Questions tagged [dual-boot]
For questions regarding the installation of two or more operating systems on a single computer.
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Dummy Output and No Input devices on 2017 iMac Pro
I am new to Linux and am trying to start using Linux on my 2017 iMac Pro that has an Intel Xeon W chip. I was able to successfully install Ubuntu 22.04.4 and dual-boot, however, it does not look like ...
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Dual booting Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Windows 11 without any bootloader
Is it a good idea to dual boot Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and windows 11 without any bootloader like grub ? .
I asked this question because each of the time during an update (especially firmware update , bios ...
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Boot error Failed to Start Metwork Name Resolution
I have a dual boot of windows and ubuntu with linux 6.5.0-14- generic. The windows boots fine but when I try to start ubuntu it shows th ubuntu logo with a loading screen and then the error message ...
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How to have grub auto-detect another Linux installation?
I have just installed Xubuntu 17.10, and I have noticed that grub did not detect my previous Manjaro installation (which is still intact in another partition, I checked).
How do I get grub to add ...
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Dual Boot Linux/OSX with Shared Partition
How do I create a shared partition on a dual-boot OSX/Linux such that both have read/write access to that partition?
It's a MacBook 2015 running OSX 12.7.3. [edit] I would use the most recent version ...
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How to fix GRUB2 on Kubuntu22.04 - Ubuntu 22.04
I'm trying to fix my computer. Boot-repair does not help me.
fdisk -l
does not show my SSD, only Windows SSD; But i can access it with live usb. My Grub folder on Kubuntu SSD for some reason is empty.
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ntfs partition got stuck in hibernation (I believe) and I need to recover it or fix it somehow
TL;DR: The drive is hibernated? I cannot delete the hiberfil-file on the drive, as it is read only.
Ok, I'm not the most tech-savvy guy. So I'm trying my best to explain what I believe happened:
I had ...
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Why windows is asking to format my disk after i installed pop os on that disk? It is showing its file type as RAW [closed]
I checked the file type and it is showing this disk type.
help me fix this issue
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Ubuntu 23.04 get's stuck in a grey screen with mouse curser after login
My Ubuntu 23.04 install boots normal, but after I log into my user account it gets stuck at an grey screen and does not react to any input anymore. If I boot into recovery mode and select fsck and ...
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Cannot boot into any OS after upgrade - GRUB Rescue (10GBP reward for help) [closed]
I upgraded to Ubuntu 24.04 via USB. This seemed to work fine. I booted, made some changes. Switched my PC off. Now I cannot boot at all, and it goes to GRUB Rescue.
I have a Windows 11 separate HDD ...
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I'd like to know how to debug my Ubuntu boot sequence since some of my later GRUB boot options will not boot, they just hang, "for ever"
Some ubuntu linux kernels don't boot while others do. Would like to find out why and hence get information on how to debug, if possible.
When I boot my Ubuntu some GRUB entries will not boot, e.g.:
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Install Ubuntu onto Surface Pro 3 microsd without dual boot
I have a surface pro 3 and I would like to install ubuntu (22.04) onto a microsd card in the easiest most risk free way possible. I don't need dual booting. I would prefer to manually select the boot ...
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How do I point grub back to a working Ubuntu (btrfs !)
I have installed a second Ubuntu on laptop that had already a MSFT Windows and a working version of Ubuntu 18.04.
Upon rebooting, I realised grub did not show two but one Ubuntu. This new version ...
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Problem with ssd name in boot order
I decided to install Ubuntu next to Windows, but on separate ssd drives. Windows is installed by default on the SX8200PNP-512GT-S drive, and I installed Ubuntu on the second Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus ...
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Can't Install Ubuntu 22.04 (Dual Boot)
I can't install Ubuntu on my Windows 11 machine for dual booting. Every time I get the error:
executing grub-install dev/nvme0n1p2 failed.
So far I've tried:
Unallocating the disk before the ...
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How to change boot order in Mac OS and Ubuntu-Mate 16.04 dual boot from Ubuntu first to OS X first?
I installed Ubuntu 16.04 on my late 2011 MBP. The systems were autobooting into one another in an order and when I hold the option key I was unable to see Ubuntu partition.
