Questions tagged [mbr]
master boot record (MBR)
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I'd like to install Ubuntu alongside Windows 11 but may have made a misstep because I made the USB boot media using master boot record (MBR)
I have a new computer running Windows 11.
I installed Ubuntu 24 by making a bootable USB using Rufus, but I think it made a MBR (instead of GPT) to burn the image on the USB thumb drive. I had to ...
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How to install the bootloader to /dev/sda1 ( / ) instead /dev/sda in Ubuntu 24.04 on MBR disk?
How can the bootloader be installed to /dev/sda1 ( / ) instead of /dev/sda in Ubuntu 24.04 on MBR disk?
I don't see this option in the new installer.
Regards
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Force Ubuntu to boot in Legacy Mode only [duplicate]
I am trying to install Ubuntu 22.04 LTS in an old system after wiping the disk clear of the previous dual boot of Ubuntu + Windows. After clearing the disk completely (including the EFI partitions) ...
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How to repair a Master Boot Record (MBR)
1.75Tb INTENSO
My external backup disk, not a dual boot system
mix@mix-Latitude-E5530-vPro:~$ sudo fsck /dev/sdc
fsck from util-linux 2.39.1
e2fsck 1.47.0 (5-Feb-2023)
ext2fs_open2: Bad magic number ...
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Issue with Ubuntu installation alongside pre-installed Windows
Although I browsed through solutions to many similar problems posted previously, I still could not succeed.
The main issue is that during the installation of Ubuntu 22.04 in a USB stick (created using ...
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Installing Ubuntu on MacBook Air 1,1
I've wanted to give my MacBook Air 1,1 a new life with Ubuntu. It seems this computer has a 64-bit CPU, so it should run current versions of Ubuntu.
However, when I try to I install the ISO to the USB ...
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converting MBR disk with UEFI boot to GPT
I have a MBR disk which I want to convert to GPT without losing my data and OSs (ubuntu and Manjaro)
(my boot is UEFI not BIOS)
this is my fdisk -l /dev/sdb output :
Disk /dev/sdb: 931.51 GiB, ...
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How to restore my lost home, documents, programs and settings after reinstalling Ubuntu 20.04?
Ubuntu newbie here looking for help please to restore my lost /home, programs and settings, which is now in a state like a fresh first time install of Ubuntu, i.e. all my old documents, pictures and ...
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Ubuntu partition may have been deleted after Windows 10 upgrade
A person I know had their legacy boot computer set for an Ubuntu and Windows 7 dual boot. He asked me to update the Windows 7 side to Windows 10, so I did an in place update and immediately regretted ...
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ubuntu 22.04.1 require GPT parttion scheme for insttallation
i'm trying to dual boot ubuntu 22.04.1 and my windows 10 but when i try to install ubuntu it require me using GPT parttion scheme, but my windows 10 is using MBR and my BIOS running in legacy mode so ...
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Partitioning an HFS+/MBR-formatted external drive without data loss
(Likely a duplicate, but Google is failing me)
I have a 2 TB external hard drive, formatted with a single HFS+ partition and an MBR partitioning scheme. It's currently holding a backup of my old ...
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Trying to access data from PMBR / GPT disk
I've taken an SSD from another (Windows/Linux dual boot) PC and I'm trying to access the data.
The problem is that GParted reports 'unallocated' and Ubuntu's "Disks" utitilies reports '...
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gdisk MBR and GPT damaged
I'm trying to clone my SSD into a bigger one using CloneZilla, but I got a problem saying that my disk contains mismatched gpt and mbr partition. I tried the gdisk command to see what is wrong in ...
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How to boot Ubuntu with legacy BIOS and GPT, without to need Grub, LiLo or UEFI in extra partition or on ubuntu partition?
How to configure to boot Ubuntu with legacy BIOS and GPT, without to need to install Grub, LILO, UEFI or other additional bootmanager in extra partition or on ubuntu partition? Or does the GPT no more ...
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How can I upgrade from BIOS to UEFI in Ubuntu?
As per subject, would like to upgrade my 20.04 install from BIOS to UEFI.
I have to do this to leverage re-BAR to then have a quicker/better communication between my videocard and RAM.
I read that I ...
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installing Ubuntu 21.10 on legacy BIOS only system
I have non-UEFI machine, with single SSD drive, without other OS on it and want to install Ubuntu 21.10 on it, via ISO image written on USB stick and via ubiquity, but without success.
