Ubuntu Installation :: Setting Boot Parameters For 10.10?
Apr 28, 2011My keyboard doesn't work after the bootloader.
I've read that I need to add "i8042.nopnp=1 i8042.dumbkbd=1" to the boot options.
I have a 10.10 factory disk.
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Debian Installation :: Setup Installer Boot Parameters
Jul 16, 2015I'm making some tests with Debian Setup.
As reported by the docs [URL] .... there are some boot parameters available for the Debian Installer.
I would like to try a setup setting the base-installer/install-recommends to false.
This can be done via preseeding, but I'd like to try it out setting the boot parameter.
I've tried several combinations but no one has been effective.
What is the syntax for setting the base-installer/install-recommends parameter to false at boot time?
CentOS 5 Networking :: Bridge Setting In Network-scripts - Pass Parameters Into The Ifcfg-vmbr0?
Jan 18, 2011I set up a bridge device but I can not figure out how to pass parameters into the ifcfg-vmbr0 in particular I need to pass:
maxage
ageing
fd and stp seems to be passed by DELAY=0 and STP=on the others? I have not found anything in the post, tips, docs how could I do?
Ubuntu :: How To Edit Kernel Boot Parameters
Jun 18, 2010Ubuntu 10.04 Gnome IBM Thinkpad 600e.I am trying to get sound going in my 600e which has the wrong chips in the sound card. I found some notes from 2008 that said in one of the steps to add the following to my kernel boot parameters: noapci nolapci notsc acpi=off pnpbios=off pci=noacpi
It said to hit the Esc key when I see the Grub Count on boot up to get into the kernel boot parameter's editor. However, I am not seeing any Grub Count and pressing the Esc key every second during boot up doesn't seem to get me there either. I have been searching for how to edit the boot parameters but no luck so far.
Ubuntu :: Change Boot Parameters In Grub2?
Aug 10, 2011I have a mental block whenever I'm confronted with anything to do with grub2. Changing things in menu.lst was SO much simpler....
I want to include the command 'acpi=off' - but where do I put it? Can I change the detail of an existing grub entry in this way, or do I have to create a complete custom menu entry in grub.d and include it in that?
Ubuntu :: Pass Parameters To Grub At Boot Time?
May 2, 2010Old Toshiba laptop model A30 -- tried various installs 8.04/9.04/9.10. They all hung trying to boot the install disks after the initial few screens. Finally, I got 9.10 to install, dual booting XP and 9.10 by choosing F6 from the initial menu, and putting an X beside:
ACPI=off
noapic
nolapc
edd=on
nodmaid
and then hitting escape.But, after the install, I couldn't boot 9.10 from grub as it hangs after about 30 seconds of trying. The live CD would not work without the above parameters being set as described above, but does work with them set! I need those same parameters passed to grub at 9.10 boot time, but I can't figure out how to do that. I've had many successful installs of Ubuntu across a number of desktops and laptops, but I never had to deal with the guts of grub before. It all just worked.
Debian Configuration :: Permanently Add Boot Parameters?
Mar 12, 2011I installed Debian 6 last night on an older Compaq. For the system to properly reboot and shutdown when requested, both acpi=force and reboot=warm must be in the boot parameters, this was required with other Linux distros installed on this hardware. Otherwise, the system erroneously shuts down when reboot is chosen.
I would like to know how to permanently add these so they pass each time the system is turned on.
I already added these to /etc/default/grub (and ran update-grub afterwards) and at the next startup, noticed they were NOT in the parameters when "e" was pressed at the boot menu.
OpenSUSE Install :: Mkinitrd And Encrypted /var - What Boot Parameters?
Aug 16, 2011I've installed opensuse 11.4 by doing a network install, (boot off kernel + initrd, everything else is fetched off network) and i skipped the bootloader part because i've already got two other linux systems set up with grub2 on my computer. I picked the minimal server install (text mode) and didn't make any other software selectiono changes.
My partition layout is as follows
ssd drive contains / partitions for distributions (GPT layout) hdd drive contains encrypted lvm PV (PV on a luks partition). inside that PV is a VG with volumes for /home and /var (and other), where each distribution has its own /var.
