Questions tagged [grub2]
GRUB (GRand Unified Bootloader) is a bootloader package to load operating systems. GRUB2 is a rewrite, and the dominant version since 2009.
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Apache2 stopped working after upgrade to v2.4 ((38)Function not implemented: AH00141)
I was happily running apache2 and mysql on a Ubuntu 16.04 server with no problems, but yesterday I noticed that there were a bunch of updates available and I installed them using apt-get.
One of the ...
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How to redirect GRUB2 output to a MMIO serial UART?
Is it possible to redirect GRUB2 output to a MMIO serial UART?
For example I have a UART that is displayed in a Linux boot log as:
AMDI0020:01: ttyS5 at MMIO 0xfedca000 (irq = 4, base_baud = 3000000) ...
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Virtualbox not recognizing GRUB
I ripped a Linux Mint partition into a file using the dd command:
sudo dd if=PART_PATH of=OUTPUT_PATH/ubuntu.bin
Then I converted it into a *.vdi
VBoxManage convertdd PATH_TO_ubuntu.bin ubuntu.vdi --...
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Grub2-install: warning: Couldn't find physical volume in Centos 7
After replacing the disk with raid 1, I have this problem:
grub2-install --recheck /dev/nvme0n1
Installing for i386-pc platform.
grub2-install: warning: Couldn't find physical volume `(null)'. Some ...
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Create GRUB Entry for Booting into CentOS Installation Media
Normally when installing CentOS 7, you download the ISO, write it to a thumb drive and boot it. However, I have a unique scenario where I'd like to be able to place the CentOS 7 installation files on ...
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How to move /boot and / to different disk
I have Debian server with multiple HDDs.
/, /home/, swap and others are LVM Logical Volumes.
/boot is on a small partition at the beginning of one of the physical HDDs.
fstab uses UUID for /boot and /...
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GRUB2 theme looks broken after update (2.02->2.04)
Coming from Grub 2.02, and upgrading to 2.04, adding it to our TFTP server for PXE booting; I built the new grub2 image as in:
/tmp/rebuild_grub/bin/grub2-mkimage -c ./grub-embedded.cfg -p '(tftp)/...
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Detect different keys on GRUB2 menu
I have a GRUB configuration that looks like the following, where I would like to detect different key inputs so I can act accordingly, but this does not work by default:
echo ""
echo -n &...
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Unable to debug grub 2.0.2 cisco server, Boot is not happening ubuntu
I have a cisco server having ubuntu 18.0.4 which does not have a USB port I ran to grub problem I have tried everything from setting the root to prefix none of them works.
Help really appreciated.
I'm ...
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How to load image with Grub
I have vendor's rescue thumbdrive, which allows to boot into specialized Linux image and remove software from failed PC.
contents of thumbdrive:
.
├── bzImage
├── grub
│ ├── fonts
│ │ └── ...
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How to pass custom variables into bash from grub?
I use a custom iso for installing linux on virtual machines on a dedicated server. My only issue is I need to recompile a new iso for every new machine because the IP and mac address change, and the ...
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Move root partition from one disk to another in Debian 10
I have installed Debian 10 on a hard disk in a partition in a logical volume(name: deb10). Now I want to move the running installation to a logical volume on a SSD(name: deb10ssd).
I copied the files ...
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GRUB2 - In read command not working backspace. delete. arrows keys
In GRUB2 I have this simple menuentry:
menuentry "Ubuntu 20.04 Company Autoinstall" {
read userinput
linux /vmlinuz [...] automatic-ubiquity some=${userinput} ---
[...]
}
I need in menuentry ...
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How can I relocate and resize grub editor?
I have a 1024x768 monitor that has been literally cut down to 1024x100. So the physical size of the monitor is 1024x100 but it is recognized as 1024x768.
The grub menu items been located to the ...
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Auto boot degraded RAID1 on Debian 10 (Buster)
I want my server to boot without manual intervention on degraded RAID1 from second drive on Debian 10 (Buster).
It boots when I detach the second hard disk but it doesn't boot when I detach the first ...
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Wrong grub2 prefix when booting over network
I have dnsmasq in proxy mode, serving pxe service and tftp server using this config:
port=0
log-dhcp
log-queries
log-facility=/var/log/dnsmasq.log
dhcp-range=192.168.0.0,proxy
enable-tftp
tftp-root=/...
