Questions tagged [boot]
Use this tag if you have trouble booting Ubuntu or you have questions about the bootup process.
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Ubuntu not detecting drives inside ssd while installation alongside Windows
I have a HP laptop with windows pre installed. It has a 512gb uefi, gpt ssd with 3 drives C:, D: and E:. I want to install ubuntu in E: drive and along with the applications of ubuntu. But ubuntu does ...
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Windows 10 broken after setting up dual boot with Ubuntu, Ubuntu itself running slow
I have had only windows 10 on my desktop for years and today tried to set up a dual boot so I could also use Ubuntu (specifically Ubuntu Desktop 22.04.2 LTS). Now when I try and launch into windows, I ...
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Issues with startup
my computer won't start up. It gets stuck part way and gives this message in terminal:
[ 0.197384] x86/cpu: VMX (outside TXT) disabled by BIOS
BusyBox v1.30.1 (Ubuntu 1:1.30.1-7ubuntu3) built-in ...
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I have dual boot between windows 10 and ubuntu. How can I add this ubuntu to virtualbox
I have classical dual boot between windows 10 and ubuntu. I have ubuntu and data from it in disc 0 partion. And I want to add this ubuntu to Oracle VirtualBox with the data that are on this disc ...
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Can't reboot ubuntu after remove media installation because NetworkManager
Tried to install Ubuntu 22.04.2 / Ubuntu 22.10 with dual boot via USB, on a erased hdd, after removing the media installation this show on screen:
[[ 1474.196531] shutdown[1]: Waiting for process: ...
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Boot to live-usb when screen won't wake up
My system was interrupted during an update and now, though the machine turns on, I can't ssh into it or get the screen to wake up. I want to boot from a usb and try to fix whatever went wrong with the ...
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Linux distributions with kernel 6 and over not booting [closed]
Processor: AMD A8-6600K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics 3.90 GHz
Installed RAM: 8.00 GB (7.20 GB usable)
System type: 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch: No pen or touch input ...
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My Ubuntu installation won't boot. After installing proton 7.0 my laptop crashed
A black screen has appeared saying
2.158791] Integrity: Problem loading X.509 certificate -65 214.163346) nvmeon1: I/0 Cmd(0x2) LBA 1050496, 8 blocks, I/0 Error (sct 0x3 / sc 0x71)
214.163395] I/O ...
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How to run windows from grub rescue?
I recently uninstalled linux from my laptop and I can not run my windows. When I try to run it I get grub rescue (see below) command prompt with 'unknown filesystem' message (as on the image) and can ...
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Forgot username and password to Ubuntu
I have an M1 Macbook and used UTM to create an Ubuntu VM. I have now forgotten my username and password for the VM and do not see a recovery boot option in the GNU GRUB menu:
How can I recover or ...
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Slax Linux: GUI not coming after booting up [closed]
I have been using Ubuntu for some months and wanted to try this Linux distro.
After some attempts, I was able to boot slax Linux on my SSD.
But there was no interface or GUI. Just left with terminal.
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Pop OS doesn't detect internal HDD, external HDD, flash disks, nothing. It only makes a sound but nothing shows up anywhere [closed]
It's really frustrating as most of my work is in my other internal HDD which does not show up. It was on auto mount. It was of 1TB size, as you can see GParted detects nothing. Please help me. I can't ...
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How to disable GUI for password prompt for encrypted LVM volumes on boot?
How to disable GUI for password prompt for encrypted LVM volumes on boot and how to remove all strings on console output? I just need cleared prompt with blinking cursor.
And yes, I want to confuse ...
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Ubuntu installation on SSD not booting: possible issue with bootloader or partition?
I am trying to help a friend fix his Ubuntu installation, he has an SSD and an HD. The HD has Ubuntu on it with the boot partition installed together, in one single partition.
On the SSD there is ...
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Not able to boot Ubuntu on Dell i7
I brought Dell XPS 13, Core i7 Laptop preinstalled with Ubuntu several years ago. Since there were soon some issues with the original Ubuntu OS, I had to reinstall the Ubuntu OS couple of times, which ...
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Cannot rebuild initramfs images, due to lack of space
I am running out of space on the disk '/boot'. When trying to use the software updater, a message appears suggesting to remove old kernels using sudo apt autoremove, and to set COMPRESS=xz in ...
