Questions tagged [boot-loader]
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Centos grub bootloader missing after installing windows 10
I first installed CentOS 7 on my laptop, 2nd I installed Windows 10 in same hard disk with different partition, but I couldn't get my Centos 7 info in windows boot loader. I tried easyBCD tool to get Centos 7 info in windows bootloader but failed to…

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Kernel upgrade with EXTLINUX on Debian
I would like to upgrade the Debian stock kernel to a compiled kernel packed as a .deb package.
Running the:
dpkg -i linux-image-x.x.Custom_amd64.deb
triggers the grub-update and, as I see from filesystem, the creation of the initrd file.
But now,…

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Setting bootloader password in EL7
Using this guide I am attempting to add a bootloader password to a CentOS7 install.
When prompted, enter the password that was selected and insert the
returned password hash into the appropriate grub2 configuration
file(s) under /etc/grub.d…

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System refuses to boot RHEL DVD, but will boot other distos
I'm trying to install RHEL7 on a Dell R210. The system was RHEL5, but had shred run against its disk. I tried booting a DVD with the RHEL7 installer, but got nothing, it would not boot. I've reburned the DVD twice with different burners, tried an…

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EXTLINUX warns to install grub
While doing apt-get dist-upgrade on a Debian GNU/Linux Jessie EXTLINUX warned me that now was mandatory to install grub.
The system was installed after an image not done by me: is it safe to ignore the warning? Have I to install grub also if now…

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Win2K P2V on XenServer 6.2: VM unable to start
I'm trying to virtualize (P2V) a very old Win2K server (an IBM x345) with related storage:
a main C: drive, running on top of a RAID 5 logical-array served by an internal ServeRAID HW controller and related internal HDD);
two distinct additional…

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Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root
I uploaded a centos 6.2 VMDK to s3 and then converted it to volume using ec2 import volume.
Then i took the snapshot of the volume and deleted it.Now I am trying to create a instance from the snapshot and keep getting following error:
"Kernel panic…

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Solaris 11.1 x86 won't boot, verifying DMI Pool. How to install or verify boot blocks
x86 Solaris 11.1 had a mirrored ZFS root pool (rpool) which was 2x 320GB disks, I detached one and replaced with a 500GB disk which resilvered ok so ran the "bootadm install-bootloader" and did the same for the remaining 320GB disk. Rebooted and it…

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I'm stuck on choosing the right Linux bootloader for software RAID-10
I'm installing Gentoo on a SOHO server with 4 500GB Hitachi hard drives.
I was able to boot from Live USB, created RAID-10 array /dev/md0 with the following command:
mdadm --create /dev/md0 --assume-clean --level=10 --raid-devices=4 /dev/sda…
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What and where is my bootloader on a linode instance?
Using a virtualized instance on linode.com, I don't see where my bootloader is.
In the usual place where I would find grub, i.e. in /boot/grub/menu.lst, I don't see any files or directories below the /boot path. It's completely empty.
How do I find…

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Installing embedded pfsense, stuck at boot loader
I am trying to install pfSense embedded image 1.2.3 RC1 onto a CF card. The box looks like it is ready to boot, but gets stuck at "Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf" followed by "/". Can anyone provide me a link, or a fix to this issue? Note: I am…

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Removing Windows Server 2008 Boot loader
I'm using XP in my machine. I installed Windows Server 2008 as a second OS using dual boot. But i want to remove Windows Server 2008 and install Windows Server 2003. My greatest problem is to remove Windows Server 2008's boot loader.
How can i…

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Secure Diskless System - NFS as root
I've created a diskless Debian installation with root filesystem over NFS, and boot loader on a USB (this computer has issues booting from PXE for some reason). My setup is similar to the one described on the ArchLinux Wiki.
This has been working…

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DELL r630 + NvMe M.2->PCie : Cannot boot Ubuntu installed on M.2 NvMe drive via. PCie adapter
I have plugged in a PNY XLR8 500GB M.2 NvMe drive in a Delock PCIe card and stuck it in Riser 3 on my Poweredge r630 - Although the drive doesn't show up anywhere in BIOS, I could boot the Ubuntu installer from a USB thumb drive and the installation…

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SCO OS 6 Driver for LSIL SAS1064E Raid Controller
A client has an SCO OpenServer Server 6.0, that is running on an HP ProLiant Box and they lost the root password.
Its equipped with a Doal-Core Intel Pentium Processor. They don't have any media or emergency disk anymore.
I tried to boot with the…

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