I'm not a technically minded person but have been reading around and found that there seems to be a stable version of Grub 2.[URL]... As I'd rather not be using beta software for something as critical as the boot loader does anyone know how I'd set about installing it.
View 2 RepliesI installed Jessie with the RC1. URL...A2) The network install images for testing (jessie) can be found at URL...However, unless you want to test the installer for testing the better choice is to use the stable installer to install a minimal stable system and then upgrade to testing by changing your /etc/apt/sources.list file.
View 8 Replies View RelatedI just install the latest beta chromium by executing these commands:
Code:
The problem is I still want the Stable version of Chromium, and I want the developer version of Chromium not the beta release. So I got 2 problems: I need to downgrade this Chromium to the Stable release and then I want to install the developer release of Chromium and not lose this Stable release. I'm currently running 11.04 Ubuntu..
I am trying to install Debian wheezy 7.6 stable, i made a bootable pen drive with netinst but when it arrives the select and install software part i got a error that i cant know what error is because it does not show its name. Just appear a red screen saying that a part in installation fails: Select and install software. I guess that this error is when it is installing tasksel.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI'm running Karmic Server with GRUB2 on a Dell XPS 420. Everything was running fine until I changed 2 BIOS settings in an attempt to make my Virtual Box guests run faster. I turned on SpeedStep and Virtualization, rebooted, and I was slapped in the face with a grub error 15. I can't, in my wildest dreams, imagine how these two settings could cause a problem for GRUB, but they have. To make matters worse, I've set my server up to use Luks encrypted LVMs on soft-RAID. From what I can gather, it seems my only hope is to reinstall GRUB. So, I've tried to follow the Live CD instructions outlined in the following article (adding the necessary steps to mount my RAID volumes and LVMs). [URL]
If I try mounting the root lvm as 'dev/vg-root' on /mnt and the boot partition as 'dev/md0' on /mnt/boot, when I try to run the command $sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/ /dev/md0, I get an errors: grub-setup: warn: Attempting to install GRUB to a partition instead of the MBR. This is a BAD idea. grub-setup: error: Embedding is not possible, but this is required when the root device is on a RAID array or LVM volume.
Somewhere in my troubleshooting, I also tried mounting the root lvm as 'dev/mapper/vg-root'. This results in the grub-install error: $sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/ /dev/md0 Invalid device 'dev/md0'
Obviously, neither case fixes the problem. I've been searching and troubleshooting for several hours this evening, and I must have my system operational by Monday morning. That means if I don't have a solution by pretty early tomorrow morning...I'm screwed. A full rebuild will by my only option.
I want to install the most recent stable skype but it appears they took it down and replaced it with the beta. where i can get the stable?
View 2 Replies View RelatedIf I download the Ubuntu Beta, will it become the stable version from normal updating when the stable version comes out, or will I need to download and install the stable version when it comes out?
View 2 Replies View Relatedi'm trying install tor but before I need install libevent. I download it but I don't know exactly how intall it; I download libevent-2.0.12-stable.tar.gz. Please help me, i'm not ingeneer but I like to learn to use Ubuntu.
View 4 Replies View RelatedEver since i found out that there was something called cinepaint i've tried to install it. On their website it says that the debian version currently isn't stable, and therefore not released. I've tried their own CVS file, and costum files. Nothing so far works.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI used to install the latest kernel for opensuse 11.3 from this repo:
Index of /repositories/Kernel:/stable
but for 11.4 it is empty. I can see that for 11.3 the 2.6.38 kernel is already built.For 11.4 there is only the Kernel:/HEAD repo. Are we going to have a kernel:/stable repo for 11.4?
I'm using Ubuntu 9.10 and I'm trying to install DirectFB 1.4.3. I can do it with no problems by downloading the sources from the directfb website and installing it by hand. but I can't replace the 1.2 stable version that is in the apt-get tree. Is it possible to do it?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have the Ubuntu 10.04 beta, though It isn't the most stable,how can I upgrade, without having to burn a cd, from the Ubuntu 10.04 beta, to the Ubuntu 10.04 stable release?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI can boot off of the Natty LiveCD, run it for days fine. Install, everything's smooth. Boot up and run some updates. That's where it hung the first time around. Display froze, cursor and keyboard would not respond, audio was stuck looping. This was a pain because it corrupted some stuff with apt. Any point from power-on onward is "eligible" for a crash. It seems to be random, but there also seems to be a trend of it crashing earlier on as time proceeds. This is a custom built computer, and I've tried other Linux distros like Debian and 9.04 UNR, they all crash somewhere in the install. Leaves me thinking it's a hardware fault, but why would it run perfectly fine off of CD but die when installed then?