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Move boot SSD from BIOS motherboard to UEFI motherboard?
I'm (still) running 18.04 on a old BIOS-based motherboard.
Back in the day when all motherboards were BIOS-based, upgrading was as simple as moving a HDD from one system to another. Is it still that ...
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BIOS and Grub not accessible on boot Kubuntu 22.04
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When booting, I cannot access the BIOS or Grub menus. Despite this, the computer boots normally, without issue. I am not dual booting. This computer only runs Kubuntu 22.04. When I first set up ...
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Using Ubuntu Studio 22.04, Plasma does not start anymore after reboot
This new Ubuntu Studio 22.04.2 was working for a few days, now after reboot, it starts booting, I can enter PW, then it tries to start Plasma but just hangs on a black screen with a mouse cursor. The ...
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Ubuntu Server 22.04.2 LTS installer crashes on my ThinkStation D30 with the error that it encountered a problem with the storage
I'm trying to install Ubuntu Server 22.04.2 LTS or 20.04 LTS on my system, but I'm encountering an error that there is a problem with the storage. I'm using a Lenovo ThinkStation D30 (Type: 43531N5) ...
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Ubuntu server fails to boot after do-release-upgrade from eoan to focal
I updated a Ubuntu server (HP ProLiant DL325 Gen10) that was still running eoan using do-release-upgrade. The updates seemed to have been installed without any errors. After the update, I tried to ...
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My password suddenly will not work to get me into my ubuntu 20.04 system
Restarting with ESC pressed gives me a menu of F1 System info F2 System Diagnostics F3 Boot menu F10 Bios setup F11 System Recovery. F1 gives the expected description F2, F9, and F10 all ask for a ...
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Formatted laptop problems with booting external Ubuntu environment - Aptio Setup Utility issue
So background is that I stupidly formatted my laptop's harddrive instead of my external one and now I seem to have wiped it completely, OS and all. So when turning it on I get sent to the Aptio Setup ...
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Ubuntu 22.10 display issue on laptop
I have loaded Ubuntu 22.10 on a laptop. While the install is progressing all looks well. Afterwards when I boot up the screen does not display correctly. The resolution is poor, images are ...
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Ubuntu installation gives black screen with no solution
I have seen many threads describing similar issues, but none of the answers given have worked for me:
I have Windows 10 on UEFI mode. I wanted to dual boot with Ubuntu 22.04, so I created a USB with ...
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Issue with secure boot and official kernel 5.15.0-56
I got a new ThinkPad L13 and I decided to install Ubuntu on it. Installation went fine until I had to install the kernel 5.15.0-56, which is a requirement for an application. 5.15.0-56 installs ...
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Black screen with blinking underscore whilst installing Ubuntu
I am trying to install Ubuntu 22.04.2 onto an old Windows 7 desktop pc, but Im encountering an error I cannot find a solution to.
Searching "blinking underscore" gave a wide range of ...
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Where is my Windows Partition?
I'm using Ubuntu Studio. I'm using the most recent LTS, as of March 2023.
Up until yesterday, in the places section, I could freely access the windows partition. Now, it's not there.
I disabled Fast ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 stuck on boot in tty with no network
I've had a problem with my python3 installation while trying to upgrade it from 3.6 to 3.8 in order to make streamdeck-ui work, and it seems that I broke Ubuntu on my desktop.
On boot, I briefly see ...
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Windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.04 dual boot crash
I have a Lenovo E480 with Windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.04. Yesterday, the laptop could not be booted up after it went into sleep in Windows. When I tried restarting the laptop, I got the error message
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BLACKLOTUS UEFI virus: windows cannot avoid but how about Ubuntu?
Windows is facing a serious threat but what about Ubuntu? Is there any way to avoid UEFI in the boot process or not be affected by BLACKLOTUS?
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/03/blacklotus-...
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Windows boot manager disappeared
When installing Ubuntu there was an error in the installation but it was installed, the problem is that Windows boot manager has disappeared and I can't boot windows. I have all the Windows files, ...
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How do you add a boot entry to GRUB that redirects to your last booted entry?
I was just wondering if it was possible to add a GRUB entry that when selected, automatically redirects you to your last booted entry. I looked in Grub Customizer, but there was nothing of interest. ...
