Questions tagged [boot-partition]
Questions about boot-partitions (/boot) in Ubuntu system. Ubuntu may have /boot directory under the system root partition/directory or it could have a different partition of its own.
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Symlink files out of /boot to save space? Just during the update?
I have a dedicated /boot partition. It's VERY small (86–94 MB, depending on whether you listen to df or fdisk). I would increase it (or get rid of it!) but this is a coloc server thousands of miles ...
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no boot drives after installing Ubuntu
Once I wrote down a title, there were previous similar issues occurred.
But none of previous issues can help my problem.
I browsed two previous similar posts:
Dual Boot (Win10 & Ubuntu20.04) on 2 ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 is stuck at boot screen mismatch between UUIDs
I am having trouble booting my newly updated Ubuntu 22.04, i installed Ubuntu 20.04 a whilr ago on a dual boot configuration with windows 10, the installation did not went very smoothly as there were ...
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Failed EFI partition resizing
I was not able to install a System Update which require 92MB. On the advice of people in the Framework community, I tried to resize my EFI partition using a live usb of Ubuntu, but now I have unused ...
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Extending boot partition using space from an encrypted partition
I need to increase the size of my boot partition because software updates require more space (deleting unused kernels and autoremove did not help).
My main partition is luks encrypted. It has about ...
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How to install Ubuntu on laptop with a busted display
I have a reasonably high end mechrevo/mechrev0 laptop (Core i9, 64GB RAM, decent GPU) with a busted display (the panel literally falls out of its case). I've tried to get the display repaired several ...
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Shrink, regenerate, replace kernel initrd size [duplicate]
Summary: is there a way to get apt to build the kernel on a different partition and then copy it over the existing one?
My /boot partition is very small (88MB) and has only a single version of the ...
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Can I reallocate space on /boot and / remotely? [closed]
I have a very old, dedicated coloc server 1500 miles away. My /boot partition is far too small.
$ df -h /boot /
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 88M 56M 26M 69% /...
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Cant use full storage of 1tb ssd
I don't know much, but my guess is that I created a partition of 50GB of 1TB but there is still 950GB left. How do I use the 950GB? Do I create a new partition to use the 950GB?
Will it erase the ...
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Should I keep, secure-boot disabled, after installing Ubuntu?
I have a windows 10 lap, want to have two systems on my laptop, so dual boot, with windows and linux ,So installing ubuntu on a complete new partition..
I have created a new 50gb partition, and will ...
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sh: fsck/dev/sda10: not found [closed]
I got into a problem while trying to boot Ubuntu similar to that of the one in the question I've linked below,
fsck error on boot: /dev/sda6: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY
But when I try ...
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Missing partition ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv
I need help with a VM. I try to extend a partition with fdisk. After a reboot, I got this error:
/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv does not exist. Dropping to a shell!
Here you can find a pastebin ...
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Applications doesn't work after i removed everything in /var/snap and /var/log
I have ubuntu 22.04 on my system and when i was installing ubuntu i did partitioning manually and i set just 4.6G for /var. But after a while i ran out of space in /var partition and i decided to ...
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Tried to install windows 10 on the same partition as ubuntu
I tried to install Windows 10 on the same partition on my ssd which was used for ubuntu OS. Now after the completion of installation of Windows 10. The system is just keep restarting but neither of ...
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Forced Installation manually onto different drive than installer selected; lost access to my Window (its not deleted!)
Hey fellow Ubuntuans(?),
I bought a Clevo barebones laptop (it actully came with an NVME drive and some RAM...this plays into my question). I also bought (2) 2TB NVMEs I planned to upgrade it it with.
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Why is my Windows partition locked on Xubuntu?
The partition itself works fine. It can boot to Windows. But when I try to access it from Xubuntu, I can mount it and see the files but I can't save anything on it.
I have another NTFS partition (...
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order of restoring partitions with gnome disk utility
I have a 240GB SDD that has failed.
But I did backup all the individual partitions with gnome disk utility.
Unfortunately, I did not do a "disk image" with gnome disk.
