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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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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 ...
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Why is Macbook Pro 2019 with Intel & T2 NOT recognizing live USB for dual booting Linux using T2Linux ISO image?
Macbook Pro 2019 is NOT recognizing live USB for dual booting linux using https://t2linux.org ISO image
If I use 'Option' key, it will just show the single option, Macintosh HD and boot into MacOS
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Linux Distros not booting, import_mok_state() not found
I have a MS Surface Book 2 with Debian, running the Linux Surface custom kernel. While trying to reinstall the kernel I clearly deleted some package I wasn't supposed to (linux-surface-secureboot-mok ...
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What is the difference about BIOS, UEFI, Bootloader, Uboot and GRUB?
I want to better understand a few things.
What is the difference about BIOS and UEFI?
In PC, there is BIOS and Bootloader (such as GRUB).
But why is there no BIOS in the embedded system (most often ...
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How to change boot_drive/operating_system from within that operating system?
I'm trying to figure out if it's possible to change boot drive or operating system that PC will boot into during the next startup but from within that operating system (!) as oppose to just going into ...
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USB with Kali Linux 2024.1 (not live) installed not visible in boot menu
Specifications:
Laptop: Lenovo Legion Pro 5i (Gen 8)
CPU: i9 (13th Gen)
GPU: Nvidia Geforce RTX 4060
USB B is a SanDisk Ultra Luxe (128GB)
For context:
Secure boot is off.
USB ports are working ...
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After installing Debian on USB stick, stick does not boot on MacBook
My goal is to install Debian to be bootable from a usb stick on a MacBook with two usb ports. To do so I booted from Debian Live flash on the first usb port. Next I used to Debian installer to ...
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Ubuntu (ZorinOS) boots only into tty1 terminal after delering all default keyrings
I am attempting to boot my computer after utilizing Seahorse to remove all of the default keyrings. Regretfully, the only thing I receive in return is a terminal that appears only on my secondary ...
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How do I leave free space for grub when copying a whole system to a new media?
I've tried to copy a whole system to a new media. Like the existing layout, I'd like to use an everything-in-one-partition approach.
This is what I've tried:
create a partition table and one single ...
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Can't find installed linux in bootmenu
I just tried to install Linux server to my ThinkCentre m92p. First I tried to install Ubuntu server. Installation was completed successfully, but I couldn't find anything to boot in my boot menu. Then ...
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grub-mkconfig doesn't populate /etc/grub.d/10_linux menu entries (Void Linux)
I have been writing a script to install Void Linux (I need something more granular that void-installer). I am able to install grub without issue on UEFI but the BIOS install doesn't work.
I do grub-...
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Can't boot without acpi=off
First: this might gonna get a long one, but I‘m desperately looking for help!
Second: I‘m a total newb on Linux, so I have really limited Linux know-how.
Specs:
Asus ROG Strix G15DS-R7700X088W
AMD ...
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Automatically booting from SSD not working as expected?
I bought a Lenovo ThinkCentre machine, used.
I've installed Ubuntu from an USB flash drive. When I start the machine, it says, no bootable device found. I went into BIOS and set the primary boot ...
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Debian 12 install failed to install grub boot loader and now will only boot into grub and won't dpkg
Hardware:
Mini PC
Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake- N95
8GB DDR4 RAM
256GB PCIe 1X SSD
Tried to install Debian 12 on whole system from flash but failed to install boot loader and now only boots into grub. ...
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Windows 11 keeps messing with grub at every restart (+ possible solution?)
I installed Windows 11 and then Archlinux (I set a dual boot system within the same shared Efi partition).
Everything worked fine for a year or so. But now, whenever windows restarts, it makes grub ...
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How do I enable the GRUB menu on a dual boot startup, without admin rights?
I set the grub timer to 0 from Linux, to make it automatically go to the selected OS without displaying the menu, but it was accidentally set to Windows. I do not have admin privileges in Windows or ...
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How to identify and delete Linux Bootloader/GRUB from my HDD?
Im using win 10 in my principal HDD.
I needed a dual boot with linux mint, which should be in my SSD, so I installed it. The problem is that it installed the BOOTLOADER in the EFI of my HDD and not in ...
