Ubuntu Installation :: Change Dual-booting Order In 10.10?
Feb 5, 2011I am using windows 7 ubuntu 10.10 dul booting. I want to change the booting order, in the old ubuntu version I could do this in /boot/grub/menu.lst.?
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Ubuntu Installation :: Dual Boot - Change OS Order?
Sep 18, 2010I have two questions:
1. I had Win XP, I've installed Ubuntu on another Partition, now Ubuntu starts first, can I change XP to be the first one to load ? And how to do it ?
2. When I have to choose from 2 installed systems on the screen I see, Ubuntu, Testmem and Windows XP, can I rename Windows XP title to something else ? And how to do it ?
Ubuntu :: Dual Boot With Xp Cannot Change Order?
Aug 18, 2011I installed Ubuntu 11.04 as a dual boot system. I am given 5 choices with XP choice 5. Unless I highlight it I will boot into Ubuntu. I used the startup manager, and indicated that XP should be the default OS. Nothing changed. I tried the PySDM storage device manager which lists the partitions, but does not allow me to make changes.
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Feb 11, 2011I have a dual-boot setup in which Ubuntu 10 LTS is the default choice on the menu, followed by 2 or 3 alternate choices and finally Win 7. I would like to know how to change that order, making Win 7 the default. Solutions I've looked at mention editing menu.lst in the /boot/grub directory, but this file does not exist anywhere as far as I can tell. There is a /boot/grub/grub.cfg but it's unclear how that alters the menu sequence.
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Jun 24, 2010i decided to install ubuntu in my PC,i downloaded the .ISO image and i installed it in my USB. After trying it and all that i observed that i really liked it and i decided to formally install it to my computer in the hard drive. When i reached the partition thing,i selected to dual boot with Vista and select between each them in every startup,when i clicked FORWARD it gave me an error which i did not read(because,again im a noob) so i clicked cancel.
Today i wanted to go through the process again and now really install it,so again i went to the time zone part and i clicked forward but then,instead of taking me straight to the partition phase,it appeard a window saying "The installer has detected that the following disks have mounted partitions: /dev/sda ...." I clicked yes,to unmount this partitions so it took me to the partition thing,once there i selected the option to install Ubuntu with Vista and select between them i neach startup,then i clicked forward and went to the username/computer name process,once i finished i continued to the next part,the installation,but i selected to import all of my WIndows VIsta default user data,after that i clicked forward and went to the installation process,i went down stairs to eat soemthing while it finishes,i came back and it was finished,it asked me to reboot so i clicked in Restart Now.
When it tried to boot,appeared an error saying: Error: no such devide found: #################### Grub load(or something like that) grub rescue: and it was a command line,since there i havent been able to boot into vista or Ubuntu,im really scared because is the first thing related to OS installing ive done,so i booted my USB and ran the trial and right now im trying to find out what to do from that trial version.
I just went to the INSTALL UBUNTU 10.04 LTS application under the System>Administration Menu and found out that in the partition phase the Install and allow to select between both systems in eahc startup option,i dont know what to do,i foudn out that my HD has still all its data(MUsic/Videos/Folders/Programs/ect.)its just that i cannot boot from it. Also in GParted it appears as /dev/sda1/ and a warning icon besides it,also when i go into information, thers this warning there [URL]
Ubuntu :: Could Not Change The Sequence Of Dual Booting From The Grub Menu.lst
Jun 30, 2010i could not change the sequence of dual booting from the grub menu.lst, due to it shows a blank screen when i put the command in the terminalayan@jayan-desktop:~$ sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst [sudo] password for jayan:
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Apr 7, 2010I use dual OS, n i have a problem when i want to set boot order. Can i change boot order? or can i make a priority for my OS?
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Apr 13, 2010I am dual booting win7 and Ubuntu 9.10 with wubi.
-If I don't select ubuntu, it will boot into win7.
I want to change it so I can go into ubuntu after 30SEC so I don't have to always select it.
Ubuntu Installation :: Change Order Of Boot Menu?