I only have images of ...
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Installing from Live USB is successful, but then generic Boot Menu doesn't start the OS
Lenovo Thinkbook 14 given to me originally because original owner had deleted all partitions with (OEM Windows 10) and installed Linux Lite which was successful, but friend could not learn how to ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS installation doesn't recognise exisiting Centos OS
I already have CentOS 9 installed on my ThinkCentre m93. I'm trying to install Ubuntu 22.04 alongside this OS and came across a warning during the installation process. It warns me that there isn't an ...
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How to clone a bios_grub partition?
I want to create a clone of my SSD. My partition table looks like this:
However when using Clonezilla (which uses Partclone) in the dd mode, it fails to clone the first 1MB bios_grub partition (BIOS ...
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delete Ubuntu dual boot
I installed Ubuntu using ventoy on Windows.
In the setup screen, I clicked “Install Ubuntu” and “Install Ubuntu alongside Windows Boot Manager”
I installed it on the C drive, not on a new partition.
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Resizing the Ubuntu partition to release space to install Fedora to dual boot [duplicate]
I have purchased Dell Vostro 3400 laptop computer that came with Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS preinstalled on a 1TB HDD. (it has enough free space)
Output of fdisk p command in given below:
dell@dell-Vostro-...
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Windows 10 doesn't boot after Ubuntu 22.10 installation
After I've installed Ubuntu 22.10, Windows 10 doesn't boot from GRUB (the computer just reboots). My computer has a BIOS motherboard that doesn't support UEFI.
The Ubuntu installer couldn't ...
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I recovered a deleted Ubuntu partition on dual-boot but I am having problem with booting through grub. How can I go about this?
I am using a Dual boot (Windows and Ubuntu). But, I mistakenly deleted a particular partition (Ubuntu 22.4.1), I quickly recovered a partition using some recovery tools I saw online.
The problem now ...
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access drive owned by windows in linux
I dual boot windows and linux, one one drive I have linux and in the other I split it in to two partitions one for windows and other for games, I intend to use windows just to play games on since ...
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Flashing .img with Balena Etcher reduces microSD size
I flashed an ubuntu image with Balena Etcher for my Odroid XU4 and when I boot up I get a warning about limited disk space remaining. Checking the disk reports that the main installation is taking up ...
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How to take backup of Windows files on dual boot and then I can completely allocate the disk space to Ubuntu?
First I had Windows 10 on my laptop's hard drive. Then I dual booted with Ubuntu because of the slow speed of my laptop, and then Windows 10 was giving problems. After a few days I bought an SSD and ...
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Repair EFI partion after accidental formating [duplicate]
I accidentally formatted my EFI partition so now the system won't boot. I am a complete novice in this. I did some research about this issue on the internet but no positive results so far(basically ...
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What does /boot/efi do in my Ubuntu?
When I $cd /boot to enter /boot directory and then $ls -l, it shows:
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drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jan 1 1970 efi
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Here I just hide all other files shown in the directory.
But ...
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Combining boot partion from seperate SSDs
I have 2 SSDs on my computer, the first has Windows 11 and Ubuntu 20.04 installed alongside it. The dual boot was working correctly.
Recently, I installed Ubuntu 20.04 on a a second SSD, but it ...
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Why does my dualboot only detect ubuntu and not win10?
I have win10 and ubuntu installed on a single ssd, both OS on a separate particion. My bootloader does not give me an option to choose windows and boots ubuntu automatically.
This is my disk diagnosis:...
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My laptop is not showing boot partition at startup
My lenovo ideapad 330s is dual booted, windows 10 and Ubuntu 20.04. Both are on the same drive. Yesterday I was booted to windows and suddenly I got blue screen of death. And after that I restarted ...
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Deleted a partition by mistake
I just deleted a partition by mistake. And now I don't know if I shutdown I will get things back.
lsblk looks like this, I can't find any boot mount point.
root@Dell-Precision-T1600:/home/hell# lsblk
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What is the correct type and size for a boot partition for BIOS?
