Questions tagged [boot]
Bootloader issues: what happens before the operating system itself starts.
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How to make the system ignore dead hdd on startup?
I'm using a computer with both an HDD and a SSD.
The computer came with an HDD with windows installed on it.
I later added an SSD and run Debian (now trixie) on it.
Since yesterday the computer has ...
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Boot issue after installing Linux Mint 22.3 on Lenovo G50 laptop?
Before I try to install mint on Lenovo G50, it was Win 10 installed there.
and then download the ISO image of Linux Min 22.3 xfce, use rufus to get in a USB & setup my BIOS as the following:
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Where are early userspace systemd units?
While debugging an issue mounting the root filesystem during early userspace, I unpacked my initramfs to try to locate the systemd units described in man 7 bootup. From the boot logs on the console, I ...
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How to restore functioning Armbian install who's drive was overwritten?
Through an accidental partition format and dd to copy drive, I have managed to erase partition data from a boot drive with Armbian installed.
I have managed to recover some details about the ...
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How to properly use one EFI partition for dual boot
Recently, I discovered that my PC does not recognize the Arch Linux partition, it is not displayed either in the quick boot panel or in the BIOS.
Until now, I've always used 2 EFI partitions. One for ...
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Root device should be found
This question is linked to this one: Kernel doesn't seem to boot (stuck on "Booting `Buildroot`")
My goal is to flash a very simple Linux image on an Advantech ASR-A502-X0A1 board using ...
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Luks password not cached in a system btrfs raid1 partition
I have two identical partitions on identical drives, independently encrypted with luks --hw-opal-only. After some messing with bootloader, I am being asked twice for the unlock password, once for ...
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`update-initramfs`, `kernelstub`, `bootctl`, `efibootmgr` - which to use?
I have a fresh PoP! OS 24.04 install, and I am trying to add extra boot entries. I am a bit confused as to which of the bootloader update/install commands I should use, what the overlap is, and what ...
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Second SSD causing roughly 30 second delay in boot
I'm running Fedora 43 on a Framework laptop 16. Lately I had noticed my boot time was strangely long so I investigated. I made a plot with systemd-analyze plot, this is a screenshot of the problematic ...
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Graceful failover with RAID1-ish /efi in Pop! OS
I have set up a laptop with two equal drives, both having the exact same partition table:
/dev/nvme0n1
/dev/nvme0n1p1 luks opal
/dev/mapper/root0
@, @home, @log, @cache, @tmp
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Best dual boot method for two drives?
I was looking through the Arch Wiki, getting very confused on what a good dual boot method would be.
The Arch Wiki entry for dual-booting, “Dual boot with Windows - ArchWiki”, mentions this for dual ...
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Dual Booting Nixos and Mint Cinnamon Broke the bootloader
I was just tying to dual boot Nixos and Cinnamon-Mint on my laptop next to my preinstalled Nixos. everything was fine and I even restarted the PC once and could boot to nix, but now the option ...
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Strange Console Screen Seen Just Before Login Screen Appears During Boot Up
Debian Bullseye. Kernel: 5.10.0-37-amd64
Immediately after updating from Kernel 5.10.0-36-amd64, the following console screen started appearing immediately before the login screen during boot up:
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How can I automatically set some CPU parameters (via `/sys/devices/system/cpu/...``) when the system boots?
DISTRO: Fedora 41 KDE
GOAL: Im trying to automatically set some cpu parameters (per-CPU max frequency, governors, energy policy, etc.) during my boot process. I wrote a script to do this (it lives at /...
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Curiosity: it looks like a second Power-on self test or init (like the BIOS POST does at boot) is happening after the GRUB O.S. selection? What is it?
Glad to a new keyboard and a mouse that have plenty of lights now, I've noticed this:
When I turn on my computer the BIOS Power-On Self Test (POST) happens. And I can see that my mouse and keyboard ...
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