Nov 29, 2010Using StartupManager (as Quackers had suggested) I do indeed have Windows as my default boot, although it appears at the bottom of the menu. See Dilemma 1 below for that detail.
Dilemma 1:Grub2 has set up the boot menu so that Windows is the last item on the menu. This is because the Menuitem entries for the Ubuntu kernels are generated by script 10_linux, while the Windows Menuitem entry is generated by script 30_os-prober. Of course, in generating /boot/grub/grub.cfg, the 10_linux script is executed before 30_os-prober, dictating the order of their appearance on the menu.
I'd like to see Windows as the top menu item. Under grub, I would edit /boot/grub/menu.lst, pull the Windows menu item out of the "Automagical" section and voila! It stays on top no matter how many times I upgrade the kernel. While I could possibly do the same with /boot/grub/grub.cfg (see thread "how can I change the order of the boot menu?" for the suggestion) we should all know by now that the next time I update the kernel, my changes will all go away, because we are not supposed to edit that file by hand.
Dilemma 2: As I download and install kernel updates, all the old kernels still show up on my boot menu. My concern is that eventually the sheer number of Linux kernels will render the boot menu unreadable. This is especially of concern if I cannot get Windows to the top of the boot menu. Under grub, I used to edit the menu.lst and comment out the listing of any kernels more than 2 versions old. Now, how do I arrange this omission? A manual edit of 10_linux will be acceptable, provided it still displays the 2 or 3 most recent Linux kernels and their corresponding memtests.
Ubuntu Installation :: How To Change Drive Enumeration Order
Apr 12, 2011I am installing Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS on a new server that has 21 hard drives. My OS/boot drive is plugged into a SATA port on the motherboard, and the other 20 drives are plugged into cheap 4 port SATA adapter cards plugged into the PCIe slots on the motherboard.
When I first get to the part of the installer where I set up partitions and such, it is enumerating my disks in a somewhat weird order. The first 4 disks sda, sdb, sdc and sdd are disks connected to one of the SATA controllers, then sde is my smaller OS disk. Is there any way to force the small OS disk to be sda before I continue setting up my RAID? It's not a huge deal, but I'd like to have the system drive be sda, as it is in all my other systems. This is the 3rd system I've built like this, but it's the first time I've run into this issue (newer motherboard than the last one).
If possible I'd like to use the menu system in the installer to setup the RAID, as typing all those disk names manually into an mdadm config manually is going to be a huge pain. That precludes me from just unplugging the extra drives until after I get the base OS installed and working.
Ubuntu Installation :: Can't Change Grub Order After Update To 11.04
Jun 13, 2011I have a dual boot system w7 and ubunutu. When i had version 10.10 (i think) everything was working fine, the grub would select w7 as boot preference. I have, however just updated to 11.04 and i cant get the grub to change its order. I have tried using startupmanager and selecting the second to last one, as per tips and i have also tried all the options. I have also tried editing the grub file, i think its /etc/default/grub. i have also tried grub-customizer but again, this doesnt work.
I have noticed however that the options shown arent the same as the options when i boot my system. Im not sure whether i have got two GRUBS installed or something like that. I have also tried using boot-repair, however this just states that there is no GRUB installed, however as i mentioned, i can read the grub, and so can the programs.
Ubuntu Installation :: 11.04 - Change The Boot Order In The New Grub
Jun 18, 2011Just installed 11.04 and do not know how to change the boot order in the new grub.
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Aug 8, 2011I am trying to upgrade my system from 7.04 to a current version. I now face the known problem that my machine tries to download everything from archives.ubuntu.com although it has all been moved to old-releases."If you have this problem, you could change your /etc/host file to point archive.ubuntu.com to old-releases. Do this by running host old-releases.
ubuntu.com | grep address | awk '{print $NF" archive.ubuntu.com"}' | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts."
I have tried typing that information into the command line, with no success. I opened the /etc/hosts file in emacs (using sudo) but did not see an obvious place to impliment the fix.
Ubuntu Installation :: Change GRUB Boot Order ?