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I should update my Opensuse 11.0 to the last stable version?I need to know exactly how to do: should I download an iso image?Should I operate from Yast?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI have installed Ubuntu 10.10. When the stable version is released, will I be able to upgrade to the stable version from the update manager, or will i have to install the stable version separate?What about 10.04 to 10.10 upgrade?
View 2 Replies View Relatedevolution crash or shuts down by itself .version 2.28 and 2.30 has the same problem.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1473440&page=4
i was thinking maybe and older version will be better.
I am using OpenSUSE 11.4 64 bit with GNOME. I also use the Tumbleweed and Packman for Tumbleweed repositories. Accoording to uname -r, my current kernel version is 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
How do I safely update to the latest stable kernel version?
I am new to OpenSUSE. Please provide step by step directions.
So I am stuck in the bootloader hell. With a vintage PC
Ok, so here's the setup:There is one HDD, with two primary partitions: 1st for the system, 2nd for the swap. I booted Luit Linux Live CD, and ran it's HDD install script. The Luit Linux is based on Damn Small Linux that uses kernel version 2.4.22. For some reason, it's bootloader LILO install did something wrong and the fresh install wouldn't boot
Error 15 By the way, I don't understand why the bootloader texts refer to GRUB, while the install script definitely was installing LILO.
I can now boot again with that same Live CD (or any other CD that would boot to Linux), and once loaded, mount the hard disk and check and update it's contents. I'd like to install there as up-to-date GRUB version what that ancient hardware (48MB RAM) can take, and then configure the GRUB to load that install that's sitting on the hdd.I will be very grateful for any advice. Unfortunately my knowledge of things like GRUB is very poor, so it's difficult to look up advice by searching the internet.
I have recently upgraded to Firefox 3.6.2pre, I would like to downgrade to a stable version Firefox 3.5.?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI am helping my pal to get into Debian (yes first timer).He is running W7 on a 500G SATA HDD and he has another 250G SATA HDD that he wants Debian to go to.Will Debian install grub on the master bootloader even if the installation is going on a separate hard drive?I have dual boot before but on the same hard drive.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI wanted to replace my grub2 with the grub legacy. But I can't!I followed this howto:Code:Uninstalling GRUB Reverting to GRUB Legacy If a user chooses to return to GRUB legacy (0.97), these steps will remove GRUB 2 and install GRUB. The command line produces a cleaner uninstall and reinstallation. While adding and removing the packages can be accomplished with Synaptic, certain steps must be accomplished in a terminal.Open a terminal: Applications, Accessories, Terminal.Make backup copies of the main GRUB 2 folders & files. (Optional)sudo cp /etc/default/grub /etc/default/grub.oldudo cp -R /etc/grub.d /etc/grub.d.oldudo cp -R /boot/grub /boot/grub.oldRemove GRUB 2sudo apt-get purge grub2 grub-pcThe system will be unbootable until another bootloader is installed.Once the packages are removed, many files will still remain in '/boot/grub'Install GRUB 0.97sudo apt-get install grubWith grub installed, the user must still create the menu.lst and stage1/stage2 files by running the following two commands.sudo update-grubGenerates menu.lstTab to "Yes" when prompted.
sudo grub-install /dev/sdXChoose the correct device (sda, sdb, etc), normally the one on which Ubuntu is installed.Creates the stage1 & stage2 files in /boot/grub and writes to the MBR.ebootIf the user receives an "Unrecognized device string Error 11" message on rebooting see the Resolving an "Unrecognized Device String" (Error 11) section for instructions on how to edit the menu and make the system bootable.Well, I did that..... Still grub2! I know now that I can't get rid of "grub-common". When I want to remove it, grub legacy has to be deleted to! And when I want to install grub legacy, i've got to install grub-common!
