Questions tagged [grubrescue]
Questions about using the grub rescue prompt or how to get rid of it.
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Windows 10 upgrade led to grub rescue
I was dual-booting Windows 7 and Linux Ubuntu on my desktop, and today is the day they gave out free Windows 10 upgrades. How exciting! I got the update, and it was installing, and I left to go take ...
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GRUB rescue problem after deleting Ubuntu partition! [duplicate]
After I deleted my Ubuntu partition, I rebooted my computer and I only get a prompt:
grub rescue >
The command ls lists
(hd0) (hd0,msdos5) (hd0,msdos3) (hd0,msdos2) (hd0,msdos1) (hd1) (hd1,...
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Ubuntu 12.04 (Wubi) not starting - root.disk corrupted
I have Ubuntu 12.04 installed through Wubi on my laptop. For some reason when i click on Ubuntu on start up (when you have to either select windows or Ubuntu) I get the following screen, the grub ...
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Grub rescue prompt, repair grub
I recently repartitioned my HDD and I have damaged GRUB on my system. On boot I get the GRUB rescue prompt and I have to go through the following steps in order to boot normally:
set root=(hd0,msdos6)...
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Recovering moved .mod files using grubrescue
I did a dumb thing... I forgot that Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) switched to GRUB 2 which puts a ton of *.mod files (kernel modules) in /boot/grub. I thought they were soundtrack files put there ...
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How to fix the MBR for Windows 7?
I have installed Ubuntu as dualboot with Windows 7. Now I'm no longer using Ubuntu so i removed the Ubuntu partition and added the unallocated space to my Windows 7 partition.
But after I restart my ...
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How to delete GRUB entirely from GRUB rescue and boot Windows only
I installed Ubuntu (twice actually) onto the same drive. I wanted to 'try again' since one of them didn't install correctly and the other installed differently, but it worked.
I was getting ...
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error: file '/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found in ubuntu 13.10
I've installed ubuntu 13.10, but after rebooting I get the message:
GRUB loading:
Welcome to GRUB!
error: file '/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found
Entering rescue mode...
grub rescue>
I have ...
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Deleted Ubuntu partition Windows 10
I was running out of space for Windows 10, so I deleted my Ubuntu partition and then combined the free space and added it to the Windows 10 partition into a single partition (the boot partition was ...
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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 Western Digital external hard drive (320GB). This is a complete installation, not a live USB.
When I plug it in my HP desktop I go to the BIOS settings and boot off ...
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Stuck in GRUB Rescue Mode [duplicate]
I messed up my new laptop while trying to set up a dual-boot with Ubuntu and Windows 8.I did a whole bunch of stuff trying to get it to work and now when I try to boot I get stuck in GRUB's recovery ...
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After update, get "error: file not found." followed by "grub rescue> _"
I just installed quite a lot of 12.10 updates, was prompted to reboot, and then found that I couldn't boot.
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ELF header smaller than expected
I have a Dell XMP-13 Ultrabook (SSD drive only) with 12.04 installed dualboot with the original windows. It has been running flawlessly for many many months.
Today in the middle of a system update (...
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grub_file_filters not found after Ubuntu 19.10 upgrade
I upgraded Ubuntu from 19.04 to 19.10. The upgrade went without errors but after restart grub throws an error on startup and goes into rescu mode
error: symbol 'grub_file_filters' not found.
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How to restore Windows 7 loader
I have this situation: I have Windows 7 installed on my laptop. Then decided to install Ubuntu 12.10 alongside it. The installation was successful and I'm able to have a dual boot, Windows 7 and ...
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How to load Windows 7 from GRUB rescue
I had Windows 7 and Ubuntu installed on the same partition
Some time later, decided to uninstall Ubuntu.So I booted Ubuntu,Changed the hd related to it to NTFS,I did NOT extended my main drive
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How to repair grub?
