Questions tagged [grub2]
GRUB2 is the second revision of the GRand Unified Bootloader, with versions numbered 1.9x and 2.yz.
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How do I re-enable the USB keyboard after changing the layout/language in GRUB?
I changed the keyboard layout in GRUB on a laptop to German/QWERTZ using the instructions from these posts.
How to change grub command-line (grub shell) keyboard layout?
Create de layout:
grub-...
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How to start the GRUB CLI with a menuentry
How can I create a simple menu entry in GRUB to start the GRUB console?
menuentry "GRUB CLI" {
#command
}
I have already tried the following options, but they do not work at all or only ...
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How can I start Tails from a multiboot USB stick with multiple partitions and force the greeter or set a password?
In advance, I know that Tails shouldn't be run this way and that it can cause problems, which is why security aspects should be ignored, even though that is the point of Tails.
This is simply out of ...
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Linux on Lenovo Miix 300
I want to install a Linux on my old Lenovo Miix 300, which has currently Win 10 installed. I followed this guide:
https://super-useful-things.com/2021/05/02/install-linux-on-lenovo-miix/
However I ...
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Linux doesn't boot. I get a command prompt GRUB2
I tried to restore Grub using Life-CD, but some error popped up during the process.
Now I want to boot Linux manually. I enter the following commands:
grub>
ls
(hd0) (hd0,gpt1) (hd0,gpt2) (hd0,...
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On Ubuntu Server 24, the "o" key on my keyboard doesn't work properly in the GRUB command line
On Ubuntu Server 24.04.3, the "o" key on my keyboard doesn't work properly in the GRUB command line.
Grub Version: 2.12
I've tried several different keyboard, but none of them work. But when ...
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Starting up fails around four times out of five (decompression fails, system partition not found)
It started among other shenanigans when I upgraded Debian from Bookworm to Trixie a week ago. Now, starting up my PC fails around four times out of five.
The GRUB menu is reached right away. I choose ...
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GRUB won't boot from LUKS2 encrypted BTRFS partition
I'm trying to install Ubuntu 25.10 Desktop with encrypted /boot. At the end I'll always get redirected to GRUB shell, without any password prompt, and unable to cryptomount root partition, insmod ...
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Question about EFI partitions and dual booting
I have a dual-boot laptop: W10 and Linux (Mint 22.2).
But recently I've decided to switch to Linux-only and to use VirtualBox with a Win10 guest OS, because there are about 2 apps (in particular ...
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(multi-boot )Ubuntu 22.04 updates have new kernel images and remove old ones, but the grub menu is not updated accordingly
I have 2 Ubuntu installs and 3 Windows installs on different partitions. I set my bios to boot from an SSD (/dev/nvme0n1p1 -- which has Ubuntu 25.04) and the OS I use is on a HDD (/dev/sdd1 -- Ubuntu ...
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Debian 13 shows “error: file /boot/vmlinuz-linux not found” after logging into Debian 12 (dual-boot setup, device names differ)
I have a dual-boot setup with two separate SSDs:
Debian 13 is installed on an NVMe drive (nvme0n1)
Debian 12 is installed on a SATA SSD (sda / sdb, depending on which system is booted)
Each Debian ...
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grub-mkconfig is not finding my theme files even though the paths and filenames are correct
I have the FlatSense grub theme successfully installed and working on EndeavourOS (EOS) 64-bit with an XFCE4 DE on an ext4 partition on my UEFI multiboot system. No problems there. However, ...
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Problem with GRUB in a Quad Boot system
I have a quad boot system, with Windows, Ubuntu, Debian, and RedHat/Fedora, and I'm having trouble with GRUB. More specifically, I am having "thought" problems with GRUB, i.e. I have not yet ...
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Cannot boot Ubuntu 24 on a Carbon X1 Lenovo thinkpad
I have a Thinkpad X1 Lenovo on Windows which I want to convert to Linux.
I have ubuntu-24.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso on a usb stick using Ventoy.
I start the laptop, press F12, install Ubuntu with the ...
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GRUB not booting any more after system update: How to set the root variable the correct way?
Today I ran an upgrade on one of my debian 11 VMs to get the latest security updates. Obviously, the GRUB system has been broken by the update. The VM uses EFI, so there is a sort of "...
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