On first boot ...
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How to reinstall Windows 11 from .iso but keep using GRUB bootloader?
Ubuntu 20.04 and Windows 11 Insider Preview are installed on my ASUS TUF DASH F15 laptop in dual-boot mode with GRUB bootloader.
Since I left the Insider Program, I want to reinstall Windows 11 from ...
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How to install GRUB Legacy (0.97) on an USB pen-drive from Ubuntu 20.04/21.10?
How to install GRUB Legacy (0.97) on an USB pen-drive from Ubuntu 20.04/21.10?
Ubuntu does no longer provide GRUB Legacy in their repository.
grub-install command will install GRUB 2.xx.
Probably I ...
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Ubuntu Server 20.04 Crashes when using premade MBR partitons
I'm attempting to install Ubuntu on 150GB MBR disk with 3 partitions
/boot 1GiB
swap 8GiB
/ 140.9GiB
The moment the installer starts the format it crashes. Does anyone know what might be the ...
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Dual-boot straight to Windows 10 (MBR Legacy Bios)
I see lots of questions and answers regarding dual boot but all relating to UEFI...
I've just installed Ubuntu 20.04 over Win 10 with MBR partitioning and Legacy bios. (I've used Rufus to create ...
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How to install ubuntu without overwriting windows bootloader
I have windows installed machine. I want to install ubuntu which should be installed and uninstalled at any time(permanent os is windows). I have an ubuntu USB. I have no windows USB to re-install ...
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Cannot install ubuntu alongside windows 10 on an MBR Disk
I've been trying to install Ubuntu alongside windows for 2 days now I'm new to Linux and all the videos I've watched are long and tedious and they all assume you have a GPT disk.
Here's the problem, ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 Sound issue
Hy, there!!!
So, my problem is that the sound does not work correctly, actually it is something like an 8 bit sound from that old tetris console, and there is kinda echo. I have a Lenovo Ideapad 5 ...
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Will new install affect my boot?
I just started up a HP Pavilion x360 I haven't used for a couple of years. It runs Ubuntu from 2016 dual boot with Win10 and works fine. But I can not upgrade to 2018/20. Different errors. I wish to ...
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Is it possible to repair UEFI that won't boot Windows 10 using Ubuntu 21 on a dual boot hard drive?
I have Windows 10, Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS, and Ubuntu Mate all on the same HDD drive on my HP Envy m7-n100 laptop.
This has been working fine for years. When there was a major update to either of the ...
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Lost LVM after MBR to GPT
I accidentally deleted (not formatted) my Ununtu LVM partition on Windows today using it's Disk Management software. After a long night, I've managed to boot into Ubuntu again with my data intact.
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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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moving Ubuntu installation on a dual boot system to a new hard drive
I had an old Windows 7 pc in a cleanroom, on which I installed Ubuntu 20.04 last year. It boots in legacy Bios. But the hard drive was quite small and as I started requiring more libraries on the ...
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Create Ubuntu usb drive on GPT
I'm trying to make a USB with ubuntu on it be bootable from Macs. I have made a working usb drive partitioned MBR, it boots on my laptop but not on Macs. I predict that the problem is that the usb ...
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Can Windows Bootmgr load Ubuntu without needing a second reboot?
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In this question I am not asking if it is possible to dual boot Windows and Ubuntu.
I have Windows 10 on an SSD in a DVD caddy (/dev/sdb) and Ubuntu mate on an HDD (/dev/sda). Both are Legacy ...
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Convert MBR to GPT on macbook
There is a nice thread here describing how to convert from MBR to GPT partition scheme. Unfortunately it says not to use it on apple macs. I have one of these, how can I here convert from MBR to GPT?
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Ubuntu Server won't boot GBT
I have an hp proliant ml10 v2 server.
The USB ubuntu install only works with ubuntu 18 as 20.4 and 20.10 goes black screen after grub menu.
After installing ubuntu 18 the system says non system disk.
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Recover Windows from installing Ubuntu in EFI when Windows is in MBR mode?
I installed Ubuntu in EFI by accident cause I taught erronously that Windows was also in UEFI and then lost access to Windows in the boot menu. I tried many tools like boot-repair (which did identify ...
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Can I install Ubuntu in dual boot mode on a disk that has GPT partition style?