I have a vps using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and I my host corrupted my vps so now it won't boot up. When it boots up it says:
Booting from Hard Disk...
error: file not found.
grub rescue>
How can I fix/...
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problem in dual boot [duplicate]
I have recently dual booted ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS alongside window 7 in my dell laptop from live usb flash drive.
The dual boot was working until I deleted empty partition (not ubuntu or window ...
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error: no such partition. grub rescue> [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to fix "error: unknown filesystem. grub rescue>
please help me. I don't know how it has happened. I was recovering some data with Photorec (not sure if it's ...
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How to exit grub rescue?
I want to delete the swap partition to free up space to increase the root partition, but accidentally when I restarted Ubuntu I got this:
I have made a live Ubuntu to solve this, but I can't close ...
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Grub rescue fails with "Boot Repair" with error "unknown file system" [duplicate]
After a system crash (which was caused by a hard restart), my Ubuntu linux is not booting, it is showing now:
error: uknown filesystem
grub rescue>
Solutions that I tried:
grub rescue>ls
(hd0)...
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BIOS/GRUB is unable to detect external hard disk drive
Cannot boot to Linux because BIOS boot menu and GRUB rescue image console unable to locate external hard disk drive
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unknown filesystem, grub rescue
When I try to boot I get this message:
error: unknown filesystem.
grub rescue> _
results of:
grub rescue> ls
are as follows:
(hd0) (hd0,msdos5) (hd0,msdos1) (hd1) (fd0)
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Grub rescue after "Windows Anniversary Update"
Let's get some background info, I am dual-booting Win10 and Ubuntu 16.04 (I believe) on an HP 62 laptop. After the first restart, it gave me the grub rescue screen. I did the ls command and got (hd0) (...
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File recovery after quick formatting
I have a dual System of Windows 8 and Ubuntu (12.04, I think).
I accidentally quick-formatted the Linux partition using Windows to NTFS, with the built-in formatting option. Since it contained my ...
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Deleted swap partition. Now it is booting to grub rescue
I have dual boot system, but while booting my system with window 7, I deleted swap partition mistakenly. Now it is showing no such partition grub rescue.
I installed very important software in Ubuntu ...
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Installed Ubuntu, but when I boot it always brings me to grub rescue
This is my first time posting on this website so I hope you can help me out!
I downloaded Ubuntu recently, but ever since whenever I boot my computer I get brought to the grub rescue page. The only ...
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Recovering Journal - Can't start my Ubuntu
So I know there's a lot of threads on recovering journal errors and I've tried the solutions but nothing works.
Here's my problem:
My laptop suddenly shut down and when I started it, it gave me a ...
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Can't get out of grub terminal
After a boot-repair, ironically, my grub is broken. When I starty laptop, it boots into terminal, it's written 'grub>_'
I searched for solutions, like 'set prefix, set root and insmod normal' and '...
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Grub shell greets me at boot-up, instead of a menu
After a fresh install of 10.04, trying to boot yields grub> prompt. I am able to boot by typing
root (hd0,1)
linux /vmlinuz-blqh-blqh root=/dev/sda3
initrd /init-blqh-blq root=/dev/sda3
boot
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Ubuntu Boot Repair
I have some questions about Boot Repair. Firstly, where/how can I get a CD of it? My friend and installed Ubuntu and I tried to remove it. Also, I may have deleted the GRUB files that get me out of it,...
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grub rescue -> no such partition [duplicate]
I have a big problem with my computer...
I have reduced the windows partition and when I reboot then I have the grub rescue with the error message: "no such partition".
Moreover, I don't have access ...
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GRUB Rescue - setting boot and prefix again and again
I almost know nothing about coding in Ubuntu. I am currently dual booting ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Windows 10. Everything was fine . But today an error occured saying
"can't find filesystem"
and then ...