Aug 15, 2011I have ubuntu 11.04 and windows vista installed on my pc. I have already set windows vista as my default os, but I'd like to put it at the top of the boot menu (currently it's in 4th).
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May 6, 2010How do you change the order of the list? I have Xubuntu 9.10 installed on a 5 gig partition. I only use it for Skype as the mic does not work in 10.04 at the moment for me.Anyway, I would like 10.04 to default to the top of the list. How do I change the order when grub loads.
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Sep 21, 2010I have a new machine arriving tomorrow and plan on installing ubuntu 10.04 x64 and windows 7 professional. I've only ever had a single HDD before, but now I have 2 * 640GB drives.Does it matter what OS I install first?Will I have to change anything relating to the HDDs boot order in the BIOS?I only got 2 HDDs so in the event of needing to reinstall one of the OS's they're on completely different drives. Also, in the eventuality I need to reinstall one of the OSs is it simply a normal reinstall procedure, or because they're on two seperate drives will I need to do anything different?
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Mar 20, 2011I am trying to dual boot xp and ubuntu 10.10 desktop. Everything in 32 bit. I have xp installed now and created a bootable usb with ubuntu and am trying it out now. i press install and then select my language. I then select install updates and third party software. I then get to a screen with 2 option erase disk and use that or specify partitions manually. I want the option that says install side by side, but it is not there.
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Apr 18, 2010Until very recently I was running Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) installed on a 20 GB hard disk and Windows XP (SP3) installed on RAID 1 array of 2 x 250 GB disks, very happily along side each other and using GRUB as the bootloader installed on the smaller 20 GB drive.
I have decided to upgrade to Windows 7, and was struggling with the installation failing with the seemingly quite common "Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate and existing partition" error. Google seaching suggested unplugging my Ubuntu drive and then installing Win 7. This worked fine with the Ubuntu drive unplugged, however with the 20 GB plugged back in I can boot to GRUB, but it still has XP in the menu, and no option for Win 7.
I think I could get around the issue by re-installing Ubuntu, which would place GRUB on the MBR which is now on the 250 GB RAID 1 array, but I would rather have the system as it was before with GRUB and Ubuntu on the 20 GB drive.
I know I need to edit GRUB to remove the XP entry from the menu, but I have no idea how I would get Win 7 into GRUB, and what to do about the MBR which Win 7 put onto the RAID 1 array.
Ubuntu Installation :: Dual Booting On An Eee PC 1215n
Sep 19, 2010I got the Eee PC 1215n specifically because it was cheap, good on battery life, and came with Windows 7 Home Premium. My old laptop, which recently died, had just Ubuntu on it, and I had few complaints. However, there were those few times that I really wanted the ability to switch to Windows.
I'm running the Live ISO from USB, and I'm at the partition manager section of the install. In the past, I remember there being an option where Ubuntu would specifically keep your old OS and settings intact, and you would just resize Ubuntu to the size that you needed it. However, my only options right now are to either use the entire disc or partition it manually, which I'm not as comfortable with since I don't know if I'll be able to get this computer back to the way it was before without having a disc drive, an install disc for Windows 7, and a serial key. The partition table reads as such:
/dev/sda1, Windows 7 (loader), 107.4 GB
/dev/sda2, Windows Vista (loader), 16.1 GB
/dev/sda3, [no label], 126.6 GB
/dev/sda4, [no label, but I assume this is the boot sector or something], 21.2 MB
I consider myself to be rather tech savvy (senior computer science major), but I can't exactly just dive in and re-partition my drive not knowing what anything is. If I had to guess though, I'd assume that sda3 is the main storage partition, and that would be the one that I could resize, and then I could install Ubuntu on the 30 or so GB that I free up there. Could I get some other input on this before I risk messing with my system? I don't want to brick this little laptop, but Ubuntu is so much more energy efficient than Windows (not to mention running on a more organized infrastructure and interface) that I'd really like to get it installed.
Ubuntu Installation :: Dual Booting On Netbook ?
