while using StumbleUpon to find all things computer related, I found a VERY interesting article on BURG, something that makes grub look beautiful.My question is, how safely can I install this? Could somebody modify the instructions for me if my Linux drive /dev/sdb, and I have /home and /usr mounted on different partitions? Working with the bootloader has always been a wee bit over my head
View 3 RepliesI tried to download BURG, as instructed by this site (OMG UBUNTU)
I thought that the process might be too dangerous, so I removed all the packages that had were part of Grub2. GRUB however I left installed. After a reboot, The PC comes up to a menu that looks just like this:
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Minimal BASH line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists possible device or file completions. grub>_I tried typing 'boot', but it said, "no loaded kernel."
So I'm using Burg over Grub2. Problem is I have 9 icons when I boot. I really want to remove them. I tried removing old packages in synaptics but that didn't work.
At this point I don't care to remove anything so much as just hide the icons I don't want.
Here's a full list. [X] indicates I would like it hidden.
Oh and if I just installed updates so that I'm now using -25 can I delete -21?
I have 3 linux partitions
/
/boot
swap
Here's the story
1) was running ubuntu 10.10 64bit with burg
2) Installed windows 7.. it got removed.
3) So boot via ubuntu usb and ran
sudo mount /dev/sda7 /mnt/home
sudo mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/boot
sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/boot /dev/sda
reboot
now its stuck at grub> .. I am unable to fix this issue How can I get my grub / burg running again with windows as option currently to boot i do
grub> root (hd0,1)
grub> chainloader +1
grub> boot
I am sure I have grub2
Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 Beta 2 64-bit
Dual-boot with Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
Compaq CQ50-215NR laptop with 3GB system memory, 1.9GHz Athlon X2 QL-60 dual-core processor, nVIDIA GeForce 8200M G, 160GB HDD
Today I decided to install the BURG bootmenu on my computer so that I could enjoy nice, pretty graphical bootmenus instead of boring old text-based ones.I installed and configured BURG using this tutorial(after some few snafus wherein I tried to use older tutorials and went through many needless complicated steps that didn't end up working anyway).Restarted, and it worked great - except for one thing. Windows would no longer boot.It would get to the "Starting Windows" screen, then about halfway through there it would flash and restart.It wouldn't start in "Startup Repair Mode" either (the same thing happened). So, I did some frantic googling, and discovered this thread. I followed a set of instructions posted therein to install Lilo, reconfigure my MBR to Windows' liking, and reinstall Grub2.Windows booted after that.Well, I thought that the problem must have been caused by one of the numerous false starts I made while trying to get BURG installed, so I installed BURG again, set it up again, and bang - Windows wouldn't boot any more.So, I re-did the MBR with Lilo again, only this time I forgot to reinstall Grub2 (oops!) and had to boot from my LiveCD and install it thataway.At any rate, I'm fairly certain that installing BURG is what's keeping Windows from booting.
I have the following setup
a) 1st sata hdd - Ubuntu 9.04 (32 bit)
b) 2nd sata hdd - Win7 (64 bit)
I am on GRUB legacy. I am going to do a clean install and replace Ubuntu 9.04 with Ubuntu 10.10. I plan to leave my Win7 install alone. When I am installing Ubuntu 10.10 over Ubuntu 9.04, where should I place GRUB 2? The choices I've always seen: i) MBR or ii) boot sector of Ubuntu
I do not recall which setup I have now but I can confirm that when I start the computer, I get a GRUB menu that lets me choose Ubuntu or Windows. Ubuntu is the default if no choice is made within 20 seconds. I like that setup and want to replicate it with GRUB 2, if possible. If that is what I want, then I should place GRUB 2 on the MBR, correct or not? Note, I do not intend to install any other OSes. In other words, my 1st sata hdd will only have ubuntu and my 2nd sata hdd will only have windows.
i have dual boot win + ubuntu 11.04 when i make install burg-manager to change grub themes i lose the login screen to restore the login screen
View 14 Replies View RelatedAt the moment my GRUB 2 boot menu has all the Linux kernels, then memtests, then Windows. I want it to have Windows, then Linux, then memtests. I'm thinking I can do this by renaming /etc/grub.d/10_linux, 20_memtest86+ and 30_os-prober to 20_linux, 30_memtest86+ and 10_os-prober respectively.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI installed yesterday the 11.4 openSUSE to my desktop pC (in my 160hdd that previous had WinVista).The bad thing was that I used grub from opensuse to be installed to MBR.openSUSE uses Grub 1.5 and I want grub2.Now I cannot see Ubuntu when grub legacy loads.I will post the results from
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fdisk -l
later today (cause i am not in my pc)
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i am newer to linux.i have a doubt in linux boot process in my machine RHEL5 has installed,in bootig GRUB will load in 3 steps
stage 1--> stage1.5 --->stage2
stage1
1st stage1 of grub is located in the 412 bytes of MBR)
also there is a file
/boot/grub/stage1 ( then what is this???)
stage1.5
( where does stage1.5 file located ? i found certain files in /boot/grub/)
like
e2fs_stage1_5
fat_stage1_5
ffs_stage1_5
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but my qusetn is GRUB loads from among these files??i removed the above mentioned files from /boot/grub ,but my system is still booting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
how it is?then how stage1.5 and stage2 take place??