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Transaction for graphical.target/start is destructive
After I forcefully turned System off, and then Turned on tomorrow morning, I got :-
Failed to start default target:
Transaction for graphical.target/start is destructive (emergency.target has 'start' ...
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grub rescue / move folder
I made a really silly
sudo mv /* /some_folder
move command on my remote server vm ubuntu 12.04
that moved my boot folder to
/home/.../somefolder/boot
I can access this folder via a ...
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How can I boot into Windows from GRUB rescue without a CD drive?
This is my situation:
I Installed Ubuntu without a CD (using A USB)
Dual boot installation (Windows 7+Ubuntu)
I did not like the installation and decided to boot into Windows and delete the Linux ...
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HELP! Grub Rescue Mode
I have a laptop which is partitioned with Windows 7 and Fedora 18. I tried to delete F18 in Partition Manager in Windows 7 and then when I restarted my computer it would still go to GRUB launcher and ...
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Grub doesn't see ssd install
I have just installed ubuntu server 16.04 in an SSD, the installation went fine, up until the restart point, where I get:
error: no such partition.
Entering rescue mode...
grub rescue>
when I ls ...
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Error Removing Ubuntu + Grub and reverting back to using Windows MBR
I Partitioned my hard disk back some time ago to install Ubuntu on it as I needed it for a college project. It became a bit of a pain when I finished my project when I had to select my OS each time I ...
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error: symbol 'grub_file_filters' not found [upgrade Ubuntu18.04 to 20.04]
I updated the system from 18.04 to 20.04 via the terminal. When the computer restarts, the black screen appears with the above written mention.
What should I do to fix the problem (without obviously ...
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grub rescue shows every time I open the pc
Recently I used live ubuntu using pendrive and gparted to merge two partitions of my laptop. (My laptop is dual booted windows 10+ubuntu 18.04). After merging the partitions every time I open my ...
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Kernel Panic - Not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x00000009 issue can be solved in grub mode or not?
I updated my Ubuntu to 16.04 from 14.04. Now my PC cannot load it. It produces the following error in every restart
Kernel Panic - Not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x00000009
Only grub ...
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How to escape grub rescue after formatting drive with Ubuntu partition?
I get this output in GRUB rescue
grub rescue> ls (hd0,msdos5)/
unknown filesystem
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Can not boot 12.04LTS from USB HDD [duplicate]
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04LTS on an external USB HDD, and put the bootloader onto the same drive.
This is so I can interrupt the boot sequence on the PC and force the system to boot from the ...
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How do I boot linux from a EFI partition on a USB drive
I managed to create a USB drive image for booting with EFI using Mac-Linux-USB-Loader(issue).
The directory structure is as shown here.
F:\>tree /f
Folder PATH listing for volume NEW VOLUME
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Installing Ubuntu 14.04 onto external HDD
I'm having problems with installing Ubuntu 14.04 onto my Verbatim 1TB external drive.
I tried all kinds of tutorials, partitioning but nothing seems to work. I did put the bootloader on sdc (hard ...
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Dual-boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu on two SSDs with UEFI
I recently built a new system with (Asus)UEFI and two SSDs for boot drives, and an HDD for storage. I installed Windows on the first SSD through the UEFI, and it works fine, I've been using it for a ...
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Set default grub partition
Every time I boot into Ubuntu (not dual boot, only have one OS installed) it boots me into the GRUB rescue prompt. I fix it every time with the same commands:
set root=(hd0,msdos5)
set prefix=(hd0,...
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grub rescue> during windows 10 update [duplicate]
I had ubuntu and Windows 8.1 simultaneously installed on 1 hdd and I Upgraded windows to windows 10, but during the installation, my laptop rebooted and now im stuck
error: no such partition.
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Windows 10 upgrade kills grub [duplicate]
At first, I had Ubuntu 14.04 LTS alongside with Windows 7 Professional. I was on windows 7 and I upgraded to windows 10. During the installation, It had to restart. What happened when I restarted was ...
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