Is it possible to dual boot between Ubuntu and W7.vhd? If anyone knows please tell me how.
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I read somewhere that the ultimate boot cd can diagnos computer problems in this case would this program help me get my windows xp back? When I turn on the screen and hit start windows normal or go to safe mode I get a flash of the win xp logo and then it goes to this error page. Can you tell from this message is it a hardware or software issue
I currently have a laptop with Windows Vista, and I'd like to upgrade to Windows 7 and also install Ubuntu Linux as dual boot. I need to make disk partitions used by Windows smaller to make room for Linux.
What is easiest way to upgrade? Should I resize Vista partition first to make room for linux installation, or should I upgrade first to Windows 7 and resize partitions after upgrade.
I would like to create an alternative booting possibility in my GRUB menu that does not start some services (listed by chkconfig) like cups.
I would use this boot during travel where I surely does not need these services and shorter bootup time is preferable. Permanent removal of such services is not an option because I could not miss them during normal daily work.
I use Mandriva 2010 with the latest updates.
I deploy my Windows 7 with imagex.exe. I do this by means some batch script :
Win7_install.bat:
cls
Diskpart /s Win7_install.txt
Imagex /apply Win7_October.wim 1 C:
Bcdboot C:\Windows
Exit
Win7_install.txt:
SELECT DISK 0
CLEAN
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY SIZE=102400
SELECT PARTITION 1
FORMAT fs=ntfs LABEL=”SYSTEM” quick
ASSIGN LETTER=C
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY
SELECT PARTITION 2
FORMAT fs=ntfs LABEL=”DATA” quick
SELECT PARTITION 1
ACTIVE
EXIT
Then after restart I have duplicate entries in boot menu. Anybody have some idea how fix it?
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I am getting the UNMOUNTABLE BOOT VOLUME error on my Samsung laptop which does not have a CD Rom drive. I tried to merge the C and D partitions to get more space but since then the laptop does not start up anymore.
I dont care about the laptop, just about some pictures on there which I did not back up yet. I really hope someone can help me?!!
I am a new user, so cant post pictures, but can send a screenshot if needed.
I formatted a 16 GB USB Stick today so I could boot from it and that works great. The problem I have is it won't let me copy a 7GB Ghost image over to USB, it says there isn't enough space. When I look Windows shows there is 14GB available. Can anyone give me some insight into this issue?
I have copied an ISO file into a partition (i.e. dd if=isofile of=/dev/sdb1). How can I boot into that partition via GRUB?
When I try just with chainloader (hd1,0)+1, it says unknown executable format.
(I know that there are some questions similar to this one, but the ones I have read (and I have read more than one, did not answer my question)
I have installed, in two physically different hard drives Windows XP and Ubuntu 9.0.
I would like to have a dual boot that, if nothing was pressed, the Windows XP would start automatically.
I have read about Grub but got the impression that it wasn't possible to default the operating system to start to something other than Ubuntu.
Thanks.
Hello.
There is a broken kernel module, due to which I can not even load the OS, so I can not delete or fix it. Is it possible to skip this module at boot, using the kernel's parameters or something?
Thanks.
I have a Dell desktop that is hanging at the Windows XP splash screen and eventually (after about 5 minutes) cycles to a "F1 to retry boot F2 to enter setup utility".
I tried to start the computer in Safe Mode but it eventually cycles to the same "F1, F2" screen.
What are the likely causes and what are the remedies?
I have a Microsoft Wireless Entertainment Keyboard 8000, and when the charger/usb-hub is connected, the computer won't start. All I get is the bios boot screen, and it won't go further. But if I disconnect either the usb-cable or the power-cable to the charger the computer boots normally.
Any suggestions as to what's causing this behaviour? I've tried the charger on two different computers with the same result.
I trying to create a dual boot of linux and mac without bootcamp. But I'm nervous that I'll screw up or lose my data.
In disk utilitys I made a 45gig partion called linux but I dont know how to format it and if it matters at all....