Now I am on Windows 10 but I want to use Ubuntu in dual boot mode. I have a disk named "Disk 0" and it's partition style is GPT. Can I do dual boot even if my disk partition style is not in ...
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No efi system partition found error on a system using MBR drive and Legacy BIOS
I am very confused why ubuntu is asking for an efi partition. I just created a physical partition with / as the directory. I am trying to dual boot alongside windows.
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Many apps including terminal dissapeared after installing an app
[Edit] THE ANSWER:
It was my mistake I accidently unistalled python and that's why all the apps that used python (Almost all) were gone, no solution on the internet worked so finally I had to ...
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Ubuntu MBR issue
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad e14 gen 2 AMD which came with 250 gb WD NVME ssd. I decided to install Ubuntu 18.04 in dual boot with windows in a separate drive. So, I bought a second ssd (Kingston 250gb ...
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installing ubuntu over windows7 - want to repartition and switch to UEFI
I've been given an old company laptop with a Windows 7 / CentOS dual boot setup - using MBR. I want to wipe the whole thing and install Ubuntu under UEFI - but I want to create my own partition ...
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Help with creating a live USB with Ubuntu 20.10
I'm trying to create a live USB with the latest Ubuntu but without success.
Steps I did:
Downloaded the ISO image
Verified the image
I tried with gnome disks, ubuntu's Startup Disk Creator and ...
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installation failed fedora dual boot with Ubuntu. Now, How to recover grub for ubuntu [duplicate]
I have Ubuntu 20.10 installed and today I decided to install Fedora in one of my HDD partition.
Installation failed but
Error for grub came out.
Now I can't boot into Ubuntu.
How to recover Grub from ...
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Lubuntu 20.04 does not boot from HDD following install from USB (Toshiba L350 laptop)
For context, my laptop was a dual boot between windows 7 (not used in over 3 years) an Lubuntu 18.04 (upgraded from 16.04 last year).
I created a bootable USB from the ISO and set to install.
Upon ...
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Kubuntu not bootable anymore
I am using Kubuntu 20.04 and I getting stucked on a normal Boot operation with/after the disk manager
So I guess the problem is the disk manager or the service which should came next (would be nice to ...
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Big mess with my bootmanagers
I have a pretty complicated configuration. I'm trying to be synthetic :
I have 4 disks (1 ssd, 2 nvme and 1 HDD) and 4 OSs (3 Win10 and 1 ubuntu) :
Nvme 1 (Win10-1 + Ubuntu 20.04) /dev/nvme0n1
Nvme 2 ...
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Correct partitions only show up in Disks, no other tool can read them
Here's how my partitions show up in the Disks utility. Note that trying to manage them at all e.g. deleting one gives a udisks-error-quark 0
I've been trying to figure out what's wrong, so I can ...
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Installing Lubuntu 20.04 with GPT and EFI
I had an existing installation of Lubuntu 18.04 which I wanted to upgrade to 20.04. Lubuntu docs say this requires a fresh install. My previous 18.04 installation was using GPT and EFI. During ...
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Problem in installing Ubuntu 20.10 from live USB
I am trying to do a fresh install of Ubuntu 20.10 on my Dell Inspiron 14z-N411z. I downloaded the official ISO and flashed it onto a sandisk USB using the built in "Startup Disk Creator". ...
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Deleted Windows 10 MBR Trying to Fix Ubuntu Boot
I have a dual-boot Win10/Ubuntu 16 system. After Windows updated itself one time, I lost the ability to boot into Ubuntu. Trying to fix that with boot-repair, I mistakenly deleted the Windows 10 MBR ...
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Does the Ubuntu installer preserve a hybrid MBR?
I'm wondering whether the Ubuntu installer, when faced with a hybrid MBR setup, preserves the hybrid MBR as is upon installation, particularly if a partition is deleted/created in the install process?
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Unable to install Windows 10 next to Ubuntu: GPT error
I have Ubuntu installed, but I need a Windows next to it. I'm trying to follow this guide to do so, but when I reach the screen where I'm supposed to choose the space for Win I'm getting an error: &...
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Dualbooting Ubuntu on second drive (MBR)? [duplicate]
I have been trying to do this setup right but it just doesn't work as I would wish to. First thing, I'm legacy, bios and have MBR so number of max partitions is 4. I already have 4 so it displays the ...
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