So I followed this link to ...
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<< exFAT-fs: invalid fs_name >>
I recently bought a Dell computer (G15 5530) that came with one 1TB SSD. I upgrade it, and added a second SSD with 2T.
The 2T SSD was partitioned using ext4 and ntfs. In the ext4 partition, I ...
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Screen blinking after boot and before login
Unlike the screen flicker that suggested to be solved with
sudo kernelstub -a "i915.enable_psr=0"
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sudo nano /etc/default/grub
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="i915.enable_psr=1"
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Kubuntu/Ubuntu/Fedora Stuck at install on HP Spectre x360 Meteor Lake Core Ultra 155H Laptop dual boot
I am a beginner at linux and trying to install it on a HP Spectre X360 laptop with Meteor Lake Core Ultra 155H with dual boot on a single 2TB NVME disk.
I am creating a separate /root partition, but ...
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Virtualbox won't boot a Windows partition in a dual boot system: "failed to load Boot0001 UEFI VBOX HARDDISK: Not found"
So I have a system with one hard drive with three partitions: Ubuntu 23.10, Windows 11 and a shared exFat partition for data.
The dual boot via grub works fine, but I want to be able to boot into the ...
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Prevent UEFI boot order from being changed
I'm using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on a Dell XPS 15 9530 laptop. The machine is equipped with two SSDs, one with Windows (Bitlocker active, if that matters) and one with Ubuntu. Either OS installation was ...
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Not able to boot into ubuntu after windows update
I installed Ubuntu 22.04 alongside Windows 11. After a Windows update, my system boots directly into Windows and does not show a GRUB menu, so I am unable to access Ubuntu. I attempted to fix the ...
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Managing size of partition while installing Ubuntu
My laptop's hard disk is 1 TB and total memory is 8 GB, it has two partition. One is for C drive where windows installed and other is for Ubuntu installation ; size 512 GB
While installing Ubuntu, ...
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(Legion-7-16IAX7) No Sound Dual boot Win 11 pro & Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (TAS2781 and Realtek ) Update (Cirrus)
There is no output on the speakers even after upgrading to kernel 6.5.0 on ubuntu lts 22.04.
I searched the internet and found some links regarding the issue.
But I can't seem to figure out what to ...
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Ubuntu is unable to boot due to ACPI BIOS Error
I get these errors every time I try to boot into Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. It stops booting and gets stuck at this screen.
I also ran Boot-Repair using a live USB and this was the output:
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Ubuntu is not booting in the HP laptop with i5 6th gen
I am getting the below error while booting.
Sometimes system is logging in, but sometimes it is stuck in the same error and not booting. Installed Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS.
Please help. dual booted with ...
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Ubuntu grub os-prober not finding Bazzite install
I've been dual-booting Ubuntu and Windows for quite awhile now and everything has worked perfectly fine. I have Ubuntu and Windows installed on two separate drives.
Recently, I added in another drive ...
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Boot manager can’t select OS
I tried installing Ubuntu yesterday with the latest version on the same HDD with Windows 10 using UNetbootin and made it the default bootloader, but whenever I boot the computer I get to the boot ...
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How can I reinstall or change kubuntu to UEFI?
I just bought a new laptop which comes with Windows 10 on a 256gb SSD. There is no other disk storage.
The Windows 10 install has to stay because it's for my wife to use. I then used a Kubuntu (18.04)...
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How can I clone a complex, dual boot disk? 22.04
My new SSD is defective. Surprising, but I've been all over it and that's my conclusion. Sometimes dd'ing to /dev/null errs out, sometimes it passes. I've arranged for a factory replacement.
Meanwhile ...
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Can’t installed Ubuntu
I have downloaded ISO on USB and installed with then Ubuntu on my laptop. It used 500GB but after I have lost 500GB and can’t find Ubuntu. Now I have only win10 on my Laptop. The ich test Boot ...
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Installation blocked by bitlocker
Trying to install 20.04 from a flash drive into an HP ProDesk with a Toshiba SSD, alongside Win 10. All goes well until I get to a screen that tells me to disable the bitlocker manager. So I go to ...