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Cloned SSD wont boot Debian
I had a smaller M2 SSD which I've cloned with clonezilla to a 1 tb M2 SSD.
This contained a dual boot with Windows 10 and Debian.
At first it didn't boot Windows or Debian.
After some restarting I ...
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Install 2nd nvme with 2nd Linux; will grub install properly?
I have a Dell laptop with Debian 12 on an internal 2TB nvme device and grub. I wish to install a 4TB device in the 2nd nvme slot, and install Debian 12 on that 2nd nvme as well, which will be ...
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Linux no boot after cloning partitions
I had and old HP Compaq laptop I wanted to upgrade because the IDE HDD was dying inside. Previously I had set up a Windows XP / Lubuntu 14 dual boot on it. After cloning the drive with Rescuezilla to ...
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GRUB finds OS but doesn’t list it as a bootable option. Also not available in motherboard menu
I have been using EndeavourOS as my Linux distro for the past 4 months and it has worked fine.
I recently updated my BIOS and since then it is not an option. My PC is dual boot here is a quick outline ...
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Windows 10/11, Manjaro Dual Boot: WIndows lagging, freezing not booting and suddeny windows partitions missing
My PC has quite a view issues, and already a view Problem fixes couldn't resolve the issue.
Also symptoms varied a bit over time from OS-lags, to OS-freezes, to getting this crapmachine to boot.
So It'...
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Dual boot machine, not obvious how the boot sequence finds GRUB or how to remove it
I have a dual booting system (Windows and Ubuntu) where I am trying to remove Ubuntu and its partitions.
The internal drive (laptop) is divided as follows:
350MB System Reserved (mounted as P:)
150GB ...
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How can I boot a live system iso on a partition of an USB drive
I am a linux and windows user, and I'm going to build up a USB drive(/dev/sda, got 3 partition already) which contains a windows PE and a linux livecd. I have got two iso files, and I'm trying a new ...
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Advice with installing grub bootloader to another disk from a working Linux OS
I am trying to install grub from my functioning Debian-12 system to another disk in my PC.
Problem: I have two disks, disk1 and disk2. Disk1 with working Debian 12 (As mentioned.) and the other Disk2, ...
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How to install any linux on acer aspire a515-48m which refuses to boot any live linux usb past grub (amd ryzen 5 cpu)?
Using a live linux iso made with unetbootin, the aspire a515-48m gets as far as the grub menu, but refuses to boot linux from grub menu, from grub command line, and from uefi shell (running the .efi ...
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Total memory exceeds memory limit on Hyper-V with dynamic memory
I have virtual machine with Centos 7 x86 on Hyper-V (Host RAM: 64 GB), it has these memory parameters:
Physical RAM: 4096 MB
Dynamic memory: yes
Minimum RAM: 512 MB
Maximum RAM: 1048576 MB
Memory ...
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How to get live USB to print verbose output during Linux boot
In the case of an installed Linux, such as Debian/Ubuntu or derivatives, it is possible to edit the Grub config file like this:
sudo vi /etc/default/grub
and comment out this line:
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Strange folders name with GNU Grub Shell
Accidentally, I delete EFI partition or some partition that I don't really know (just bcz I didnt read docs carefully and delete a random one :<). However, when I reboot my laptop, it shows GNU ...
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Trouble booting Nix OS from USB device on a HP dragonfly g4 laptop
I come to you in a time of great need! I've recently upgraded my laptop to a Hp dragonfly G4 and am hoping to run linux on it (I'm in MS edge right now and ever two seconds windows pings me with some ...
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I accidentally delete UEFI partition and now I can't boot Linux Mint
I wanted to add more space for my disk partition, however, I didn't read carefully, and I accidentally deleted the UEFI partition. I still didn't notice how seriously it cause and after I rebooted, ...
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Ubuntu not booting properly at all
Today i tried booting my Ubuntu, but it seems like its not able to finish the boot process properly. In GRUB, when i select my kernel version it starts booting as usual but after a few seconds it ...
