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"Unable to install GRUB in /dev/nvme0n1" is the error I get when trying to install Linux Mint. Transitioning from windows to linux. Very new at this. mint@mint:~$ efibootmgr BootCurrent: ...
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I'm trying to install Linux 10.04 so I can use an old piece of hardware (an audio interface), but I'm getting an error, Could not retrieve the required installation files: The audio interface I have ...
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This is not a duplicate of How to install two GNU/Linux in dual boot with one under LUKS and the other not?, since it assumes newly installing both distributions. I have a Linux distribution installed ...
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I'm trying to wipe an old laptop and install Ubuntu on it. I've reset the BIOS to boot from the USB drive first, but it keeps trying (and failing) to start Windows when the USB drive is connected. It ...
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After running in to some problems with my initial attempt to install, I've premade the partitions I want to use, and I want to install Debian using those partitions. One of the problems I had was that ...
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When installing the system with coreos-installer utility, if the image contains an embedded Ignition configuration, after the installation completes, the system will reboot. Question: Is there a way ...
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For many years, I've had home folder ~ correspond to c:\cygwin64\home\User.Name. I recently had a problem that I tried to solve by uninstalling and reinstalling Cygwin. Since I rarely do this, I ...
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For operating system installation images, is there a major difference between DVD and USB images? Can I write an image such as debian-12.11.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso onto a USB and utilize it as I would any ...
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I'm completely new to Linux, and I installed Zorin OS 17.3 using a pen drive. The installation completed normally, but when I restarted my notebook, I got stuck in a loop showing the Dell logo and ...
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I have a quite complex setup of disks containing OSs in my computer: There are two HDD drives containing Windows XP, Windows 7, and a Linux. This all was running well, but I decided to buy an SDD ...
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I try to install kali on a disk where Ubuntu is already installed (on sda). Erase all is ok. When I boot on a usb device, I’ve the blue screen to install kali, and when I click on “graphical ...
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I'm having an unusual struggle in installing Debian on my new N150 board (hardware). The install process runs for about 2 seconds, before stopping at "SATA link down" in advanced mode. Here ...
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I am new to using Linux after deciding to go all in and wipe my laptop drive and clean install Linux Mint on my old laptop which is not supported by Windows 11. The laptop has now given up the ghost, ...
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I am a user of kali linux for ~1 year and I usually boot it on a virtual machine. Now, I recently found my very old Samsung J2 (Android 5.1.1) which is still in mint condition; and I decided to ...
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What would be a good way to know when a Linux computer was installed? Any solution that I can think of would be based on stat -c %y, for eg. stat --format %y /etc/os-release /etc/skel 2022-04-06 12:...
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I have been stuck at this point trying to install Arch. I am new to all of this. I am trying to dual boot with Windows. Earlier today I had archlinux up and running on this computer. I followed a ...
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I have a backup from my home directory which was created under Fedora 40 (which was configured by my previous employer). Now I have a new SSD in my laptop on which I want to use Fedora 41 with the ...
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I have successfully installed the latest version of Virtual Box(VirtualBox-7.1.6-167084-Win) and then installed Kali Linux (kali-linux-2024.4-installer-amd64. On initial installation everything worked ...
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linux newbie here. I'm currently working on google coral SOM with baseboard. (mendal linux) i made some programs for the my job, and I want to put my programs, bash files and setup to other board as ...
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We are facing issues while installing Debian 11 on a Dell PowerEdge R720 server equipped with 11 x 1.2TB disks. We have tried multiple approaches, but we are encountering blocking errors. Server ...
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I used a uSB stick to erase windows in a Geekom pc with blocked access. After that, I wanted to reinstall linux on my laptop, but suddently after installation I realized wifi detection was impossible, ...
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I was busy installing KDE Neon when my laptop locked itself, and now I can't get back into the desktop to finish the installation. I'm stuck at the login screen for the "live session user". ...
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I have to select a location in order to install Debian. 18 locations can be chosen on the first page of the selection. Others are available when selecting other. Which logic determines if a location ...
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I have successfully installed Ubuntu Linux, but when I restarted, the Ubuntu Linux OS was lost and had to be reinstalled. Because when I restart it goes back to the boot menu. When I try to install ...
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Kali linux distribution installer fails repeatedly at various installation steps during expert installation after disk partitioning which is necessary in my case to preserver some prior partitioning ...
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I needed to run a Windows virtual machine in Kali Linux, so I set it up in VirtualBox. The Windows installation had an error, so I shut my machine down and went to bed. The next day I tried to boot it,...