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Unresponsive GUI - dual Nvidia GPU
I recently installed a second RTX 3090 Ti GPU into my system and Ubuntu 23.10 cannot handle that change.
Whenever I start the system the GUI is unresponsive and every 5-10 seconds or so one of the ...
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GRUB removed after windows update
I have a dual boot dell XPS laptop with windows and Ubuntu 22. After the latest windows update GRUB is no longer in the boot options of the BIOS. I have also tried inserting a live USB of Ubuntu 22 ...
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Error during dual boot installation
I am trying to dual boot windows 11 and Ubuntu 22.04LTS on my ASU’s tuf f15 laptop. I want windows on my internal hardrive and Ubuntu on my external Toshiba hardrive.
I am faced with this error ...
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Install windows after linux from hard drive
I have an Ubuntu on my desktop, and I'd like to install win11 onto it.
Sadly, I have no media to boot, so my idea is to install it from disk, if it is possible.
So, the plan is to extract the ISO, ...
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Moving an ubuntu installation to another partition
Mostly out of curiosity:
Say that I have a secondary partition, and I copy the current instalation to it with
rsync -av --exclude={/media,/home,/proc,/dev,/sys,/tmp,/run,/mnt} / /media/new
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Grub problem on dual boot UEFI installation - Boot on grub console, boot-repair doesn't help
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Recently, I've installed Kubuntu 20.04 on my work computer with a dual boot with windows. The computer has an SSD, and a HDD. The SSD contains a EFI partition at the beginning, ...
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How do I reinstall Windows 10 while keeping my dual boot configuration? [duplicate]
How do I reinstall Windows 10 while keeping my dual boot configuration?
I want to do a clean install of Windows 10. I have Ubuntu 16.04. I upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10.
Thanks
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Dual boot Ubuntu - Lost data when I booted from windows
I have a HP Probook 450 G5 laptop, and I have a dual boot Ubuntu and Windows 10
The problem is after a while time of using Ubuntu and read/write from Partitions on windows (D: and E:)
I have decided ...
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Prevent GRUB from adding EFI entries to other disks [duplicate]
Some context to understand my situation:
I had this idea of a portable drive (in my case a SSD) containing a couple of operating systems that I could carry around and simply plug into any computer and ...
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Need to change default boot order. Instead of Ubuntu 21.04 to Windows 7
I have now three hard disks in my desktop. A Samsung SSD that boots Win7, a Toshiba HDD which is not bootable, and yesterday I added a Crucial SSD which boots Ubuntu 21.04.
If I now simply start my ...
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dual boot lost, how can I enter in ubuntu again?
I have a notebook and, while in windows 8, a updater software that came with it updated the bios and now I can only access windows. how can I restore the boot options?
my note has UEFI and I had some ...
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Boot-repair won't install "unable to locate package"
My computer won't boot so I am trying to install boot-recovery using the instructions from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair. The initial command runs fine:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:...
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How to Access Google Drive in Jupyter Notebook on Ubuntu
I've just installed a dual boot of ubuntu on my XPS15. I want to use this as a development environment for python as I've had many issues using windows and I was told that this was the best solution.
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How can I verify why I am getting a grub error (couldnt load kernel), if I have already verified the correct UUID?
I am getting the following GRUB (2.06) error when trying to boot:
"Error: File "/vmlinuz" not found, Error: You need to load the kernel first"
error message written from memory so ...
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"Reset System", bootloop after attempting to dual boot
I was trying to dual boot Ubuntu 21.04 with windows 10 on my
HP elitebook-folio-9480m.
I was following this tutorial to do the same.
After creating the partitions for the installation process. The ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 can't boot normally anymore
I have been using Ubuntu for several years, however since yesterday I have been unable to boot normally anymore, instead this message shows up.
The message says something about VirtualBox which I ...
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How to recover EFI boot?
I have a dell 15R notebook that used to work very well with windows 10 and ubuntu 16.04.
Today after an apparently normal update the ubuntu desktop became unresponsible than I have to turn it off ...
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GRUB not responding to keyboard
I installed Ubuntu 12.4LTS on dual boot with Windows XP on my 7 year old desktop PC 2 months ago.
Everything worked perfectly in both Ubuntu and XP until last week when I removed LibreOffice from ...
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