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Accidentally ran `mkfs.ext4` on my `/boot` partition (fedora 36)
I pulled a total amateur-hour move and ran mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme0n1p2 on accident the other day while trying to troubleshoot a hosed retropi sdcard. /dev/nvme0n1p2 was my /boot partition on my work ...
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EFI/Bios/Grub: Notebook Doesn‘t boot neither HDD nor Fedora install media
I had a parallel installation of W10 and Fedora Linux. Was fine although prompting error of unknown TPM error the last time but the Notebook booted.
Then I Installed Fedora 39 immutable Onyx. Deleted ...
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Problems with booting Ubuntu live CD in serial console in QEMU
I'm trying to boot up a Ubuntu live CD as a virtual machine, using qemu. The host system is also Ubuntu (Jammy). The system boots up OK in graphical mode, but (for reasons) I want to boot it in ...
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Trouble booting in any OS / USB disk
Recently, I have installed Linux MINT into a separate partition next to Windows. But then I realized that I installed the wrong version, so I deleted the partition MINT was installed on.
Ever since, ...
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WIndows option disappered in GRUB menu
I recently set up a dual boot configuration with Windows 11 and Debian, and I've been using it without issues for a while. However, I've encountered a problem where the Windows 11 option has ...
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Where to find documentation of Grub modules, such as `datehook`?
In this answer I found an example of using the datehook Grub module. But I could neither find documentation of it nor other Grub modules. Where can I find it?
(I'd like to work around the limitations ...
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Windows not booting when chosen in GRUB interface
I have a desktop with 3 disks :
Disk 1 : windows 11
Disk 2 : Fedora 38
Disk 3 : data
The linux disk is the first boot option.
The grub menu shows me the fedora + windows options but when I chose ...
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How to rename btrfs subvolumes on Fedora 38?
I tried to install timeshift, but it cannot find my subvolumes, because they are not named with '@':
sudo btrfs sub list /
ID 256 gen 18303 top level 5 path root
ID 257 gen 18303 top level 5 path home
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Windows entry missing in grub after MXLinux update (Dual-Boot)
I recently updated my MX21 to MX23 using this guide( https://mxlinux.org/wiki/system/upgrading-from-mx-21-to-mx-23-without-reinstalling/ ), but now the Windows entry is missing in the Grub start up ...
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How to restore GRUB in my case?
I have 2 NVMe in my system, let's call them OldDrive and SecondaryDrive.
OldDrive had Windows installed, and SecondaryDrive had various Linux distributions installed.
I replaced OldDrive with NewDrive ...
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configure grub to work with either UEFI or PC BIOS boot
Is there a way to use GRUB to boot in a system that will only boot in UEFI mode AND (without changing anything on the disk) also boot in a system that will only boot in PC BIOS (legacy) mode?
I want ...
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How can I explicitly set the Kernel using debian live-build?
I'm using debian live-build to create my own kali linux live boot image. The image uses a chroot hook to install another kernel that I want to use (t2 linux kernel https://wiki.t2linux.org/). However, ...
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Linux installation, how to partition for install with a raid setup?
This question is about how to install Linux and create a raid setup as part of the installation. I am trying to install Debian 12, although this question is probably quite generalizable.
As part of ...
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Is this possible to boot an OS from some kind of a file?
First of all, I want to say that this quesiton is purely theoretical. But if it's possible, I would be really glad to learn its possible use cases, and overall drawbacks.
Is this possible to boot an ...
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Cannot boot OS from disk
I have a Samsung ATIV Book 9 with Windows 8 and over the time different Linux distributions. Lately, I switched from Debian 11 to SuSE Tumbleweed and now to Debian 12.
Since this switch to Debian 12 I ...
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Multi-boot Windows, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Arch in a UEFI system with one disk
Goals:
Multiboot, where I can select Windows, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, or Arch in the Grub menu.
I guess only one of the Linux dists (Ubuntu?) should be in charge of the Grub EFI binary.
But the different ...
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Understanding the Loading of Modules by initramfs in Linux: User Space or Kernel Space
I'm trying to gain a clearer understanding of the Linux boot process and the role of initramfs in loading kernel modules. Specifically, I'm interested in knowing whether the modules loaded by ...
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