writing them to disk. When it comes ...
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GRUB: ELF sectors outside core
I just recently installed Xubuntu 12.04. Instantly after installing it I updated all my packages, however one package, grub-pc, failed to install. I'm not sure what caused it to fail, but here is the ...
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Ubuntu's grub not recognizing arch-linux
I followed the instructions here as suggested here and that didn't help so any ideas?
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12.04 hangs after grub
And it does not start in recovery mode too, I only can load in CLI mode, folowing this, but i dont know what to do next. So, some description. I just yesterday installed ubuntu on old PC, but there ...
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Can't boot into Ubuntu 12.04
After fixing my grub in Ubuntu 12.04, I had multiple entries of each program and Windows 7. I installed Grub Customizer and thought I deleted the multiple entries. When I restarted the computer the ...
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GRUB Cannot Update, but does recognize all partitions
I've been running a dual boot of Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows 7. I wanted to delete the Ubuntu partition because I had some issues with Eclipse I couldn't easily fix, plus I wanted to rework partitions.
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Grub2 not showing timeout
Whenever I get to GRUB phase there is no timeout displayed.
I have a clean install of Ubuntu with Wubi (v12). The way I get to GRUB is by holding down shift after choosing to boot Ubuntu.
I tried ...
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First time logging from ubuntu to internet
First time logging from ubuntu to internet... so happy but i'm logging from USB installation. I have tried installing onto external hard disk until the point of now "restart your computer"...upon ...
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Ubuntu Grub problems after battery drain
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After a day of booting from a USB drive to try to fix the problem, I give up:
I'm able to mount all of my partitions and see that the data is intact, but from the grub I can't boot into my ...
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Booting into Ubuntu (dual boot with Windows 7) drops to grub rescue prompt
I am using dual boot (Windows 7 and Ubuntu). When I boot the machine, this error displays on the screen:
grub rescue>
grub rescue> ls (hd0) (hd0,msdos6)...(hd0,msdos7)
(hd0,msdos6) ...
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When updating Ubuntu 12.04 after fresh install, it stays at boot screen
Today I downloaded Ubuntu 12.04 and after logging in, the update manager popped and and had lots of updates. So I installed. After rebooting, I can not go into the newly updated version of Ubuntu ...
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Ubuntu not working
Please help me.
When I select ubuntu something like this appears(without commands):
This is not the image that appears on my computer. I searched for an image to tell you what my computer looked ...
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Windows XP on separate raid 1 array results in black screen and blinking cursor when selected from grub2
I recently installed Ubuntu 12.04. I am excited about learning more about it and beginning to rely on it as my primary operating system. However, I have a couple of issues that I can't figure out. I ...
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How do I fix 10.04 grub.cfg from a Livecd to dual boot Windows?
I being new and trying to fix my system to boot into windows automatically edited my grub.cfg file to point at the windows file. now the system won.t boot as I entered the wrong number in the line I ...
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I cannot see the Grub after upgrading Ubuntu from 10 to 11
I just upgrade my Ubuntu 10 to 11, before that I have Windows XP and Ubuntu 10
now I got the new Ubuntu upgrade, but the Grub is not being shown. WELL, It actually is shown, but the screen are not ...
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GRUB2 prompt instead of BURG boot screen after mistake during BURG installation
I just installed BURG, but during the installation I made a mistake: after the package was installed, I got to some command-line based GUI for configuration, where I forgot to mark my (only) hard disk ...
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Hard disk works 100% after Grub selection screen
So.. this is my problem:
After Grub selection screen my hdd works 100% and nothing happens. I try to leave it but after 15 min still the black screen, no Ubuntu loading logo, no nothing. I need to ...
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after installed 12.04, cannot boot into desktop
I turned on the camputer and it runs into the grub and shows the OS menu, but no matter I select UBUNTU or WINDOWS 7, it always says "no such patition". Would anyone can help for this? thanks a lot.
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how to fix failure of grub to install
I get a fatal error message while installing grub (during the installation of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) I can select a number of places (disk #1-#4 or in one of 6 partitions) to install grub. No matter which ...