The problem is that i cannot get initrd to open the luks properly. i tried chrooting, rebuilding the image with mkinitrd -f "lvm2 luks" ( i saw that somewhere on opensuse wiki, i think ) and adding boot parameters like this : lvm_box=/dev/disk/by-uuid/<luks partiiton UUID> lvm="box" (where box is the name of the lvm array).
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General :: Make Boot Parameters Permanent In Sugar?
Feb 2, 2010I have a generic monitor which has problems with many Linux distros. We can boos Sugar on a Stick v2 by pressing <tab> at the Sugar splash screen and adding the boot parameter "nomodeset". I'm handy enough to do this, but my wife, well, not so much. So is there a way to make that boot parameter permanent?
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Apr 29, 2010I i'm having trouble setting up my triple boot machine. I have Windows 7 and Mac OSX on two seperatate hard disks and they are dual booting fine with the chameleon bootloader. I just attempted to install ubuntu from liveCD which i downloaded and burned from the ubuntu website. During intallation i the option to "install side by side to windows" and resized the windows partition to make room for Ubuntu(250GB of 1TB), i also selected the option to disable the GRUB bootloader because i want to use chameleon. The installer completed successfully and the computer rebooted but chameleon, Mac OSX or windows (my partition for windows is 250GB smaller) won't recognize the partition.
View 2 Replies View RelatedUbuntu Installation :: Setting Up Partitions For Dual Boot?
Jun 2, 2010So I wanted to dual boot Ubuntu with Windows 7, but have no idea how to partition out Ubuntu. At the moment, I'm working with a 300GB harddrive that will solely hold installed applications and stuff like that. Any shared/storage data will be put on separate harddrives altogether.
I plan on using a 40-50GB partition for Windows 7 alone (no installed applications and stuff). And here come the questions about Ubuntu partitioning. From what I read, do I only need three separate partitions? (/, /home, /swap) Even then I'm not 100% sure what each of these partitions represent. But my research says... / = equivalent to my Windows 7 partition, /home = the partition where installed applications go and other non-essential Ubuntu stuff, /swap = virtual memory
With all that said, to comfortably run Ubuntu can I have my partitions be these sizes?
/ = 10GB
/home = 20-30GB
/swap = 2GB (Do I even need this if I have 2GB of ram?)
Windows 7 = 40-50GB
W7 Apps = remaining space
I don't know what exactly I want to do with Ubuntu, but is a /home of 20-30GB adequate to install lot's and lot's of apps?
Ubuntu Installation :: Usb - Save The Setting From The First Computer Then Boot From The Other?
Sep 15, 2010Will I have any programs with Ubuntu is going from my computer to my laptop when it save the setting from the first computer then boot from the other?
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Dec 18, 2010I'd like to dual-boot it with Windows 7, but I'm not sure exactly how I should set things up. Searching has helped but I would really appreciate advice specific to my scenario. Windows 7 to run a couple games (mainly Starcraft II) and for anything that doesn't run on mac or linux, and Ubuntu to do most of my normal everyday stuff (documents, programming projects, web browsing, listening to music).Hardware: 1TB hard drive, 4GB RAM, AMD Athlon II 435 processor.
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Feb 8, 2011I own an HP Envy 14 [url]. Letting Ubuntu (or any Linux) attempt to boot into a Live CD without changing any parameters results in a black screen, but with everything else working (for Ubuntu, that means the login sound is played). I've discovered that putting nomodeset in the kernel line will allow me to get so far as a command line, but I can't startx from here (I get "Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration."). I think my issues have something to do with the dual/switchable graphics in my laptop.
View 7 Replies View RelatedFedora Installation :: Setting Up Boot Floppy
Jan 23, 2009My goal is to have a dual boot system with Windows and linux. When no floppy is loaded Windows should boot. When a linux boot floppy is loaded linux should boot.Windows (and its boot loader) are on hd0. I installed Fedora 10 to hd1 and had install put the boot loader on that drive. I followed the instructions in http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=150913 to make a boot floppy. But when I use the boot floppy the system brings up the grub prompt and stops.
View 1 Replies View RelatedGeneral :: Find Out Exact Kernel Parameters When Corrupt Boot Loader?