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CentOS 7: small smiley face on boot?
I've got a problem with a CentOS 7 dedicated server. I've had it for years, and never had any problems with it until now.
I did a yum update the other day, and then rebooted the machine, and it ...
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How to get rid of GRUB2 error “failure reading sector 0xb30 from `fd0'” on HP server
When I boot into my HP ProLiant DL120 G7 server's GRUB2 rescue shell, I get the following output:
error: failure reading sector 0xb30 from `fd0'.
error: failure reading sector 0x0 from `fd0'.
error: ...
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unattended memtest: is it practical?
I will be building a medium scale cluster (20 nodes, expanding later) and for various reasons, using commodity hardware should give me a significant cost saving (even allowing for shorter operational ...
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No boot in Devuan after installation - EFI Shell
I installed Devuan ASCII on a virtual machine on VirtualBox. Installation went smooth, but after installation I get the following EFI shell
See the image
But any attempt to enter a BLK* device ended ...
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Booting a squashed filesystem from ISO
I am trying to create a UEFI bootable CD ISO with a squashed filesystem from a virtual machine, which I provisioned with the stuff I need.
To explain:
I use packer and a kickstart file to install ...
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In CentOS 7, is there a way to specify which block devices should be tuned with the scheduler (or ELEVATOR)?
In CentOS 6, there was /etc/tune-profiles/my-server/ktune.sysconfig with this text(I'm referring to the comments that explain what the code is doing):
# This is the I/O scheduler ktune will use. ...
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Centos 7 no input in grub serial console
I use serial over lan console on intel S1200V3RPL server board. It worked nicely, but filesystem got corrupted and I had to reinstall. I've setup serial console the same way,but there is no input in ...
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Chainloading syslinux using grub2
I created a syslinux/isolinux hybrid CD iso to boot either legacy bios or eufi depending on what is needed. The legacy bios part works well and has worked for many years. I am using the newest (6.0.3) ...
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Are my EFI partitions mutually bootable? How to interpret the output of efibootmgr -v
I have two GPT formatted disks both starting with EFI partitions and followed by a single physical raid partition. I installed ubuntu-server 16.04 with software raid over these two raid partitions and ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 server failed grub install
I am trying a fresh install of Ubuntu 18.04 server, without an internet connection (not Live) on my Dell PowerEdge R640. The machine came with a Boot Optimized Storage SSD (RAID 1), which is where I'm ...
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Centos server gets stuck on grub prompt
I have a server on OVH with Cpanel which has 2 x 2TB partitions and its lsblk command output looks like this. http://prntscr.com/nz4xd2
A few days back I ran some upgrades and after rebooting my ...
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Grub incorrectly escapes $ character in its settings
Not sure where I make mistake but I can't escape $ correctly in /etc/default/grub. I'm on Ubuntu MATE 18.04. This is what I do:
In console I edit confid by calling
sudo mcedit /etc/default/grub
I ...
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Auto-assemble RAID1 Array with mdadm on CentOS 7.6
I'm new to this particular area of the Stack Exchange network so please be kind. We are experiencing issues with auto-assembling a RAID1 Array created with mdadm on CentOS 7.6, and no matter what we ...
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CentOS7 not booting after “yum update” mokListRT fails
I updated CentOS 7 via yum update
Didn't know about shim and mokutils so didn't exclude that from yum.
Now I can't boot it, I can recover the files on it using another live distro (e.g. ubuntu), but ...
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Grub stuck at menu until I connect to console using VNC
I installed an Ubuntu 16.04 Server virtual machine on FreeNAS. Everything works as expected, except GRUB.
When I reboot the machine with sudo reboot, it does not boot automatically. Every time I have ...
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Editing /boot/grub/grub.conf not recommended - yet how do you then change entries?
For example, our /boot/grub/grub.conf looks like this:
## ## End Default Options ##
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 3.2.0-4-amd64
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-...
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How to fix “Setting up grub-pc” freezing during apt-get upgrade?
I have a packer script that builds up a virtual image using Ubuntu. The script today started getting stuck during apt-get dist-upgrade on amazon-ebs: Setting up grub-pc.
