Questions tagged [grub]
GRUB (GRand Unified Bootloader) is a multiboot bootloader from the GNU project. This tag is for questions relating to the legacy version of GRUB. Use the GRUB2 tag for questions dealing with GRUB2, a rewritten version.
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Conver EFI qcow2 image with multiple disks to MBR/BIOS booting image
I'm trying to convert a custom rhel9.3 cloud install image that has been made to run in UEFI so I can run it on a BIOS system. Where I'm failing is to make my new image bootable. and the reason is ...
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Linux fedora boot option won't appear on grub boot menu after new fedora (additional) instalation
Recently I had my fedora (39) running ok, every time I booted the pc grub boot menu jumped in asking which distro I wanted to run. Everything ok.
Then I created a new disk partition and installed a ...
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PC won't boot from drive when I select it, but if I select boot from file and specify GRUB it works
fdisk HDD and grub installI have an HP Elite X2 and the OS on the ssd is windows 11. I have a external hdd with Kali Linux installed and it works fine on other laptops. But on this one it won't boot ...
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How can I get back my grub menu after Windows update?
I have a dual boot installation on my laptop, I have both Debian 12 and Windows 11 installed. I updated Windows 11 yesterday and my laptop boots directly into Windows after the update, no grub menu is ...
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Switch partition drive on dual boot
I have a dual boot with Ubuntu 22.04 and Windows 11. Each partition is on a specific drive, ubuntu is on a sata 500GB SSD and Windows is on a NVMe 1TB SSD.
The windows partition barely use 200GB of ...
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How to solve blue screen issue coming even after using a USB media?
I have an HP-i3-7th bought in 2018. I had dual booted it 4 years ago with Win default and Ubuntu secondary. A year ago it started malfunctioning because the boot would not work properly. If Ubuntu is ...
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In Grub2, what does "error: null src bitmap in grub_video_bitmap_create_scaled" mean and how to solve it?
This error occurs when enter into some sub menu entry after I use the sleek theme for Grub2, and I have tried different size of PNG images trying to avoid image scales to prevent this error message ...
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GRUB: Windows Memory Diagnostic
I've been trying to add the "Windows Memory Diagnostic" utility to my GRUB bootloader. I have not had any luck, though. Every script I've tried writing has resulted in an error message, with ...
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GRUB - boot an ISO in an LVM2 logical volume
due to limitation in infrastructure, I cannot boot any VM from any ISO file, specifically I need gparted and clonezilla.
In a CentOS 7 test installation, I can do something like:
in /etc/grub.d/...
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Cannot install Ubuntu on HP Microserver Gen 8 (Attempt to read or write outside of disk 'hd0'.)
"Attempt to read or write outside of disk 'hd0'."
I have two HP Microserver Gen 8 units, basic configuration. One has an LSI MegaRaid SAS card in it (running Raid5 on a 4x2TB set of disks); ...
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Linux mint doesn't work while using grub2win
I got a Asus vevobook resently and the laptop is very slow so I try to switch my os to linux mint cinnamon v21.3 by burning my sd card and booting it. Later I disable both safeboot and fastboot but ...
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PC boots to grub instead of windows boot manager after changing recovery partition
my pc was dual boot with windows 10 and ubuntu but later i uninstalled the ubuntu, I also believe I remove the partition containing the ubuntu boot loader manager
Recently, I needed to increase my ...
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Recovery of grub (in EFI) after starting Windows 10 in dual boot
Well known problem, but unknown solution (at least so far). The question has been asked millions of times, but a solution to this specific case didn't show up while searching. Feel free to point me to ...
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Can an EFI boot table entry override the timeout for GRUB?
It is possible for an entry in the EFI boot table to pass arguments to the stub that it loads. For example, this is commonly used to identify the system root when using the EFI-stub of a Linux Kernel.
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Dual boot | Dual drives: Linux over Windows
Preface: This is/was an attempt at creating a dual boot laptop (Asus), primary drive is housed on the motherboard sda has Linux Mint installed, secondary drive sdb has Windows 10 installed and plugs ...