Has anyone played with Burg? I'm a bit apprehensive about trying it.This laptop had 10.10 as the only OS but I shrank the partition and installed 11.04 in the empty space.So 11.04 re-wrote the Grub with itself at the top of the list.So now I have 10.10 in sda1 and 11.04 in sda6.Do you think that Burg will cause any problems?
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Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010
============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================[code].....
I'm just slightly confused here, but... what the? Why does installing grub-doc remove BOTH grub-pc, and grub-common? So basically it seems like by installing grub-doc, I have uninstalled grub totally (yes, it is still there as the bootloader, but i have no way of updating it now!) from my system. What's the conflict between grub-doc and grub-pc, such that grub-pc has to be removed?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI'm trying to make my BURG boot loader look better, right now it has the Ubuntu and Windows icons, but for name it has things like "untu 2.6" because the name won't fit. I am trying to change them simply to "Ubuntu" and "Windows 7", but I'm having some trouble. Using this guide, I am able to change the entries for GRUB2,but it has no effect on my BURG entries. Even if it was just removing the names all together, and just having the icons, that would be fine.
View 2 Replies View Relatedim totally new to ubuntu and recently installed it alongside windows 7 just now i tried to install BURG by copying a code i got from a website (dont remember which) into a terminal when i restarted my computer to see if it had worked the following came up
BURG version 1.98+20100623-1 Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists possible device or file completions.
iv looked at every solution from every related forum post but i still cant get into either operating system on my computer. i dont have either of the installation discs which is why i really need to be able to get back into windows, as well as my files and settings. i dont mind if i have to completely remove ubuntu and everything to do with it, as i can easily set that up again in a matter of minutes. right now i just need a way to return my computer to how it was before i installed ubuntu
I installed Burg, I then spent a decent amount of time editing a theme to look like I wanted as shown below. Its slightly glitcy but I pretty pleased However burg is refufing to save my choice of theme The configuration file looks like this, I've tried changing the theme to = the specific theme i want but that doesn't work, neither does changing the folding options to = yes.
# Use the previous selected theme, you can also specify a theme to be used
# In the boot menu, use hotkey 't' to popup a theme selection menu GRUB_THEME=saved
# Use the previous folding option, its value can be 'yes', 'no' or 'saved'
# In the boot menu, use hotkey 'F7' to show the full list, 'f' to toggle
# between folding modes. GRUB_FOLD=saved with it.
I installed Burg and it worked for some time. I installed some apps that I can't remember anymore and closed my comp. I restarted my computer today and Burg does not work anymore, Grub just start like before. I tried to reinstalled Burg and it changed nothing. When I check Burg-emu it shows me the right thing, like if Burg was working. Did it happened to somebody else?
View 4 Replies View RelatedThought BURG would be cool so I installed it. Something is very wrong. (See attached photos) all I get is the 1st photo, BURG version 1.98+20100623-1+karmic. If I tab I get photo 2. At this point I'd be happy just to restore GRUB2 & forget BURG but I can't even boot to any OS. I haven't had Ubuntu on this PC for long so maybe the best, or simplest option, would be to re-install Ubuntu- which would rewrite grub2.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI recently installed Burg on my three sig computers and like it very much. I'm having trouble on one of my desktops (AMD 9950BE Ubuntu 10.04 x86_64), I installed it like I did the other 2 but this one initially boots to the standard grub2 menu, and if I press "c" to enter the grub console and exit from it, Burg starts and works normally for that session.
I've spent quite a bit of time comparing files to my Laptop with a working burg and except for HD and partitions these files compare:
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grub.cfg
burg.cfg
/etc/default/grub
/etc/grub.d/*.*
/etc/burg.d/*.*
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I've installed burg with no major hassle. Started up the computer to see a pretty new boot menu, but Ubuntu fails to boot. The screen immediately turns black and the computer reboots. Fortunately, I have grub backed up on a usb flash drive so I can boot.