Nov 8, 2010I am trying to dual boot ubuntu netbook edition along with xp but i get stuck at setting up the partitions. at the installation i have the option of installing alongside xp however when they show the graph it looks like they want me to share ubuntu on C:/ drive so that xp gets 60Gb and ubuntu gets 20Gb. What i would like to do is keep xp on the C:/ drive and install ubuntu on the D:/ drive so that windows and ubuntu each get 80GB.
What i have done so far is go into gparted and delete the D:/ drive so i have now 80Gb of unallocated space. however when i start the installation process and choose "install alongside other OS" it still chooses to share it with my C:/ drive. i would like to be walked through the process of splitting the hard drive so i can install ubuntu on D drive. also i know i need to create a swap partition do i do that before the installation of after?
Ubuntu Installation :: Dual-booting Not Working?
Nov 21, 2010I recently did a side by side install of lubuntu on my windows 7 laptop. My HDD is actually 2 x 250GB HDDs. I have Win7 on the first, and chose to put Lubuntu on a part of the second. However, when I boot, I can only see the options for that second drive. when I went into the boot order It only shows the Harddrive as an option, not which one. Is there any way I can boot from my first drive again? I need to be able to get at my Windows 7, it is my main OS as I need Excel 07 for a college course. (due to auto-grading none others will work, not even office for mac (which is missing pivot-tables anyways).
So to summarize, I seem to have lost the ability to boot from the first hard drive, and cant find the separate hard disks in the boot order. Preferrablly I would like both OSes (Win7 and Lubuntu) to appear on the same boot choice list, but at least I would like to be able to access Windows7 and only use Lubuntu when I need it. (mainly for my Compouter Science coursework)
Ubuntu Installation :: 10.10 Over Old Kubuntu - And Dual-booting XP
Dec 1, 2010I have one disk which is currently partitioned as follows:
I am looking to install Ubuntu 10.10 from a cd onto this drive, without disturbing the XP installation. I wish to completely overwrite the Kubuntu installation as there is no data there I wish to save.
I got to the advanced partition management part of the installation process on the installation cd, but it was a little too advanced for my liking. I wasn't exactly sure what the implications of everything was, in particular:
Should I reformat the ext3 partition as ext4? I am not sure as to the pros and cons of either. I'm assuming mounting '/' there is fine.
Is 510 MB of swap enough? I have 2GB of RAM and don't expect to use any memory intensive applications, nor use any hibernation functionality, etc.
There is a dropdown list asking me about where to put the bootloader. I already have one which currently prompts me to choose between various Kubuntu kernels or Windows XP. I suspect this is located on "/dev/sda" (ie. the drive, presumably the MBR) as opposed to "/dev/sda1" (the ext3 partition) or "/dev/sda2" (the XP partition) but I am unsure where the current one is. The word 'GRUB' does appear about 380 bytes into my first physical disk however, which seems like the MBR if I'm remembering correctly. What should I choose here?
Is there a need for me to explicitly mount my NTFS drive here, or is that something I can easily do later? (I gather NTFS support is pretty good these days?)
Ubuntu Installation :: Dual Booting 10.10 And Backtrack 4 R2
Jan 26, 2011Installed XP and ubuntu 10.10 on my netbook and have also installed BT4 r2 on separate partitions. I chose not to install the bootloader for BT4 r2 and used "sudo update-grub2" to locate Backtrack 4 which it has. At boot I can choose both XP and Ubuntu and they will boot fine, how ever when I choose BT4 (listed as ubuntu 8.10) the following message appears:
"zImage does not support 32bit boot"
How can I boot backtrack.
Ubuntu Installation :: Proceed For Dual Booting?
Apr 30, 2011I have a 300 GB hard drive and 3 GB RAM and its Core2Duo processor on which I have created 3 partitions when I installed Windows.
1. C: - 100 GB in which Windows is installed.
2. D: - 100 GB in which I have kept my personal stuff.
3. Unallocated space of 100 GB.
I want to install Ubuntu in this un-allocated space. How do I proceed for dual booting? I do not understand how to create partitions
Debian Installation :: Dual Booting From USB
Jun 25, 2015Alright so I am trying to setup a dualboot with desbian on windows 8.1. I have it installed on a usb using Unet, got secure startup disabled as well as fast startup, and I have USB first on the boot menu, but when I restart it just loads as normal and doesn't boot up the usb.