I found many people on the ...
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What are the steps to convert an EBS boot volume from MBR to GPT without data loss? (Using Ubuntu)
I would like to extend one of my Ubuntu servers main/boot drive beyond 2TB. I know that I need to convert the drive to use GPT, and I'm confident that I can extend the size as needed once I'm able to ...
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GRUB2 Not Loading from MBR
I have a new computer that I have imaged using PXE. It loads a kernel, initrd and verifies if it needs to apply an image. If it does, it goes through some logic of partitioning (BIOS, non-GPT) the ...
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I deleted all the contents of /boot and now server is not booting
I did something stupid. My thinking was that /boot directory is empty and contents come to /boot each time the computer starts. My /boot drive was giving me error messages no space left so I thought ...
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grub2-mkconfig not working
I've updated the /etc/grub.d/40_custom for a custom menu entry as follows:
menuentry "My OS"{
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
chainloader +1
}
I run this command:
grub2-mkconfig –o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
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Debugging boot loop after Ubuntu 18.04
I recently did a kernel update on a s2600cp server running Ubuntu 18.04.
When booting into the latest installed kernel version from GRUB. My monitor displays a blinking cursor in the top left corner, ...
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linux/grub2: capturing boot errors for later analysis?
I'm running grub2 under my 4.15.0-30-generic x86_64 linux system.
Every time I boot and select this system's entry in the grub menu (or any other system's entry), a screen or two of logged bootup ...
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Sequence of Windows OS files read at the time of installation
I am installing Windows 10 OS through Ubuntu based Clonezilla Server in PXE UEFI mode. I need to add the windows os provision into the server using grub.cfg for clients deployment.
I added the windows ...
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Boot Linux in UEFI on a LSI card using GRUB2
Before this question is marked as a duplicate of 'Just installed LSI 9211; no drives showing up to Linux' or anything similar:
No. My problem was with the UEFI firmware being unable to boot from the ...
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Grub2 fails to detect partitions if it was installed into file
I'm trying to prepare an image that I can dd into disk or boot using PXE.
Some context:
I create an image, partition it using sfdisk (MBR), create loop devices for the whole disk and main partition, ...
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Can't find (inactive?) LVM (with root FS) on boot
I'm running a Linux Server using ArchLinux, mostly for my own development needs.
It runs Arch Linux on a SW-RAID1.
There's two disk drives sda and sdb, each with 3 partitions sda1-sda3, sdb1-3.
SDA1+...
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Grub2 after Upgrade to Fedora Server 27
I upgraded to F27 and went to emergency shell after reboot. After hours with google and experimentation, loaded recovery from install CD, found OS image and copied /usr/lib/os-release to /etc/os-...
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Find out exact location of GRUB / GRUB not working after copying disk image
I prepared an Ubuntu server image with VirtualBox. To transfer the image to the server's SSD I first dded the MBR (512 bytes) and then the LVM partition (PV containing the root partition shrunk to 3GB)...
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CentOS 7 ignores saved_entry in grubenv
I recently updated my kernel, but the system keeps booting into the old one. I checked /boot/grub2/grubenv and the only entry is saved_entry pointing to my new kernel. However, whenever I reboot it ...
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grub2 RAID1 disk failure - unable to boot
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I am setting up a server with software RAID1. This includes the /boot partition being mirrored (mapped to md0).
My aim is that if one of the two hard drives containing the OS (sdc and sdd) ...
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How big is grub2?
Due to "Meltdown" I am in the progress of moving our CentOS7-XEN-PV-DomUs to HVM mode. See here on why I need to migrate to HVM
This involves installing a bootloader - unnessesary on PV-DomUs, since ...
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Updated grub 2 config when win10 is updating, cannot continue update now, how to fix it?
I have win10 and fedora 27 on two different hard disks, and I use grub 2 as bootloader. Today win10 autorestart to update, and my default boot system is fedora, so I enter fedora to change grub 2 boot ...
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How to change grub2 in CentOS/RHEL7 from UUID to old style device?
With CentOS/RHEL 7 there are a couple of changes (compared to CO/RHEL 6).
One of it is the use of grub2 instead of grub.
Per default the OS seems to use a UUID to "find" the boot-device.
Is there an ...