View 1 Replies View RelatedAnyone know of or use this NEW boot-loader (burg)instead of grub or grub2?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI am running Maverick and I want to install kernel version 2.6.35-25. I marked all the available options in Synaptic, but the new kernel won't load in burg. What else am I supposed to install?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI'm having problems with BURG. I installed it and it's working but he only show text. I'm using "ubuntu" theme. If I run "sudo burg-emu", it look fine but then in boot, not. It's running in graphical mode because if I press 'f8' it changes to text-mode. I have tried to change resolution without results.
View 3 Replies View Relatedive been dual booting ubuntu and xp for a bit now using burg. i decided to get osx and the install went fine.i had some grub issues but i got help with that here.burg can see that i have osX and gives me the option to boot it, but when i select it my computer restarts.i can only get into windows xp and ubuntu 10.4, but cant find a way to boot osXive read about a EUFI mode in the bios but dont really understand it and haven't found that option in my bios. ive not got alot of Linux experience but will try anything to get my triple boot working.does anyone know what i need to do. i dont no if i have to change how it boots or if its just a config file that needs changes made?bellow is my hard drive layout just in-case.
PHP Code: Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
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i ve some issue with burg on my inspiron14(core i3 ATI4330). i ve followed tutorials which i m posting here too.pls tell me whats wrong with my system
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I have installed BURG and I love it. I got the resolution set and I want to hide the ubuntu recovery kernel if I can.
View 9 Replies View RelatedToday I wanted to get rid of ugly GRUB and installed GRUB. I really like it, but there is one annoyance - I used these tips:URL...To have a Splash screen in Ubuntu in full 1680x1050 32-bit, and it worked perfectly. But when I installed BURG in the place of GRUB, I have 640x480 ugly boot splash as I had in the very beginning.Repeating the steps doesn't seem to help. What should I do?I should note that I easily changed BURG's resolution to 1680x1050 using 'R' while in BURG. 640x480 only applies to Splash after I choose Ubuntu.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI just recently stumbled upon a post on OMG Ubuntu about installing Burg [URL]so i went and tried it.all of the steps went alright, until i typed in
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sudo burg-install �(hd0)�
where i replaced "(hd0)" with "/dev/sda1"
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and I did a silly noobish thing. I have been using Ubuntu in various flavors for a little over a year now, and decided to install it alongside my Win7 Install on my desktop. Last week I read about BURG on omgubuntu.co.ukI am fairly certain I botched the install of burg somehowWhenever I turn on the computer, there is no display, not Mobo splash screen, not post, no GRUB menu nothing. the Display light is orange, indicating no input detected. But I know the OS is loading, I can hear it bootup, I can login, just by pressing enter, then typing my password, then enter again. Once I hear the login screen drum beat, if I turn off the monitor, then turn it on again, I get a super low res display. the driver works, compiz effects work, but everything is at 640 x 480. when I go to system-> preferences-> monitor the display is labeled as unknown and I can't change the resolution.I can access the BIOS, but the screen still does not detect the input, even if I power cycle the monitor after access the BIOS, so I won't try to change any settings, as I can't see what I am doing. The only reason I know I am in the Bios is that I can press f10 and then y to cause it to reset to default settings and cause a reboot.My system:ATi Radeon hd5870AMD Phenom II X4 3.4 GHzWD Velociraptor 300 Gb4 GbRamASUS M4A78-E
View 2 Replies View RelatedI am dualbooting Ubuntu 10.10 x64 and Windows 7 x64. I am using Burg instead of Grub2 since I like the nice graphical display for choosing which OS to boot. Unfortunately, after I turn on the computer from "shutting down" after a Windows session, it automatically chooses Ubuntu and doesn't let me choose Windows. (If I just "restart" after a Windows session, I can choose which OS I want to boot just fine).
After Ubuntu loads, I can restart and *then* I get the option of which OS to choose, but this is extremely frustrating to have to load Ubuntu then reboot just to get Windows. I am not using the OS Prober module (I disabled it, and have a manual entry in my 40_custom file for Windows).
I've recently started using burg (a modification of grub that shows pictures instead of/with text), and I really like it for booting into Ubuntu and Vista. After many failed attempts of trying to get OSX on my PC, I'd like to try Macbuntu (a theme for Ubuntu that makes it look like a Mac). Unfortunately (fortunately?) my parents have taking a liking to Ubuntu and hate when I change anything, so installing Macbuntu would be a big no-no. I made a copy of Ubuntu and will put it on another partition of my hard drive, but I don't want to have two Ubuntu pictures when burg boots up. Are there any bootup lines I can put inside burg.cfg to fool it into loading an osx picture, then loading Ubuntu?
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