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ACPI BIOS Error: Insufficient arguments
I am trying to install Ubuntu 18.04 on my laptop. It is keep crashing at different points during the installation. I get the following error message:
[0.440324] ACPI BIOS Error (bug): \_SB.PCIO.RP07....
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Screen freezes after some seconds of boot
I am trying to install ubuntu on my asus rog strix g513IH, but as soon as my laptop boots, screen freezes and I had to force shut down the laptop.
I think the problem lies within my graphics card ...
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How to remove Chromeos_pstore module that is loading on Ubuntu
a few weeks ago, I did a Live Boot of ChromeOS Flex on my Ubuntu 22.10 Laptop just for the sake of checkin' it out but decided not to install it but now whenever I boot Ubuntu and press 'esc' or left ...
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Casper/vmlinuz not found under Windows Xp installing [closed]
I have a Ubuntu 16.04 and I made a bootable Windows Xp iso file for grub. The file is on the hard drive (not on USB), but when I wanted to install on grub, something didn't work:
Casper/vmlinuz not ...
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Setup external drive with live, ubuntu and data partition
I would like to set up an external hd from an existing Ubuntu on my internal hd:
partition 1 with Ubuntu Live,
an encrypted persistent partition 2
partition 3 with Ubuntu encrypted, installed from ...
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Can't install windows on ubuntu single boot as my ssd isn't shown during windows installation, what should i do? [closed]
I bought a new laptop, asus vivobook 15. When i bought it, it was on dual boot with ubuntu and win 11. I deleted windows and now i can't install windows. it says that 'no disk detected' during ...
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Ubuntu isnt turning off and suspending properly as boot screen remains freezed
My ubuntu 22.04LTS laptops is not turning off properly as it does not move ahead of ubuntu logo at shutting down as well as does not suspend.
at boot up the logo is not aligned in center like how it ...
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System won't boot after dual boot installation: Ubuntu added to Windows 10
I attempted to install Ubuntu alongside windows 10 but this was my first time so I follow a blog post here.. Everything worked fine in the allocation of free space and the boot section until I got ...
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Lost dual boot, "Recommended Repair" not showing in Boot-Repair
Installed OS; Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS and Win 10.
Has been working fine for months, now cannot boot into Ubuntu, only Windows.
Any help appreciated
http://paste.ubuntu.com/p/2wFgtMNzGv/
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Iam having trouble with installing full ubuntu on my micro sd its just wont go past thr boot [duplicate]
I wanna know step by step process to full install Ubuntu in my SD card. Like how many partition I should make what it should be primary or logic or otehr
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can't boot after unplug external hard drive
I install Ubuntu on external hard drive, everything worked.
after I un plug and plug the HDD i got the next message:
message
I have Windows 10 and my CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6200U
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I have tried usinng youtube and even using previous answer form here about installing but its not working can someone tell me step by step? [closed]
I have a chromebook and I run mint on there and saw I didn't had too much storage so I wanted to usb but couldn't mount it, so I thought about whole install on my usb. I am running seabios form ...
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11[14761.537078] blk_update_request: I/0 error, dev sdh sector 0 op 0x0: (READ) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 0 [duplicate]
[14761.537078] blk_update_request: I/0 error, dev sdh sector 0 op 0x0: (READ) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 0
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Failed to activate swap /swapfile while unmount the partition
I have install wine and bottle software in ubuntu and after rebooting, I got the message while boot the ubuntu that Failed to activate /swapfile.
Is there any way that I will recover my OS without ...
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Live USB won’t boot Ubuntu on Windows 11 [duplicate]
Created live USB with Ubuntu usin Rufus and it will not run on Windows 11. Tried all combinations I could think of in Rufus with no success. Turned off security in BIOS and changed to legacy boot ...
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Laptop built-in keyboard doesn't work for a while (the duration depends on how long the laptop has been shut down) after starting up
I'm a beginner to linux-based systems and have started using ubuntu 22.04.2 recently. Everything has been going well so far except for the problem i described in the title. Once the keyboard starts ...
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Dual Boot Windows 10 & Ubuntu onto 2 different SSD, with an ESP already present in the system. Ubuntu won't boot
I have an SSD with Windows 10 installed. Some time ago I installed Linux Mint 21-Cinnamon on an SD card and during the installation, I selected the SSD as the device on which to install the boot ...
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