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Sep 17, 2010how I should edit the boot loader so that both WinXP & Fedora are bootable selection options on the boot splash screen. My apologies if this has been asked before. My present grub.cof reads as follows but does not provide me with an XP boot option.
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
[dalpets@localhost ~]$ su
[code]....
Fedora Installation :: Dual Booting The Bt4 And 14?
Feb 2, 2011I have now Bt4 on live envir. and i am about to make space for Bt4 using Gparted from Bt ( live env) 'resize & move' at Free space preceding & Free space following on a 500Gb drive,I gave it 101 MiB. I see it says MiB instead of Gb .. but i am confused as to before & after does the before mean actual space fedora will have or is it Mb space for the bootloader a 100Mb or is that 10Gb ?
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Feb 2, 2011I was using Fedora 14 without any other OS installed. That was until i realised i need After Effects because AE 6.5 under wine does not cover my needs.
I installed win XP. Everything's OK so far. Next step, installed Fedora 14. Also, it went OK. I reboot`d the system and i was presented the "mini-shell GRUB Bootloader terminal". Since i don't know anything about GRUB nor i am an HDD Expert i did nothing. But, i used the "System Rescue CD" and chose the "Boot an existing LINUX 32-bit OS". Fedora did load and i'm writing this post from within fedora. The setup i used during Fedora installation is the following.
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When i was presented with the bootloader options i chose to "install bootloader on first sector of boot partition" (something like this i don't remember it) and i did NOT choose "install on MBR" (again i dont remember the exact phrase).
The HDD partitions i created have these properties according to "disk utility".
Fedora Installation :: Dual Booting 14 And OS X?
Apr 10, 2011I am using a Macbook Pro 5,5 , and I want to have Fedora and OS X dual boot. I have created free space using the disk utility from the Snow Leopard install CD. I now have 50 GBytes of free unformatted and unallocated space. So I enter the 64 bit Live CD of Fedora 14 inside, and it works flawlessly in boot. I click on "Install to Hard Drive" option and then of all the installation options I select the "Use Free Space" one. I then use the default settings:
It creates a 500M boot partition (/dev/sda3) and an LVM partition (/dev/sda4). ext4 and swap are allocated by default into the LVM Volume Groups. It then asks me for the location to install the boot loader providing me with 2 options: In the Master Boot Record (MBR - /dev/sda) or in the first sector of the boot partition (/dev/sda3). I go with the second option.
Installation proceeds as planned. While rebooting, I enter OS X and I install rEFIt. In the rEFIt menu, I select the Linux icon, which results in a black screen saying that "no bootable device" or something like that. I restart my Mac, and then select the rEFIt partitioning tool that says that my MBR needs to be updated. I let it sync my MBR, and I restart the computer. I click on the Linux icon again, and then I am presented with the penguin logo on a gray background... and that's about it.
I can't do anything from there. No system is booting, nothing is loading. Booting to my OS X partition works just fine, but Fedora refuses to boot. It is stuck in this logo screen.
Installation :: Dual Booting On A Netbook
Aug 9, 2009I've recently bought the Samsung N110 netbook - it comes pre-installed with Windows XP, but I've decided to run Linux on it.
The decision is this - remove Windows XP and have Linux as the sole OS, or keep Windows XP and use dual booting?
I will mainly be needing this for working at school, or general internet use when I don't have access to my desktop at home. Therefore, I think it's unlikely that I'll need highly specialist software that can only run on Windows. Also, Windows takes up a fair amount of space - could dual booting slow the netbook down?
Having been pestered by the local nerds and read up on a lot of the material on the web, I'm pretty convinced that Linux is a good choice for me on this netbook. That said, I may well run a trial anyway before I switch. So, is there any reason to keep Windows XP or should I ditch the pre-installed OS and go with Linux all the way?