Also, when the partition is done. I press cntrl when booting up select that Linux partition and put in the livebootUSB or CD right?
I want to change Windows 7's boot screen. Is there any way?
Edit: I'm not talking about the logon screen. I'm talking about the screen which you see before the Welcome screen:
I've got an old linux server that failed to boot this morning. It's running Debian stable. I get the following on the console:
LILO 22.8 Loading Linux......................................................................................................................................................... ............
And it just sits there. Any idea what is going on or how I can fix this?
After an update yesterday my Dell X300 will only boot to a screen with an option to perform 2 memory tests. If I perform these tests, it will only go back to this same screen, offering a choice of memory test again, 86+ or 86+ serial console 115200. This screen is headed - GNU Grub version 1.97 beta 4.
This is a full install on my hard drive.
How can I get back to booting normally?
I'm running a dual boot configuration on my laptop using Ubuntu 10.04b and Windows 7 Home Premium.
Windows 7 was the original OS and I added a 'side by side' installation of Ubuntu. Ubuntu, however, shows up first on the list. I'd like to change this order and make Windows 7 first, followed by Ubunutu, then all of the recovery boots after that.
Any help on how this is done?
As a person with a quite limited CLI experience I congratulate myself on installing Ubuntu on an ancient non-pae Fujitsu Amilo M1425 thru the network with mini.iso. However upon reboot I'm met w/ the following:
Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS ubuntu-fujitsu tty1
ubuntu-fujitsu login:
for which my specified login during setup is not accepted. (I'm quite sure its correct) Let's assume this screen is passed, how to start the GUI and make it the permanent option during boot? This box will return to a mostly comp-illiterate person, for which the existence of ubuntu will be an enough shock already. Wouldn't wanna leave him w/o the GUI.
Other posts here mention the command startx but I probably need a login in the first place.. So "why won't it accept my login & how can I make the GUI-boot permanent?" is my question. Thanks in advance.
I had installed a Ubuntu 12.04 and Fedora 17 dual boot on my system. During the installation I had installed Ubuntu first and Fedora later. Fedora had recognized Ubuntu and added it to the GRUB OS selection list. Afterwards I installed some routine updates on my Ubuntu and after that I am just not able to see the GRUB OS selection anymore when I boot. I am unable to understand what happened, both Fedora and Ubuntu use GRUB 2.0. Also it seems Ubuntu is not able to recognize other existing linux operating systems; because in the beginning I had installed Fedora first and Ubuntu later, but Ubuntu did not recognize Fedora at all, while Fedora recognized Ubuntu when I installed the other way round.
I am automating some configurations on my systems using Puppet. For a group of machines I want to load a kernel module at boot time. The most elegant way seems to edit /etc/modules and add one on an individual line. However, I would like to use separate files in a ".d" directory structure for easier maintainability.
For modprobe and specifying the options for modules, there's /etc/modprobe.d/, but what's the most elegant way for actually loading modules at boot time using a single new file? Basically, I'm looking for the non-existing /etc/modules.d/ directory.
Any suggestions?
This really doesn't make sense. I've been using many other distros and never had such difficulty managing autostart services.
I found three ways of disabling autostart services, and none of them works for me:
update-rc.d -f service_name remove
chkconfig --level 12345 service_name off
sysv-rc-conf
I tried all the three ways to disable mysql daemon, mongo daemon, redis server, cups daemon, yet all of the utilities confirmed that the daemons are disabled, yet they still automatically start on boot.
Please suggest the most correct way to disable services from auto-start at boot. Thank you!
btw, it's running 12.04
I installed Ubuntu on a old Windows XP computer using Dual Boot, i have no XP Cd and desperately need to remove it! EasyBCD does not work on windows XP, iF I just delete the Ubuntu partition all hell breaks loose and i have to reinstall ubuntu to get my XP back. Please help me i am only 12 and i have made a stupid error on my mum and dads computer and will get into serious trouble if i dont fix it soon!.