About Ubuntu installation:
it for either Desktop or Server environments
for a hard disk based on either HDD or SSD
For a latest PC or laptop based with UEFI for boot purposes is recommended define /...
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is there only one ESP lives in the hard drive?
I am reading an article about the OS boot process and I read that the firmware consults the GPT to find the ESP then execute the boot loader, my question is, should each partition has its own ESP? if ...
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Boot hangs at GRUB prompt instead of GRUB menu
I installed Ubuntu 21.10 on a new machine. Then I needed to dual boot Windows 10, so I booted to a live USB and shrunk the Ubuntu partition. Windows installed fine, but apparently squashed GRUB. I ...
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Ubuntu 21.10 installer thinks my boot partition is corrupted
Ubuntu 21.10 installation getting stuck at the screen where it asks for third party software and updates to be downloaded. It hangs forever.
I am trying to install it alongside Windows 10.
After a few ...
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Installer cannot see the windows drive
Similar problems have been reported in a couple of posts on the Net but the solutions suggested do not resolve my issue hence this post.
I have a HP Stream laptop running Windows 10 and sometime ago I ...
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format C; as ext4 then install Xunbuntu 20.04
Started with an Intel 64 bit, 10 yr-old+ desktop running WIN XP Pro (long-since without Microsoft support) that is slow to start, but works. The effort to install Xubuntu 20.04 did not do a clean over-...
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Messy dual boot partitions / Please help to clean them up
Please excuse my mistakes both in English and in Ubuntu terminology.
I recently did a reinstallation of my computer. I'm running now Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS on a computer with a 1TB Hard disk and 512GB SSD ...
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What are these partitons and can I delete them
I currently dual boot Windows 10 an Ubuntu, and I am getting ready to delete Windows.
The Ubuntu partitions that I know what they are are sda8,sda6, and sda7.
I assume sda4 is the main Windows ...
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I would like to creating a partition for ubuntu from macOS high sierra for a dual boot MacBook
I'm a noob to Ubuntu and looking for some advice on how I can set up my High Sierra 10.13.6 with a 30Gb bootable partition into Ubuntu 20.04. I have 285Gb free on my 500 Gb HDD which has a logical ...
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Can I relabel /, /home, and /boot/efi partitions without problems?
I am running Ubuntu Studio 21.04 & plasma, with separate partitions for root(system), home, and another for encryption with veracrypt.
I'd like to label(relabel) the root, home, and boot/efi ...
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Which partition should I choose to install Ubuntu and uninstall Windows 10?
I'm new to Linux and trying to delete Windows and install Ubuntu. Here's the partitions image:
I used unetbootin to boot from HDD. I don't know which partition to choose.
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Partitioning scheme for Ubuntu
My laptop has a 240 GB SSD. Right now I'm using Windows. But I'm planning to clean install Ubuntu (Not dual boot). So I need help with the partitioning. Can anyone please suggest me a partition scheme ...
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Issue with ubuntu writing a MBR on an SSD
So far I have two disks, one SSD for my main os(FreeBSD) that is connected with the NVME bus and one SATA3 HDD for ubuntu.
I installed ubuntu much later than FreeBSD for a project that required some ...
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Cannot see Ubuntu partition in Windows disk mangement
There are no partitions for ubuntu
Even though my system has Ubuntu installed, the disk management does not show ubuntu in them. I dont know any other way to uninstall ubuntu. Please help
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Windows 10 Update May2021 erased Linux partitions
Running a duel boot system with Windows 10 64 bit and XUbuntu Linux v 20.04, 64 bit. Using Grub and Windows-10 was the default boot. Had upgraded the XUbuntu from 18.04 to 20.04 early in 2021 and it ...
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Hdd not showing while installing Ubuntu 20.04
Currently I am using POP OS.
I'm trying to install Ubuntu in my ACER laptop, but my 1GB HDD and partitions are not showing.
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Hard drive partiton problem
I want to partition my hard drive so my data doesn't get deleted when I change operating system. But I get this error: