Ubuntu :: Installing Without GRUB2 / Possible To Use The Original GRUB Bootloader?
Aug 31, 2010I've had nothing but trouble with GRUB2. Is it possible to use the original GRUB bootloader?
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Ubuntu :: Re-installing Bootloader - GRUB Has Not Updated Properly ?
Jul 23, 2010GRUB has not updated properly for some reason, and now I am left with an un-bootable system. I would like to know how to re-install grub without needing to re-install Ubuntu.
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Mar 31, 2010I have drive C/ with Vista, D with as of now, nothing and a third logical partition with Ubuntu on.
I want to do a clean install of Vista on top of my current system, just on C.
Will this re-install the Windows MBR and prevent Grub2 from booting? If so, how to I re-set grub2 as the MBR?
Software :: Problem With Installing Debian Onto External Hard Drive/grub Bootloader Error "21"
Jul 10, 2009I've been running Debian Lenny kernel 2.6.26 w/ desktop kde3.5 on my laptop for a while, and im going to take a trip in which i will be unable to take wmy laptop with me. However, where i am going contains computers and i figured if i could install debian onto my external harddrive, i could just boot onto the other computers. I install it using the debianlenny-i386 dvd image. However whenever I try to boot it from a computer. Grub returns
Code:
Grub Loading...
Error 21
and then the blinkng cursor. On one site i found something saying "you may need to activat the drive" and some command-line instructions on how to do it. However the commands have faded from memory and i am now unable to find that site again. Could anyone offer insight on how to fix this "grub error 21" or how to activate it. I run primarily debian but i have a windows partition on one of my relative's computers.
Thank you in advance for the help!!!
btw I'm installing on a western digital 500gb "passport" external hard drive with ext3 and swap partitions.
Ubuntu :: Use Chameleon Bootloader Instead Of GRUB2?
Jun 3, 2010Awhile back, I made my desktop a hackintosh. The only way to boot it was Chameleon, which I was totally fine with because it looked nice. Currently, I removed OS X, and now only have Windows 7 and Ubuntu (10.04) installed. My gripe is that GRUB2 looks butt-ugly... it's still the basic white-text on black-background, without any graphics or anything. Is it possible to remove GRUB2 and replace it with Chameleon? Or maybe can Ubuntu start using Chameleon as the bootloader in future releases?
View 6 Replies View RelatedUbuntu :: Grub2 In 10.4 Installation Stopped Now No Bootloader
Apr 30, 2010I tried to install 10.4 but it comes to the stage which installing grub2 and stop now I don't have a boot loader?
View 2 Replies View RelatedUbuntu Installation :: Windows Does Not Show Up On Grub2 Bootloader
Jul 19, 2010I'm relatively new to Ubuntu, I've installed it in Virtual Box and through Wubi on other computers but this was the first time that I've done a live install on my production computer. I had problems from the get go, I was using a Live CD of 10.04 (64 bit AMD) to install it and when it got to the part about choosing a partition no drives would show up at all. Eventually after some searching around, I discovered that Using an Alternate install CD would work. I did that, installing Ubuntu into one of the free partitions I had set up prior to this. Eventually my system turned on but the monitor went to sleep so I had to hit E on the grubmenu and change something to nomodeset (or something like that) so that I could see the screen. I installed Compiz and it was all good from there.
Except for One issue, I cannot boot Into windows at all, it doesn't show up on the bootloader even though the partition shows up in Gparted. I've tried updating Grub2 with no results, here are the results of Sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 400.1 GB, 400088457216 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 48641 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x1549f232 .....
Ubuntu :: Installing Grub / Grub2 - "Error 15: File Not Found"
Sep 26, 2010I have had it with the frustration of trying to figure out how to successfully install grub on my own, so I am hitting the forums. What can you tell me about installing grub/grub2 (whichever is best -- I want something that works) to my single hard drive computer. Operating systems: Windows XP, xUbuntu 9.10 Hard drive: Samsung SATA 2, 1 TB Desired result: Menu that loads upon boot so that I can select which OS I would like to load without inserting media device or disk.
I thought this individual had the most straight forward and thorough tutorial (of any I have seen) on the subject but precluded at least one thing for me that I cannot afford to ignore: I don't seem to have a "stage1" that can be loaded by the grub shell. Trying to find it in /boot/grub/stage1 in the grub shell, I get... "Error 15: File not found" What I do have in that directory is 'grubenv'. When I boot up, it loads grub, but it comes up with an error message saying, "File not found". Then, all I get is the 'grub rescue' prompt: "grub rescue>".
Obviously, after spending hours on this thing, this is not the whole story. But there have been so many attempts to try fix it with one thing or another, that I cannot easily relate them all, if I could even remember each one.
Ubuntu :: Change The Font Color Of The Text Of The Bootloader In Grub2?
Feb 14, 2010I'm trying to change the font color of the text of the bootloader in Grub2. I'm running 9.10. I successfully edited the Grub cfg file change the colors of the Grub menu, but I'd like to change the text color as I watch the modules load and can't seem to do it. I'd also like to password protect the bootloader if possible. I installed startupmanager but the new version won't allow these changes. I like to see my modules as they load and wanted to change the color from white to blue.
View 2 Replies View RelatedSoftware :: Adding Files Extracted From An ISO To GRUB2 Bootloader?
Feb 16, 2010I have extracted the files from a bootable CD to /dev/sdc2/bootable/winpwrec with the hope of booting from the hard drive. I have read the grub.cfg file and a couple of guides here and I'm still not sure what I'm doing. Is there any chance someone can tell me what I need to add to the grub.cfg file to add this to the boot menu? I am pretty well-versed in computers but I'm new to Linux and I'm still trying to get acquainted with the OS, terminology, and the boot loader. I'm using Ubuntu 9.10, if that matters.
files in the folder:
BOOT.CAT;1 ISOLINUX.BIN;1 SCSI.CGZ;1
BOOT.MSG;1 ISOLINUX.CFG;1 SYSLINUX.CFG;1 VMLINUZ.;1
INITRD.CGZ;1 README.TXT;1 SYSLINUX.EXE;1
isolinux.cfg
Code:
#serial 0 19200
Ubuntu Installation :: GRUB2 Bootloader Crashes With Win7 And 10.04 Dual Boot?
May 7, 2010I have a Dell Studio 14 laptop with Windows 7 64bit preinstalled. The processor is core i5 and the machine has 4GB RAM. I freed 25GB of memory from my Hard disk and tried to install Ubuntu 10.04 (AMD). Everything went fine. I restarted and Logged into Ubuntu. It worked like a charm. Then I restarted to Windows7. This also worked well as expected.
But, when I rebooted again, I got a black screen saying that �No modules found. Press any key to restart�
When I press a key, it says �No operating system found�, probably after checking through a network (it printed lines starting with PXE).
I tried exactly in the same way with Ubuntu 8.04 in my machine, and this worked without any problem. The Bootloader was not corrupted after restarting from Windows. I noticed the problem with Ubuntu 9.10 and 10.04. I feel like a problem regarding the bootloader version. AFAIK, 9.10 and 10.04 is using GRUB2 when 8.04 use the old version of GRUB. Will I have to switch to the legacy GRUB? (I would love to keep using GRUB2). If yes, I would like to know How.
Fedora Installation :: Grub2 Bootloader - Manually Adding Entry?
May 29, 2010I have a working Ubuntu install with the Grub2 bootloader. I need to manually add an entry to boot Fedora 13 off of sda. Sda1 is the boot partition, sda2 is LVM. None of the examples I've tried work. I do also have F13 grub installed on sda, but chainloading to it didn't do anything other than a blinking cursor.
View 5 Replies View RelatedUbuntu :: Original GNU Grub 1.97 - Editing Possible?
Aug 15, 2010I think this is the default view of GRUB2 as installed by some other OS, (I think Chameleon)... But even they must have done this by editing something in the original GNU GRUB 1.97. Is that possible to accomplish. If yes, how?
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Aug 27, 2010I have an old PowerMac G4 without the original harddrive or OS. What is the best way to install ubuntu 10.04 onto this machine?
View 3 Replies View RelatedUbuntu :: 10.04 Grub Install - Cannot Boot Into Original System
Jun 8, 2010I just installed 10.04 to the second hard drive on my system, and stupidly installed the new grub to the first drive, which has my standard 9.10 OS on it. Now I cannot boot into my original system. All of the files across both disks are still intact and mountable. I'm not new to linux in general, but I'm not exactly knowledgeable, either...
View 9 Replies View RelatedUbuntu Installation :: How I Could Re-access Or Re-install Original Grub
Oct 27, 2010I've been using Ubuntu for a couple years, and have really enjoyed the experience. Recently though, I also felt like installing Arch Linux onto my laptop which already had a Vista/Ubuntu 10.04 partition. In doing so, I lost access to the Ubuntu partition on my hard drive. The Arch linux grub had replaced the Ubuntu grub.
So the main question is, does anyone know how I could re-access or re-install the original Ubuntu grub? If not, then can someone help me with adding a boot option in Arch's Grub? I've already tried some things, though obviously, none have worked so far.
OpenSUSE Install :: Bootloader Fails To Install(grub Cannot Install Bootloader)?