Feb 8, 2010How do i find out the exact kernel parameters (from the grub config file) when the boot loader is corrupt. Seems like a catch 22 that I need the exact boot parameters when I cant get to a prompt to read the grub.conf file to being with.
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Mar 21, 2011I've been using squeeze for a year or two now, on a PC dual booting with windows xp. Not long ago I thought that, as it's now become the stable release version, I'd do a fresh install, which I've been trying to do with the first two dvds. The installation proceeds as expected, up to and including setting grub. However, although grub saysthat it has detected windows xp, and I tell it to set up the dual boot, the computer on reboot goes straight into windows xp, with no on-scrteen option shown for choosing debian.
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Jun 9, 2011I have been trying out different Linux distros to dual boot with Windows Vista. First I tried Ubuntu and it worked fine. Then I tried Fedora 15 and it worked fine as well. Then I went back to Ubuntu but now I have decided to stick with Fedora. The first time I installed Fedora it gave me options for choosing default OS and other things, now I can't remember how I did that and can't figure out how to do that agian. How do I do that agian? I want it to automatically boot into Windows Vista. I am installing Fedora on a seperate hard drive.
View 1 Replies View RelatedUbuntu Installation :: Kernel Parameters : How To Modify Them
Feb 4, 2010Bottom line first: Is there a GUI or otherwise friendly tool to modify the kernel parameters? One that will give help on a highlighted parameters?
Now as to my reason for this question:
In preparing for an Informix installation, I may need to change some kernel parameters. I could follow the advice of G�rard BIGOT from a couple of years ago at this URL. However, messing with the kernel this way, by directly editing /etc/sysctl.conf, is a bit scary. I have already backed up the current one and started editing according the Informix machine notes. However, I have commented out my new settings. [:Chicken]
The scariest aspect of this is that the notes recommend settings to kernel parameters that I do not find in /proc/sys/kernel. for example, it recommends setting SHMMIN to 1 but when I can /proc/sys.kernel/shmmin, there is no such file. (I did find shmmax.) Similarly for the very logical shmseg (max number of shared memory segments) - not found. I am afraid to add these into sysctl.conf if the equivalent pseudo-files don't exist.
Additional question: Where [on-line] do I find all kernel parameters documented? This is so that I am more certain of what I am doing instead of relying on my memory. For example, I don't recall the names of the parameters that control Kernel-Asynchronous I/O (KAIO) events.
Ubuntu Installation :: Installing 11.04 As Dual Boot With Win7 / Stops After Setting Partition Size
May 5, 2011I have Windows 7 on my laptop and am attempting to install Ubuntu 11.04 from CD.I boot from the disk drive, follow the prompts and eventually get to the screen where I can set how much space I want to give to the Ubuntu partition vs the Windows partition. My hard disk is 250GB, so I reduce the Windows one to 100GB (currently has 80GB of files on it) and set the Ubuntu one to 130GB (the other 20GB is split between the two hidden Windows 7 partitions).
I then click to continue and the progress bar for the install starts up but doesn't move, it just sits at 0%. I realised that the dialogue box underneath the progress bar can still be expanded and asks me to test using -n and -s, but when I type either of these into the box and hit return, nothing happens. I have checked my download of the .iso I used using WinMD5Sum and the hash matches up. I have already tried installing from USB but this threw an error, hence using CD. My laptop is a Dell Inspiron 1546 running Win 7 Home Premium 64 bit Processor: AMD Turion X2 Dual-Core Mobile RM-75 2.20GHz
Installation :: Grub2 Not Passing Parameters To Kernel?
Sep 8, 2010I have installed grub2 on a flash drive to boot some os's that I want to carry around. But in grub.cfg when i put this:
Code: menuentry "BackTrack Persistent" {
set gfxpayload=1024x768
linux/backtrack/boot/vmlinuz BOOT=casper boot=casper persistent rw quiet
initrd/backtrack/boot/initrd.gz
} it does exactaly the same thing as this
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I'm thinking of filing a bug report but I want to make sure i'm not doing something wrong first.
General :: Install Mint 9 KDE With Installation Parameters?
