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Christophe Jacquet — Déplacer le disque dur principal d'une machine Debian, facile ?
by sylvainulg
(via)
comment ne pas perdre ses modifications manuelles de GRUB lors des mises à jour.
UNetbootin , pour « Universal Netboot Installer »- LiveCD GNU/Linux - Logiciels Libres - Framasoft
by decembre
& 1 other
Unetbootin, vous permet d’installer une distribution Linux sur une clé USB. Plus précisément, c’est un installateur très simple pré-programmé pour : * une vingtaine de distributions GNU/Linux mais aussi BSD [1] ; * une petite dizaine d’utilitaires d’administration de système (Parted Magic, Super Grub Disk, Ophcrack, etc.). L’installation peut se faire sur tous supports amovibles mais aussi sur une partition de votre disque-dur. Libre à vous de choisir d’autres distributions que celles pré-programmées, il suffit d’indiquer à Unetbootin la localisation de l’image disque présente sur votre disque dur. Du coup, pour le chargement de l’image disque d’une distribution, vous pouvez vous passer de connexion internet et de CD.
How To Install GRUB 2 On Ubuntu 9.04 | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials
by nicolargo
& 1 other
Installation de Grub version 2 sous Ubuntu 9.04
WinSetupFromUSB - Formater Clef USB Pour Installation XP - Recherche Google
by decembre
Ensuite, il faudra lancer un outil de ligne de commande en administrateur (Touche Windows + R, taper cmd puis valider en faisant MAJ + Entrée). Une fois ceci effectué, il faudra lancer l'outil Diskpart de Windows en tapant simplement diskpart et en validant. - Identifier notre clef USB en tapant list disk (numéro de la clef USB). Séléctionons ensuite la clef avec la fonction select disk XX , où XX est le numéro relevé précédemment. Formater le clef en FAT. Le NTFS, peut, par contre aussi être utilisé, mais cela empêchera la création d'un menu GRUB pour le multi−boot, et donc, de remplir la clef avec des outils aussi INtéresants que nombreux. Pour ce faire, il vous faudra taper les commandes suivantes : clean · create partition primary (on rajoutera size=2000 si la clef fait plus de 2 Go) · format FS=FAT Quick · active · assign · exit ·
Tool: Super Grub Disk. PC Boot specialised Disk
by elaviar
We want Linux newbies to restore their new toy, but also help the Linux advanced user make potentially dangerous operations to the MBR in a safe way. Super Grub Disk is also a teaching tool to help you learn more about bootloaders and the booting process. After all, booting is the most important thing your computer does -- without the boot process, you would not have an operating system to use
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2008
Wubi - Ubuntu Installer for Windows - ubuntu wiki
by tadeufilippini
Troubleshooting
Q. My download is very slow
A. The torrent hasn't got very many peers at the moment, so download rates are limited. If you can download with a standalone torrent client with properly forwarded ports that would probably increase the download speed - if you do please seed for as long as possible.
Q. I installed ubuntu, but how do I use it
A. Reboot the computer, and as it's starting up you'll be presented with a menu - select Ubuntu from that menu and press enter.
Q. The installer freezes at the splash screen.
A. Try another option in the 2nd boot menu (GRUB menu). To see the menu you may have to keep tapping the escape key after selecting "Ubuntu" from the first menu.
Q. When booting, I get this error: Error 17: File not found
A. Try defragmenting your hard drive
Q. The bootloader doesn't show up at all, and it boots straight into windows
A. Make sure C:\boot.ini has a "timeout" value higher than 0, and that this is the last line: C:\grldr="Ubuntu"
Q. I can't find the Boot.ini file
A. Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties, then go to the Advanced tab, click Settings under Startup and Recovery, then Under System Startup, click Edit.
Q. I can't login to Ubuntu with the username I specified in the installer.
A. At the moment, the username is "ubuntu", and the password is "ubuntu", regardless of what you selected during installation
Q. I'm getting gdm and xserver errors
A. Ctrl-Alt-F1, log in, and run: sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, then reboot
Q. My network doesn't work
A. Open a terminal, and run: sudo dpkg-reconfigure dhcp3-client, then reboot
Q. How can I remove ubuntu when I no longer want it
A. Start the computer into Windows, and then go into "Add/Remove Programs" in "Control Panel". Select "Ubuntu Linux" and press remove. REMEMBER that this removes Ubuntu and any programs or documents you installed inside Ubuntu.
Q. Can I install if my computer is running Windows Vista?
A. Only if you're dual-booting with Windows XP; boot XP, install in XP, then select Windows XP in the Vista bootloader, then select Ubuntu. Users running just Vista, and not dual-booting with Windows XP will have to wait until GRLDR supports the Vista bootloader.
Q. My Windows partition is not the first partition on my first hard drive. Will this work?
A. Not for now. Support will hopefully soon be available.
BootOptions - Community Ubuntu Documentation
by ericpaul
(via)
Boot options when Linux Ubuntu freezes during booting live CD, or editing GRUB after install.
2007
How To Make Your Xen-PAE Kernel Work With More Than 4GB RAM (Debian Etch With GRUB) | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials
by camel
If you have a server with more than 4GB RAM and want to install a 32bit Debian Etch on it (following this tutorial: Debian Etch And Xen From The Debian Repository), you'd expect the Xen-PAE kernel to see all your RAM because the Xen-PAE kernel supports up to 64GB RAM. In fact, it recognizes only about 3.3GB RAM due to a bug in the GRUB bootloader. This article explains how you can fix GRUB so that all your RAM gets recognized.
I do not issue any guarantee that this will work for you!
Outils multiboot
by sylvainulg
(via)
tous les outils multiboot répertoriés (enfin, j'ai pas encore vu GRUB :P)
RAID1 on Debian Sarge
by lecyborg
A RAID device is a Redundant Array of Independent Disks. The concept was developed in 1987 at UC Berkeley and involves the creation of a virtual disk from multiple small disks in order to deliver improved performance and reliability. There are many flavors of RAID and lots of variations in how to implement it. We detail here a specific instance we use: software RAID1 using IDE disks on a Dell PowerEdge box running Debian "sarge" loaded with grub, managed by mdadm, using the ext3 journaling file system.
Super Grub Disk - LiveCD GNU/Linux - Logiciels Libres - Framasoft
by Wiltur
& 2 others
Super Grub Disk se veut une petite boite à outils puissante permettant de démarrer sur son système d’exploitation préféré en cas de défaillance, retrouver la mire de windows après une installation d’une distribution linux ou restaurer GRUB en cas de perte.
Super Grub Disk - LiveCD GNU/Linux - Logiciels Libres - Framasoft
by camel
& 2 others
Super Grub Disk se veut une petite boite à outils puissante permettant de démarrer sur son système d’exploitation préféré en cas de défaillance, retrouver la mire de windows après une installation d’une distribution linux ou restaurer GRUB en cas de perte.
Super Grub Disk Webpage: Home Page
by gregR
GRUB:
* Boot your Linux or another OS again
* Restore GRUB to a hard disk MBR
* Restore GRUB to a partition
* Uninstall GRUB
Details of GRUB on the PC
by sylvainulg
& 1 other
(via)
well described .. the basic info you'll love to have when starting to mess with your own OS