I recently tried installing the latest stable ubuntu netbook 10.04 on my hp mini 110, and it won't allow me to install GRUB. What I want to do is install GRUB2 to the Ubuntu partition so I can chainload it, but when I click 'Advanced' on the last install page and select the new ubuntu partition, the 'OK' button is greyed out. My system is kind of strange, but with previous versions of Ubuntu (even 10.04 betas) it has let me install grub to the ubuntu partition:
sd1 - NTFS Windows 7
sd2 - Extended
sd5 - FAT32 Windows XP
sd6 - linux swap
sd7 - EXT4 Ubuntu 10.04 (have also tried ext3)
sd3 - HFS+ OS X Leopard
Like I said, in the past the ubuntu installer has had no problem with me putting GRUB2 on the ubuntu partition, My only thought would be that maybe I should try putting the ubuntu partition outside of the extended partition,
My laptop has a pretty pitiful 60Gb hard drive, which is just enough space for my dual boot Windows/Ubuntu install. But it has an SD card slot that I want load another install on. The only problem is my laptop doesn't support booting from SD. I know there is a way to point the bootloader on my hard drive to the filesystem on the SD card, ie chainloading, but all my searching on the net has come up with nothing. Can anyone point me to a tutorial on how to do this?
[edit] I should mention I'm using Ubuntu 10.10 with Grub .97
I've decided to do a dual-boot of Windows 7 and Ubuntu ever since a keylogger stole all my passwords. I shrunk my volume using Windows' tool to 500GB and left another 500GB to Ubuntu. The installation goes fine up until bootloader install. Ubuntu installation stops with a "fatal error" when trying to install GRUB to /dev/sda. I'm using a 1TB RAID0 array in two 500GB disks, using whatever hardware controller is on the Asus P8P67 Pro. Does this have something to do with the RAID0? Is there something else I'm supposed to do? Running Ubuntu 11.04. Additionally, this is amd64 ubuntu.
View 7 Replies View RelatedUnfortunately I have to use Win NT 4.0 everyday and in fact I am trying to create a system where I have many versions of NT on one disk. My plan is to store them in Linux and create a shell script to over write the first primarly partition which is ntfs. I am trying to install Xubuntu Koala on a logical partition and NT at the start of the disk. Grub is not loading NT well. I want to just use the NT booter and launch Linux from a floppy.
During the install there is an option to write grub to /dev/fd0 but it won't work for me. I tried both fat and ext2 formatted disks and I made sure they were present during the initial boot for auto mounting. I have verified that the floppy drive actually works.
How to install grub to my floppy.
My boot folder is missing can any 1 let me know how do i install the grub back from the cd. I am using Ubuntu 9.04
View 1 Replies View RelatedI'm trying to install ubuntu on a portable 30 gig hard drive. My BIOS does support USB booting. I've tried installing it a few times now. I clean the drive out so its all unallocated space. Then I boot from the disk and choose the second hard drive in the advanced tab.
I tried everything. It says sda for my internal drive and sdb for my external. When I choose sdb it is definitely not on the internal drive...but it won't boot.
This is the latest ubuntu I'm trying to install.
When I am finished it says USB contains no boot file or something like that and skips to windows 7.
I have a new 500GB disk, with a partition with Windows XP, one with Windows 7, one for Ubuntu 10.04, one for /Home and one for swap. The systems were installed in that order. But after finishing with the Ubuntu installation, removing the CD from the drive and restarting, GRUB never showed up, and the system went straight to the Windows OS selector; the one prompting to start Windows 7 or an "Earlier version of Windows". So I can't get to Ubuntu, even though it seems it installed just fine.
As a note: just after the installation process ends and it shows the "remove CD" message, it spilled out a list of I/O errors in some sr0 device or something. But I just installed the same Ubuntu on a friend's computer and it showed a similar error list, yet his system works just fine... However, he doesn't have Windows 7, thus no OS selection screen other than GRUB. I didn't want to rush into editing the MBR or re-installing GRUB before I knew I had to do that.
I recently installed Win7 on my machine and of course, that removed Grub and didn't install the boot manager. I tried to download EasyBCD but it doesn't allow me to select the appropriate partition for Linux so I can't boot into Linux. Is there a way to install Grub from the live CD Without having to completely reinstall Ubuntu??
View 2 Replies View RelatedI am currently running Ubuntu 9.10 on my desktop (no duel boots, its a single os on the computer) I wish to upgrade to 10.04 using the update manager, but the only thing that is stopping me is the new Grub.
Will the upgrade replace the current grub to the new one? because I DONT want it to change it, as previously I had issues with Grub 2 failing to install onto my hd. I just want it the same as it is now but with 10.04