Nov 7, 2010I have a major problem installing opensuse 11.3 on my computer( hp pavilion dv6).I downloaded openSUSE-11.3-GNOME-LiveCD-x86_64 from software.opensuse.org: Download openSUSE 11.3 and made a live usb.I'm a newbie at using linux infact i never used another operating system beside windows.Now i have installed windows 7 (on c disk 100gb).My first problem when i am trying to install opensuse is that he dosn't automatic choose to make my partitions so i have to do it manualy.I was searching how to make it the best way so i desited to make 4 partitons one for ' /boot' one for ' / 'one for '/home' and a swap partition/In windows7 i made 4 new partitons
3:10 gb for /boot
4:10 gb for/
5:70 gb for /user
6:10 gb for /swap
My first question is :Is this right to make 4 paritions in windows (opensuse can't format or resize my partitions it just can edit it ) so it's my only way to make partitions( If this is wrong how can i make partitions then)
My second question is how to change the bootloader configurtation because everytime when ii try to install opensuse it stops at about 96% and it says to reconfigure the bootloader options.
If i skip this i get the folowing message
=== System Checking ===
Checking for /usr/bin/chroot binary... Passed
Checking for chroot directory /mnt... Passed
Checking for chroot directory content (bin
boot
Checking for binary /mnt/bin/ls... Passed
Trying to chroot... Failed
This is worth reporting a bug at url.
Ubuntu :: GRUB2 Overwritten - Boot Into Windows Via TC Bootloader But "no Bootable Partition Found"?
Sep 11, 2010I'm using Truecrypt to encrypt my Windows 7 OS. I also have unencrypted Ubuntu 10.04 installed on /dev/sda6 on the same hard drive. Since Truecrypt bootloader must be installed in MBR, I have GRUB2 installed on /dev/sda6, so I can use TC bootloader to load GRUB2. When I first install GRUB2 on /dev/sda6, I can use TC bootloader to load Ubuntu. But, if I boot into Windows via TC bootloader, and then later try to boot into Ubuntu, I get the message "no bootable partition found". I have to reinstall GRUB2 onto /dev/sda6, every time after I use windows in order to be able to boot into Ubuntu. It seems that starting Windows somehow overwrites GRUB2. Is there a fix for this?
View 1 Replies View RelatedUbuntu :: Bootloader After Installing 9.10?
Mar 6, 2011I'm a fairly new Linux user, with my first Linux distro being Ubuntu 10.10,which I first installed around November on my laptop.Initially I tried installing it on my desktop,but the liveCD would give me a blank screen every time, no matter how many USB installers I tried. I had given up on my desktop when it installed without a hiccup on my first try with my laptop, until now. I've tried Kubuntu and Xubuntu, both giving me the same problem. Non-'buntu distros gave me no problems however. I tried Ubuntu 10.04 without success. But to my surprise Ubuntu 9.10 gave me no troubles (at first) and I am typing from it currently. When it was done installing, it asked if I wanted it to add a bootloader, and I said no because I wasn't sure if it was going to install GRUB, and I already had the Windows bootloader installed. When I restarted I found out that the last part of my sentence was no longer true, and I had to reinstall from the liveCD to get a bootloader.
So now I have GRUB installed, but Windows 7 is not appearing in the options. I edited /boot/grub/menu.lst to this
Code:
default 0
timeout 15
title Windows 7
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader (hd0,0)+1
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I can still access my C: drive from Ubuntu, and everything appears to be in working order, so it's not as if Windows is corrupted.I've spent just about all day today and yesterday trying to fix this on my own, when I should have been studying for midterms, so hopefully this isn't too hard to fix and I can actually sleep tonight Once I get my bootloader issue resolved I'll be updating to 10.04 and then 10.10, which I shouldn't have any trouble with.
Software :: GRUB2 - Autoprobe "update Grub" Grub Seems To Detect All OS And Generates Grub.cfg
Feb 28, 2011I have an old BIOS (only 149 GB detected in 160 GB drive). I have installed very few OS as a result - Windows in first 80 GB , 2 distros (20 GB each) in next 40 MB which is within the 149 GB. On issue of "update-grub" grub seems to detect all OS and generates grub.cfg. But on boot , one distro does not appear in the menu.
View 3 Replies View RelatedUbuntu :: Use Grub As Main Bootloader?
Apr 25, 2010I have 2 hard drives, 1 with Windows 7, and one with Ubuntu.
Before installing Ubuntu I had PCLinuxOS then I got a book on learning Linux that is Ubuntu specific so I formatted it and installed Ubuntu 9.
My problem is:
When I boot up I get a WINDOWS bootloader first that lists:
Windows 7
Ubuntu
Then when I click Ubuntu I get the GRUB bootloader.
I've tried reinstalling Grub. I've also tried SuperGrub but none of the options worked, most returned error 15.
