I just reinstalled ubuntu to the new version in my macbook pro, I have rEFIt which properly boots mac osx but for some reason it is not able to boot the new installation of ubuntu.
I made the common installation (ext4 partition mounting / and one for the swap), then I restart I sync the partitions with rEFIt and mac osx boots well but the ubuntu gets stuck and I never get to see the grub.
I have a MacBook Pro 6,2 that try as I might refuses to boot from live CDs. I have rEFIt installed, and both of the liveCDs I've burnt for 10.10 (32 and 64 bit) do not show up either in rEFIt or when I hold down "option" as my mac boots.
Both CDs will run perfectly as either liveCDs or Installations in Parallels, but I'm looking to (hopefully) someday replace Mac OS entirely with Ubuntu. Being completely unable to see these liveCDs presents a bit of a problem though..
I have a serious problem! I downloaded and burnt Ubuntu 10.04 and then chose it as start up volume in Snow Leopard's start up disk preference dialogue and although Ubuntu runs successfully from the cd (I'm typing from it now) I can no longer boot into OS X at all.
I have tried all of the different short cuts at boot up to no avail, even trying 2 keyboards. It insists on looking for the Ubuntu disk and if it is not in the drive comes up with an error message stating that a system disk cannot be found.
Is there any kind of tool on Ubuntu that will let me change the start up disc/interact with the Mac's efi settings? I previously had refit installed but this disappeared just before I booted the cd, is it worth using the live cd?
I tried booting from a Tiger dvd but it wouldn't let me do so, it just returned me to the ominous "System disk not found" message.
Does anyone have any kind of idea? Perhaps some kind of shell script that will reinstall refit? I'm guessing that any kind of dvd designed for PC will prob boot, any kind of OS X recovery disk compatible with MBR available?
I have both a bootable USB install of 10.10 Desktop, which I've confirmed on my netbook (which runs Ubuntu) works fine, and a CD install disk, and my MacBook will not boot the USB and the CD isn't working right. I have a flaky superdrive, which is why I'm attempting the USB approach as well. I burned the CD from my son's computer and I'm sure it's fine.
I'm running Leopard 10.5.8.
I installed linux on my imac G5(i did not dual boot) and now i want to install os x again on my mac but when i try to boot the installation cd it doesnt work.
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mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda5,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
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After installing karmic with Grub2 I am unable to boot into Archlinux partition. Grub2 has removed the last line of the Archlinux boot stanza! It used to read:-
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Following the Grub2 tutorials I have tried editing /etc/grub.d/40_custom as follows:-
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But no luck. Only way into Archlinux is to get into the edit shell and manually add the missing line and remove other stuff not needed. I have spent hours trying to resolve this issue and I am fairly p----d off
I can only use the Live CD to operate Ubuntu. After typing in the command sudo fdisk -l, I get the following?
Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
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And when I boot without the Live CD, I get the following message in the GNU GRUB Version 1.98-1ubuntu7 window page.
I am trying to install ubuntu 10.04 on windows7.windows 7 was already installed.I ollowed these steps to install ubuntu 10.04.1)First i made some freespace in hard disk to install ubuntu using windows7 default options(By shrinking).2)I used USB drive to install ubuntu.I made it bootable using unetbootin.3)I followed normal steps install(language,area,keyboard,using manual partition i installed ubuntu in free space,etc).4)I got boot menu when it restarted.PROBLEM isAs long i use only ubuntu (boot into ubuntu --shutdown--boot into ubuntu --shutdown) it works well.
If once i boot into windows 7 and restart the system i am loosing boot menu options.The following error i am getting"no module name found Aborted.Press any key to exit".If i press any key,I guess its trying boot using internet and lastly it says Operating system not found and hangs.
I installed fedora 12 as second os along with ulimtate vista on 64 bit machine.
I was able finish the install and boot to fedora first time. but after updating the software , i am unable to boot into fedora but am able to boot in to vista.
I am using a HP Pavilion HDX9000 notebook series. it has 2 100gb hdd. vista is on c and fedora is on d. boot info was written to MBR on C drive.
Having a major issue with my laptop. I am unable to boot into my Vista installation.I am currently posting this through my Fedora 11 installation which I had already. If anyone is interested, the BSOD error is:
0x0000007B (0x80399BB0, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)
As far as I know, a '7B' BSOD is usually a hard disk error but I am 100% sure the HDD is fine as I can read and write from both Fedora and Knoppix without issue. Steps taken so far: Obviously, I have tried the usual steps of trying to start windows in safe mode, last good config, and all of the F8 options. When they failed, I used fedora to check for some solutions online (Mostly useless answers from MS) and I found one successful case when a person flashed his BIOS back to an earlier time. Unfortunately, I cant get the BIOS update I got from the Dell website to boot from a USB drive (Says invalid boot disc - the BIOS on it is in the .exe format which I can't use in linux) and I do not have a floppy drive on the laptop.
So, I put in my Dell drivers and utilities CD hoping that it would give me some option to update (Or roll back) the BIOS but there was no such option. However, it did give me a load of diagnostic options including repair options by symptom so went with the "Unable to boot from BIOS". Unfortunately, that didnt help me at all. So, I got my Vista installation disc (OEM supplied) and managed to get to the repair menu (Which I had among my F8 options anyway) but this also has the option to reinstall. Unfortunately, it states that "Upgrade is unavailable" and that a clean install is the only thing I can select (At the expense of my files and settings).