Extra Information:
I use the gnu boot loader to choose my operating system, but my mum and dad need my help to open a word document, they have only just grasped double clicking! I installed it off a cd that i made, the computer is 64-bit AMD Athlon with one 160gb hard drive, 512mb ram and a Sis mirage2 128mb shared video card. Its a COMPAQ presario.
I am running a Dell Inspiron 1501
I use Linux only. No Microsoft or Apple operating systems (or really anything closed-source). I've only been using Linux for a little over a year but I'm starting to gain a comfortable level of familiarity with the system and terminology.
I've been having some issues with Quantel Quetzal and Raring Ringtail, especially with older hardware, so I opted to install Ubuntu 12.04.3 Precise Pangolin on the Inspiron 1501. I checked my MD5 sum after downloading my ISO and all was good. I have in fact used this iso/dvd to install Precise Pangolin successfully on a few other systems (some of which are even older than this laptop).
Install goes fine. The wireless card doesn't work out of the box but this is a known issue which is fairly easy to fix. So, first thing I did was open up a terminal and run
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
which, part way through, crashed (I assume lightdm and possibly X) and took me to a black screen filled with white lines of text that were either errors or just the ouputs of commands. The reason I say that is because I was unable to gleam any useful information from the output on the screen. I did take a picture however and will post a link.
After that, every time I boot the system it goes right to that black screen posting all the error messages or output in white text. I never get a purple Ubuntu splash, so from what I can tell after reading this wiki article:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Troubleshooting/BlankScreen
That means that after the kernel is selected, it is unable to correctly implement the settings it needs. If the purple splash never shows, the frame buffer was never set correctly right? This leads me to believe that it could be a kernel issue? The wiki suggested to try and pinpoint the issue by rolling back kernels until I find one that works. Is this my best option? I think I'm going to give it a try anyways and will let everyone know if I am able to solve the issue this way.
I have since done a few reinstalls and some trouble-shooting including a couple hours scouring the net for anyone with any kind of similar issue. Most of the issues I could find involved getting a black screen after login and none of them said anything about any information output on this black screen.
My reinstalls have taught me that there is no issue updating, but as soon as I run
sudo apt-get upgrade
my system goes to the black screen and every time I boot it up it does the same thing. The only way to fix is by reinstall. I never get any ability to log in. After a hard power off to the laptop (because I cannot use ctrl+alt+del to reboot) when it boots again it goes to the grub boot menu and I can select between regular boot, recovery mode and the two memtest options. I never tried the memtest options but the other two both lead to the same black screen.
Some people having a black/blank screen issue claim to have fixed it by using 12.10 or 13.04 but I believe they were having a different issue where they got a black/blank screen after logging in. I think I will still give these images a try, but mostly figured I would just wait another day or two for 13.10.
Other things I figured I would try from the following three articles:
After logging in, there's a black screen and my cursor, nothing else! in Ubuntu 12.10
Black Screen on Login
After Upgrading to 12.04 I can't get to the login screen
include opening a terminal using ctrl+alt+f1 and trying a variety of reseting unity, x settings, lightdm (or switching to gdm); but I doubt this will work or that I will even be able to access a terminal. I'm pretty sure the whole system is stuck after it loads the last line on the black screen.
I will try these things and post more information when I have. Hopefully someone has an idea in the meantime and I will keep checking back trying to find a solution. Thank you.
Here are 3 different pictures of the error message. I had to take with my phone:
http://ubuntuone.com/album/0TBBkxmVajJIQQtoN9mVdN
I have a 1TB HDD with four Windows XP partitions and a 120GB HDD with 10.04. While working in Ubuntu, due to delay and failure to shutdown, I switched off the system.
Next it failed to boot in Ubuntu and stopped at initramfs. After that, I tried to repair from the booting stage. By mistake instead of hdd no I used partition no. This damaged the Windows also.
Then Windows XP was reloaded and is running.
When I boot with 12.04, it is able to detect the 120GB HDD, but, it is unable to mount. I am unable to access the files.
I would like to revive the disk and recover files. Would appreciate any help.