So I want ONLY GRUB to show up when booting. From there I think I can edit the grub file to set a timeout of 3-5 seconds, with Windows 7 as DEFAULT boot (Do I need to type "setactive" under my Windows 7 entry to do this part?)
Ubuntu :: How To Fix GRUB Bootloader After Uninstalled 15
Aug 5, 2011I installed Fedora 15 alongside Ubuntu, only to discover that it doesn't play nice with Ubuntu and this means that even though I formatted the Fedora Partition and made it into a new one, (i needed around a 7gb space for video editing files etc, so it is optimised for this). Anyway, that's off topic. Even though all traces of Fedora are gone, everyone time I go to boot from the HardDrive, it goes into Fedora's starting screen (the blue one with the loading icon) and then says it failed and gives a little command line.
View 1 Replies View RelatedFedora Installation :: Add Ubuntu's Grub To The Bootloader?
Aug 9, 2009I recently installed Fedora on a triple boot system with Winows XP and Ubuntu JJ. how to add Ubuntu's grub to the bootloader. Here is the output of Fdisk -l.
[root@localhost rabbit]# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
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Ubuntu :: Compiling Root And Grub Bootloader
Jan 20, 2010In regards to other distribution cds: I'd like to learn how to install a 'root' and 'grub' boot loader so that I can cleanly install other distributions. I'm new to the file system. Could I make a bootable usb with simple installers? or command line codes?
View 2 Replies View RelatedUbuntu :: Removing Entries From Grub 2 Bootloader?
Jul 8, 2010Since I've been using Ubuntu, I've noticed that new entries for Ubuntu (the same but with the final number changed) occasionally appear in the Grub 2 boot loader. I'm talking about the first two entries in this picture, compared with the third and fourth entries here:Two questions:1. What are these entries? They appear to simply be the same OS but different versions. Are they generated when Ubuntu updates?
View 3 Replies View RelatedUbuntu Installation :: Windows XP Took Over The Grub Bootloader?
Sep 4, 2010i had a dual boot xp/ubuntu first. later i had to format and reinstall xp. this deleted the grub bootloaderplease let me know, how to fix this! please make it simple . i have the live cd, but i don't have internet connectivity in ubuntu.
View 1 Replies View RelatedUbuntu Installation :: Get Windows Bootloader And Then GRUB?
Sep 1, 2011I installed Ubuntu and Windows 7 on my computer. I first get the Windows bootloader telling me choose between Windows or Ubuntu. If I pick Ubuntu, I then get a GRUB loader telling me to choose between different versions of Ubuntu and Windows 7. How do I remove GRUB and just use Windows bootloader?
View 9 Replies View RelatedDebian :: Restore Original Boot Record After Grub Installation?
Mar 11, 2011A few days ago I installed my first Linux product, which is Debian 6.0, and I installed the GRUB booting device on my main boot record, as it was suggested that it was a harmless step to take. Unfortunately, some quirk in my system made GRUB believe that I had XP when in fact I have Vista, so the options I have now are to boot Debian or to boot XP which is not on my computer. In other words, I have to get rid of GRUB now, but I'm realizing that he's not such an easy customer to kick out. I have moved my Linux installation to another drive, but the old GRUB always stays in place, and my Vista is stuck there frozen for eternity. So after considering all kinds of possibilities, I have come to the conclusion that the easiest way to restore my original boot record would probably be to find its backup copy that I assume the installation program made, and to copy it back into the right address at the beginning of the disk. I don't have the Vista recovery CD, so I really have to do this manually. So now my questions are these: did the installation program make a copy of the boot track, and if so, where did he put it and under what name, and finally, what command can I use from within the Debian terminal, which is now my only tool left, to copy the content of thesaid file into the first 512 bytes of the hard drive? I know that would be a simple matter for any serious geek, I guess I must be a little rusty. Anybody feel up to it?
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Jun 7, 2010When I try to boot into windows through grub it just returns to the grub menu.also system recovery options from bios just end up in grub screen too.here is boot script.From reading forums I think I need to get grub out of windows partition but I don't know how
View 9 Replies View RelatedUbuntu Installation :: Add Windows 7 Directly To GRUB 2 Bootloader?
Oct 30, 2010Anyhow, I'm a n00b to the Linux world, so I installed it on my Windows 7 desktop to dual boot. Current configuration is as such:160GB HDD with 3 partitions: Ubuntu Studio 10.10 on one, Win 7 on another, and the third is for storage.1TB HDD for extra storage.So far, all is well, but I'm not pleased with the default GRUB options and layout. It gives me 4 options to choose:
-Ubuntu Studio
-Memtest
-Memtest Debug Mode (or something to that effect)
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