As for the repair options, the automatic recovery doesn't seem to find any errors, asks to reset and see if all is well (It isn't). For some reason, system restore doesn't detect any restore points. There are no windows memory errors detected and I have no backups. So, i'm left with a command prompt that, by default, is asking for a file in this folder: X:/WINDOWS/System32/ I have no idea where it is getting the X: drive from - I have C and D drives for windows only. As per another online guide, I tried:
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I am unable to change the installation location for the boot loader when installing Fedora 12 in the graphical installation mode. The 'Change device' button does nothing when I click on it during installation. I'd like to install the boot loader on my /boot partition. Is there some kind of bug that is preventing me from doing this?I am trying to install from the Fedora 12 386 DVD.
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SYSLINUX 3.86 2010-04-01 EBIOS Copyright (C) 1994-2010 H. Peter Anvin et al
Nothing more. Should I just wait until 10.10.10 for the finished 10.10? Or is there any way fixing this?
I have tried so many things to get Ubuntu to start up it's not even funny. First off, I somehow managed to install two (2) video card drivers. One is fglrx (which may or may not be the ati catalyst driver) and an open-source edgers driver. After I rebooted from the fglrx install, my box would boot normally, but "No Signal" shows up when the purple splash screen should. I have it set to auto-login, but I never hear the login sound (drums, etc) from my speakers. The first thing I did was go into recovery mode and typed the following:
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Code: sudo nano /boot/grub/grub.conf I removed "quiet" when it appeared before "splash" (about 3 or 4 times). Now on boot, it shows a bunch of code THEN goes to the purple screen, where it hangs for at least five (5) minutes. I have yet to see it boot completely. I have tried refreshing the swap partition using instructions from here: [URL]
At the moment, I have been waiting for a good ten minutes and nothing has changed on the splash screen. Just to make things clear, fail-safe graphics mode does nothing to help the situation. This started as another problem I had with a video card. You can see it here: [URL]
I'm trying to resurrect an old Compaq Evo 400C which currently runs Win98. I've created a CD from the ISO download and as far as I can tell, it has burned correctly. The machine boots off the CD, I select language and tell it to run off the CD. The Ubuntu screen with the four blinking dots appears and after about 30 secs of CD action. it comes to a grinding halt with the messages shown in attachment 1591. If, when booting, I tell it to install Ubuntu, much the same happens but with message shown in attachment 1597.
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Re-install 10.04 would be a sensible option but when I tried to do this and later on 9.10, all I got was 'error: no such device' It does display Ubuntu Linux 2.6.31-14-generic and the recovery mode + a memory check option but when I select the default highlighted option that is when I get this error message. I've also tried to reformat the drive by putting in an XP disc but after installing Ubuntu the result is the same. If ever there was a case of 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' this is it. So what do the flashing LEDs mean and how can I fix the broken boot part of the system?
I tried to install Ubuntu 10.10, it did not boot from the Live CD. Then I used the option "acpi=off". It worked and I installed the operating system in the computer (an ASUS A6000KM).Now, Ubuntu is not booting from the hard drive. Maybe it is the "acpi=off" issue again?What could I try to have Ubuntu working?
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However, I get the following error when I plug in my iPhone via USB:
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I tried this:
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And rebooted. I still get the same error. My goal is to be able to use iFuse (unless there's another program which anyone recommends using for iPhone).
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So far I've tested shipit CDs of 9.10, 9.04 and 8.10. All cause the above problem. 8.04 works perfectly.
today when i updated my ubuntu 9.10 it was about 44mb update and update manager was not able to download 13mb of files i clicked continue anyway. after that i shut down my pc and when i restarted it my old black and ordinary GRUB was gone and there was one with Debian symbol and blue background and everything and when i selected any OS ( i have 3 os 1 on my 80GB hard disk which is ubuntu and other 2 are debian and windows XP which are on 20GB hard disk) and it said
invalid character '+' file not found.
so i am now running on live cd.
Just did an update to 9.1 & now am unable to boot to ubuntu, windows7 still boots ok. Didnt pay much attention to the update but did notice there were a lot of cups files. Booting to ubuntu get something about using a tab & then getting a list of commands one can do. Tried boot got 'no kernel' tried exit & got a pc reboot which let me back to the tab msg.
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The sytem appears to be running normaly.
When I shutdown (not restart) and then power cycle the computer, I see the Dell splash screen then I get the message: "Errorauto-sensing secondary master hard disk drive. Strike F! key to continue, F2 to run the setup." F1 repeats the message. F2 enters the BIOS setup but does not lead to a fix.
If I place the Live CD in the tray and boot from that, I get to the Ubunt install directory.
If I click "Check disc for defects", then run the check. (I can even interupt the check without completing by hitting ESC), then the system reboots.
I see the Dell Splashscreen.
I see the Ubuntu Live CD menu
I choose "Boot from first hard disk"
Then Ubuntu loads perfectly. I enter my username's passord.
The system runs fine until the next time I shutdown.
How do I get the system to boot directly without needing the LiveCD?
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