Questions tagged [boot]
Bootloader issues: what happens before the operating system itself starts.
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Arch Linux start script
Hi I was just wondering if this script looks ok I run it after I login thanks. #!/bin/bash echo "hi, starting wifi, nft and desktop" sudo ls sudo systemctl start wpaStart.service sudo nft -...
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How can I automatically set some CPU parameters (via `/sys/devices/system/cpu/...``) when the system boots?
DISTRO: Fedora 41 KDE GOAL: Im trying to automatically set some cpu parameters (per-CPU max frequency, governors, energy policy, etc.) during my boot process. I wrote a script to do this (it lives at /...
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Curiosity: it looks like a second Power-on self test or init (like the BIOS POST does at boot) is happening after the GRUB O.S. selection? What is it?
Glad to a new keyboard and a mouse that have plenty of lights now, I've noticed this: When I turn on my computer the BIOS Power-On Self Test (POST) happens. And I can see that my mouse and keyboard ...
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Can't complete upgrade to Debian13 for plymouth & initramfs-tools due to no disk space left (on /boot?)
The upgrade from Debian 12 with KDE to Debian 13 didn't complete successfully. It seems to be due to disk space problems that the upgrade process still doesn't make sure to avoid or manage. However, ...
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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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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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How can I list the existing runit services?
In sysvinit, we could list /etc/init.d. In systemd, the solution was a systemctl --all. What to do in runit? The sv command can only manage induvidual services, but not list them.
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Does USB storage populate /dev/disk/by-label later than other device classes (and has this changed)
First off this is happening on a Raspberry Pi5, so it MAY be Pi specific but it does not feel like that. I have a system with 3 physical devices: SD card HDD connected via USB NVME connected via USB (...
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Ubuntu won't boot ucsi_acpi error, PPM init failed
Possibly after an update, or an update of the Windows dual-boot partition, my Ubuntu 24.04 won't boot: it shows the waiting circle and "Press ctrl-C to cancel filesystem checks in progress", ...
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Problem mounting btrfs Luks-encrypted Fedora 42 system on Live-USB
Some key facts first about my PC: first SSD with Fedora 42, Kernel 6.15, Luks encrypted, btrfs second SSD with Windows 10 2TB HDD with just storage Bios: Fast Boot is disabled, Windows UEFI mode (not ...
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Dual Boot Linux Mint 22 + Windows 11 REFUSES to work
So me and my friend have been trying to fix this issue for months. We found others with the issue that never got help. I made posts on the Linux Mint discord several times, and no one can figure it ...
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Grub not booting Almalinux9 after motherboard change
I have a PC with almalinux9, which was working fine. Due to an hardware problem the motherboard was changed, and afterwards it could not boot... I entered with chroot from a USB bootable Linux, ...
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Debian 13 - Nvidia Issue on Boot-up
I am keep getting error on my machine: NVRM: mmapAllocWithSecInfo: RMAPI_GPU_LOCK_INTERNAL alloc requested without holding the RMAPI lock My machine details: ThinkPad P14s Gen 4, 32GB Ram, NVIDIA RTX ...
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How to force Linux to load a custom device tree instead of the built-in DTB?
I'm trying to bring up a WWAN modem on a Dell Latitude 7455 laptop running Linux. The modem is connected via PCIe domain 0005, but that PCIe controller is currently disabled in the default device tree....
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Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS Boots in Emergency mode
My OS is Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS. The computer was working fine until while I was using it the screen went black. The disk activity light blinked for awhile. When it stopped blinking for a short time, I ...
