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Conver EFI qcow2 image with multiple disks to MBR/BIOS booting image
I'm trying to convert a custom rhel9.3 cloud install image that has been made to run in UEFI so I can run it on a BIOS system. Where I'm failing is to make my new image bootable. and the reason is ...
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How do I leave free space for grub when copying a whole system to a new media?
I've tried to copy a whole system to a new media. Like the existing layout, I'd like to use an everything-in-one-partition approach.
This is what I've tried:
create a partition table and one single ...
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Linux no boot after cloning partitions
I had and old HP Compaq laptop I wanted to upgrade because the IDE HDD was dying inside. Previously I had set up a Windows XP / Lubuntu 14 dual boot on it. After cloning the drive with Rescuezilla to ...
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Dual boot machine, not obvious how the boot sequence finds GRUB or how to remove it
I have a dual booting system (Windows and Ubuntu) where I am trying to remove Ubuntu and its partitions.
The internal drive (laptop) is divided as follows:
350MB System Reserved (mounted as P:)
150GB ...
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How can I boot a live system iso on a partition of an USB drive
I am a linux and windows user, and I'm going to build up a USB drive(/dev/sda, got 3 partition already) which contains a windows PE and a linux livecd. I have got two iso files, and I'm trying a new ...
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Strange folders name with GNU Grub Shell
Accidentally, I delete EFI partition or some partition that I don't really know (just bcz I didnt read docs carefully and delete a random one :<). However, when I reboot my laptop, it shows GNU ...
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Accidentally ran `mkfs.ext4` on my `/boot` partition (fedora 36)
I pulled a total amateur-hour move and ran mkfs.ext4 /dev/nvme0n1p2 on accident the other day while trying to troubleshoot a hosed retropi sdcard. /dev/nvme0n1p2 was my /boot partition on my work ...
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Trouble booting in any OS / USB disk
Recently, I have installed Linux MINT into a separate partition next to Windows. But then I realized that I installed the wrong version, so I deleted the partition MINT was installed on.
Ever since, ...
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How do I configure grub to boot an ISO image from an exfat partition?
Due to the increased file size of the Ubuntu LTS 22.04 Desktop image, Linux pen drive creators will soon feel the pain that comes with realizing that a single partition, FAT32 drive won't cut it for ...
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Linux installation, how to partition for install with a raid setup?
This question is about how to install Linux and create a raid setup as part of the installation. I am trying to install Debian 12, although this question is probably quite generalizable.
As part of ...
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Windows 10 does not have enough space, and I want to give it from my Fedora system, but there are some shenanigans with partitions placement
I have some problems with disk space management on my machine. This is what my disk looks like now:
Size
1 GB
279 GB
100 MB
166,51 GB
521 MB
OS/Purpose
GRUB Partition (?)
Fedora
EFI Boot
Windows
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Can I mount rootfs from file localed in other filesystem
I want to boot Linux on my PC, but I am not allowed to create additional partitions on the disks, and booting from USB is slow. I have two disks, on the first one I installed Windows 10, and on the ...
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Booting Windows from GNU Grub 2.06
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I have managed to get into the startup menu with the F1, F2, F9, F10, F11 menu.
I am confused as when I hit F10 for the BIOS setup and then I go to boot options and select the USB and save and ...
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How to install GRUB into VDI booted using Ventoy?
I have an Ubuntu Server 22.04 install running from a VDI image booted using Ventoy which I'm trying to apt-get upgrade.
When it comes to reinstalling GRUB, I get the following message:
The GRUB boot ...
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Portable linux system
So basically I want to have a Linux system on an external hard drive along with the grub on another partition (which would be bootable).
The problem is that I still want to use my hard drive as a ...
