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    Re: Problems with Ubuntu Desktop

    Do you have latest UEFI firmware from Dell?
    And latest firmware for any NVMe or SATA SSD drives?

    How many drives do you have installed?
    If you have a NVMe drive, it may conflict with one of the...
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    Re: Restart loop after Ubuntu install on USB

    Windows only installs in old BIOS mode to MBR(msdos) partitioned drives.
    So Windows install was BIOS. You then boot from MBR. And boot flag must be on the NTFS partition with boot files. It would...
  3. Re: How many times does Ubuntu take in the first install?

    For me going from RAM (booted with toram parameter) to SSD, its about 10 min.
    I do find it takes almost an hour for full install to a slow USB flash drive.

    If 6 hrs, something is wrong?
    I think...
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    [SOLVED] Re: Cannot install to Windows 10 laptop

    You cannot install Windows to an external drive. Just the installer. And best to make USB flash drive installer from Windows as its ISO now uses a .wim file that is too large for the required FAT32...
  5. Re: How can I install ubuntu 22.04 server without it installing grub?

    UEFI or BIOS system?

    Have not installed server for years and then just as a test.
    But there was this option from terminal.
    sudo ubiquity -b

    But server now uses subiquity installer, do not...
  6. Re: 22.04 Cannot change preferences when running "sudo gedit"

    Not supposed to use sudo with gui apps. You may be saving files with root when they should be your user.

    You may be able to use sudo -H

    see
    man sudo



    you can run (note no space)
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    Re: why can't i install on an external HD?

    Also what version/flavor of Ubuntu?
    There now are several different installers.
    Older Ubuntu used Ubiquity which has a bug on install to any drive other than first internal drive.
    Newer Ubuntu...
  8. Re: Ubuntu 22.04 booting too slow (27.88 seconds)

    Do you have SSD or only HDD?
    Boot is a lot faster with SSD. I changed from SSD to NVMe type SSD and it is a bit faster my older system. But person at keyboard still seems to be bottleneck, and if...
  9. [ubuntu] Re: Boot Issue for dual boot Ubuntu 22.04/Windows 11 Setup

    Glad you got it working.
    Cold boot does not always work or work first time. Various capacitors or other parts hold a charge for a while, so system does not see a full reset.

    With laptops even...
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    Re: Minimal GRUB command-line on boot

    The efivars is mounted in mount command, so one of default mounts.

    efivarfs on /sys/firmware/efi/efivars type efivarfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)

    I also get error on modprobe in...
  11. [ubuntu] Re: Boot Issue for dual boot Ubuntu 22.04/Windows 11 Setup

    What were results of "cold" boot as suggested by oldfred. :)
    You have to fully power down, remove power cord, hold power switch to drain any remaining power & then press correct key to get into...
  12. [SOLVED] Re: Ubuntu does not boot after Windows Update

    Are you booting in UEFI boot mode?
    Can you boot ubuntu entry in UEFI one time boot menu.

    You have a BIOS grub boot entry in MBR which will never work.

    Boot-Repair also does not do partition...
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    [SOLVED] Re: New harddrive is not being mounted

    lsblk -e 7 -o name,fstype,size,fsused,label,partlabel,mountpoint,uuid,partuuid
    The partuuid is the unique guid.

    There also are partition type guids....
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    Re: Very slow zsync for updating dev ISOs.

    I have been using zsync to update Kubuntu 24.04 and have the same issue.
    Often very slow, sometimes resets after a bit & is a bit faster.

    While I can do the workaround to get Kubuntu Calamares...
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    Re: Minimal GRUB command-line on boot

    We have seen more & more locked NVRAM issues. And not one easy solution.
    were you running from UEFI boot?
    Do you have latest UEFI firmware from vendor?

    You may need to manually mount...
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    Re: Minimal GRUB command-line on boot

    Yes, but also check complete reinstall of grub.
    And before any major change, make sure your backup is current.
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    Re: Minimal GRUB command-line on boot

    Changing to OtherOS should not have made any difference unless you totally reinstalled system.

    Boot-Repair has advanced options where you can choose what to do....
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    Re: New to the site and ubuntu

    Probably not a gpt vs MBR issue. You may not have had the bios_grub partition for grub to correctly install in BIOS boot mode.

    BIOS only knows to jump to MBR to boot. And gpt has a protective MBR...
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    [SOLVED] Re: Bash like gnu grub menu

    Since UEFI, you should be able to go into UEFI settings (not UEFI one time boot menu) and change boot order so Windows is first.

    Or from Ubuntu you can use efibootmgr, unless an HP system as those...
  20. [xubuntu] Re: Dual UEFI boot on two drives with two ESRs - any known issues?

    Posted work around to manually unmount & mount correct ESP during install #55 or( #23 & #26)
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1396379

    But this is probably easier for most:...
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    [SOLVED] Re: Bash like gnu grub menu

    You only have the live installer.
    https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/install-ubuntu-desktop#1-overview

    And with a small MMC drive, you really do not have room for Both Windows & Ubuntu on it.
    If you...
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    Re: Minimal GRUB command-line on boot

    If it worked before & you installed in UEFI mode with Secure Boot on, it should be correct.

    UEFI entries look normal.

    The change to "Other OS" was probably the issue.
    BIOS boot only works with...
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    Re: Minimal GRUB command-line on boot

    You show UEFI Secure boot on.
    But have some old BIOS boot loaders in MBRs.
    Windows in nvme0n1 and sdc, grub in sda. Those will never work and really never should have been installed there.
    As long...
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    Re: New to the site and ubuntu

    That old of a system probably will not run Ubuntu.
    I have an old 64 bit XP era laptop with 1.5GB of RAM, and it would not work with Ubuntu.
    I was able to install server version, and add a...
  25. [ubuntu] Re: How do i install Ubuntu on a USB thumb drive without sacrificing the boot loader?

    I have installed to multiple flash drives and now external SSDs.
    And have had to work around the bug. My work around is more complicated, but is in bug report.
    Posted work around to manually...
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