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I'd like to install HoloISO (a Linux distro based on SteamOS) to a USB drive, as a full install. I've read from various sources, including this question, that to install Linux on to a USB drive, you ...
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Using Spiral Linux 12.231120 Budgie, single user desktop, single SSD. On first install, I used Calamares to put my home directory on a separate partition of my SSD (which I named "homepart")....
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I hope I haven't missed anything obvious and if you need more information I can supply it. I'm trying to manually install arch from a live usb to a secondary partition on my laptop. I'm using the most ...
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How can I install Arch Linux on an external SSD (USB) without affecting the Windows 11 bootloader on my internal drive? I want to set up a dual-boot system where: Windows 11 stays intact on the ...
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I got Raspbian running on an old Raspberry Pi 2B to install Debian for the Olimex Lime 2. However, I read this warning on the Debian Wiki[1]: These images are meant for the SD card slot on the device ...
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I am attempting to install a barebones Arch Linux setup alongside my Windows 11 configuration with the Hyprland desktop environment. However, I am encountering persistent errors during the ...
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I've been a Fedora user "since forever" (Red Hat v1.1) but, frustrated by some issues I can't ignore, I am interested in trying both Debian and Ubuntu. Step zero was to download the latest ...
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I am trying to install, for the first time, NetBSD-10.0-amd64 on HP EliteBook 8570w. After choosing "Install BSD" option installer goes to the booting mode and gets interrupted with an error:...
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I have 3 LUKS-encrypted partitions, but I only need to enter decryption password once. I am curious where Anaconda & Blivet have saved the other two passwords. I may need to know that in case I ...
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I just bought a Dell Precision 3540 laptop on Amazon. I am trying to install Ubuntu 22.04 on it. (FYI, I tested my bootable USB stick on my Lenovo IdeaPad 3 and it worked fine so that's not the ...
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I want to install Debian 12 on a new laptop but the keyboard doesn't work on kernel 6.1 due to a bug that was fixed in kernel version 6.4. Is there a way to start the Debian 12 (stable) installer but ...
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I am doing a fresh install of Linux Mint and I want to decrypt my hard drive which was encrypted during a previous installation of Mint so that I can recover some files. I have located the hdd with ...
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I'm currently trying to install Arch Linux on a new disk, but I'm encountering a networking issue that I can't seem to resolve. I'm getting a "Destination Port Unreachable" error when I try ...
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If I have an operational server running RHEL-8.10 on a LAN as 192.168.1.1, is it possible to host a network installation of rhel-8.10-x86_64-dvd.iso downloaded from Redhat which is ~14gb, such that ...
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I install GNU/Linux on old crappy laptops. One of the problems I have again and again is that the laptop does not boot after installation. Maybe it needs a certain setting in BIOS (think UEFI), maybe ...
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I have 2 USB drives, each 32GB. I was trying to install XFCE version of Debian 12 on one of the 32GB USB drives. But I failed, and then Google said for a complete functional Desktop environment to run,...
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I run Arch on my home server and after 2 years of infidelity I want to get back to Debian. I will install it on a new M2 disk, but for comfort reasons I would like to avoid bringing the tower computer ...
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I was trying to install Arch Linux on my home server but SSH cannot connect to host saying: ssh: connect to host 192.168.0.103 port 22: Connection timed out, also SSH cannot resolve archiso.local. I ...
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In setting up Qemu and KVM: I received the following notification.  I have seen several others with this same problem, but I have not been able to find a post with a resolution to implement. $ sudo ...
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I'm a complete noob to Ubuntu and I've been trying to set it up on my Nintendo Switch, but I keep getting the same error that says "Failed to mount rootfs" on boot. I've tried doing the ...
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This is the hardest nut in Linux installation I had in 28 years. It's an Asrock J5005-ITX-Box with a Megatrends-UEFI-Bios I bought preowned. CPU ist Pentium Silver, I use the Onboad Graphics (Intel ...
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The rhel-8.10-x86_64-dvd.iso to install from which is 14GB in size. For a usb device (i.e. disk) that would show up in Linux as /dev/sdb for example, doing a cp rhel-8.10-x86_64-dvd.iso /dev/sdb ...
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I used the Debian 12.5.0 ISO DVD image from the official website and wrote it to a USB flash drive via Rufus. During the "Load installer components from installation media" process got stuck,...
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When I tried to install bliss os it showed the following error: Cannot mount /dev/sda2 Do you want to force format it to ext4 ? This is when I chose the partition for installing bliss os after ...
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