Aug 11, 2010I want to install Mint 9 KDE but I need to specify some installation parameters. I need to set the default filesystem as EXT3 so I can create a disk image with Acronis True Image that doesn't support EXT4 yet.
I've done the same with Ubuntu Server 10.04 by including the parameter 'partman/default_filesystem=ext3' at the installation console. I know Mint 9 Gnome can also be installed direct from the CD, but the KDE Live DVD doesn't give me any such option - just the desktop installer.
How do I customise the installation of Mint 9 KDE?
Ubuntu Installation :: Set The Kernel Parameters To Perform An Unattended Install Using Preseed File?
Oct 23, 2010I would like to create an unattended install ubuntu 10.10 cd. I have followed the ubuntu [URL].. on creating the preseed file, however, I can't find any useful tutorial on how to set the kernel parameters to perform an unattended install using my preseed file.
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Jun 11, 2010i am attempting to setup a macbook run by os x 10.5 for dual boot with ubuntu 9.10.
however, when get the part where usually a gui interface which allows one to specify the size of the new ubuntu partition appears i only get the options for using the entire disk, the largest free space or manual partition.
how can i set this machine up for dual boot?
Ubuntu :: Setting GRUB Default Boot?
Jun 28, 2010I'm trying to configure GRUB to boot XP preferentially- my wife insists. Having looked up the GRUB manual I see that I can set this using the default command.
The problem is, when I go to my grub command line default is not a recognized command. If I hit TAB for a list of commands, it isn't there.
I think I'm using some 0.9x version of GRUB, since the partitions etc seem to be numbered starting at 0, not 1.
While I'm at it, I was just going to play around and figure this out, but: the menu interface lists five versions of Ubuntu (all those weird kernel variations) then XP. So would XP be default 1 or default 5?
Ubuntu :: Setting Up A Dual Boot From Scratch?
Jan 9, 2011From what I have read around the net I should be able to set up my hard drive so that I have one small partition for Windows 7, one small partition for Ubuntu 10.04 and the remainder can be a third partition which contains all my files (accesible from both OS).irst question, is this possible?I tried to install Windows 7 first (I hear installing Ubuntu first creates havoc), then i tried to use the partition editor that comes with windows 7 and it wont let me shrink the partition any smaller than 700GB even though it is 98% free ( I have tried defragging thatdrive).Now Im wondering, can I use GParted to format my disk, then set up all the partition, and then install the OS's
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Jan 27, 2011I Just updated my 10.04 LTS system, which dual boots Windows XP. Prior to the update the default was to boot to XP, now it is to Memtest.
I tried to edit /etc/default/ grub and make the default be 14 instead of 12, which would be XP, but Ubuntu, (using gedit), refused to accept my change.
I don't have a problem scrolling around to pick XP, or the latest Linux kernel to boot, but my wife sure does. How can I make Ubuntu/Grub default to to XP ?
Ubuntu :: Every Time Boot Input Volume Is Set To The Lowest Possible Setting
Mar 16, 2010Every time I boot input volume is set to the lowest possible setting... and no-one can hear me.
How can I get this to be at max automatically? (Specific setting visible below)
Ubuntu Installation :: Setting Network Clock Freezes On Installation?
Jun 8, 2010I am a brand new ubuntu user, heard lots of good things about it so thought I would give it a go on my laptop. However, I have tried installations of Ubuntu 10.04 (notebook version) and Xubuntu. Yet on both attempts to install the OS it has stalled at the "Setting up the clock" dialogue box, it just sits at 0% and remains frozen (mouse still moves etc but nothing happens).
I really want to give Ubuntu / Xubuntu a go and my forum trawling has brought nothing to light so far.
Fedora :: 11 - Boot Freezes At Setting Hostname ?
Apr 23, 2010A few hours ago I was doing some heavy IO between two hdd's on my system and, from what I can tell, the screensaver tried to come on and X locked up. I ssh'd in from another computer and rebooted the system. But dring the boot process when Fedora starts starting service, after setting the hostname it outputs the previous output again and then freezes (see picture below).
I have never seen anything like this and don't even know where to begin to try and fix it. Any help is awesome especially since, as it stands, this computer is essentially useless.
I'm running an encrypted, updated Fedora 11 64bit.
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