Questions tagged [bootable]
This tag covers questions/posts pertaining to creating/using/configuring/troubleshooting "bootable" media as well as system files and options related to loading/accessing/entering system distributions, operating systems in the context of their current and intended usage environment.
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Cannot recreate an Ubuntu ISO that is bootable
I am trying to create a bootable ISO for a customised Ubuntu. The ISO I create is not bootable (it won't boot in VirtualBox). To debug I am not modifying Ubuntu, just trying to recreate a bootable ISO ...
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tails-os is not flashing into a usb
I am trying to create bootable live tails usb. I downloaded tails-amd64-6.10.img from here. I verified the download: I used balena etcher and got this error: Since it did not work, I also downloaded ...
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how to make drive bootable
I have an old Debian system whose hard drive failed. I connected the drive to a working system and pulled all the data off of the root partition using dd. It looks to me like all the data is fine, so ...
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How do I burn a debian distribution ISO into a bootable disk using Fedora's command-line tools?
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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creating a bootable USB drive with a single partition
I want to install Debian in dual boot with Windows, for this I created a bootable USB key under Linux Lite (Ubuntu based distro), with the #dd command. The command I used is: dd if=image.iso of=/dev/...
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Tails not booting using USB - stuck at systemd-journald.service/start
I downloaded the official tails 6.6 image file here. And followed all the steps mentioned and made my bootable usb drive. But when I booted it on my laptop it did not boot for hours. I checked the log ...
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LFS booting EFI in macbook pro 2014
I am trying to build linux from scratch (LFS) as an educational project using the main LFS book version 12.1, however, whene i reach the bottable chapter, i found that i have to boot my LFS using EFI ...
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How is it possible to create bootable USB purely by using dd command and .iso file?
To my understanding, BIOS should boot from USB the same way as it does from HDD. On the contrary, bootable CD/DVD must comply to El Torito specification which is some add-on to ISO 9660 filesystem ...
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creating a bootable usb with GPT partition scheme to make use of linux .iso
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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Access files from bootable ssd on another machine
I have a raspberry pi (3b), which runs Ubuntu Server on an ssd enclosed in a usb case. A couple days ago it just stopped working (i.e. I get the red led lit up, but can't see terminal when I connect ...
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add partition and data onto usb stick already having bootable iso9660
I have a usb stick (actually a disk) and it is 5TB in size. I do a cp rhel-8.10-x86_64-dvd.iso /dev/sde to it and it then works to boot from and install Redhat Linux. What I would like to do is copy ...
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Cloned Linux disk seems to be unusable
I am trying to create a fully functional clone of my Linux system's hard drive - meaning I would be able to replace the original hard drive with a clone, boot from it and continue using it. I have ...
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Why won't Ventoy boot from a flash drive
I recently bought a used Laptop, which had a German xUbuntu installation. I am vaguely familiar with xUbuntu. Because it was in German I wasn't able to find my way around and decided to just plug in ...
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Pop OS with a deduplication filesystem
I'm moving a friend development machine to Linux (PopOS), permanently. Don't worry guys, he dualbooted and he's ready for the tux. The problem is his drive. It's a 256GB SSD, and he is moving from a ...
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Can't boot into linux on USB
I recently got a new laptop (Acer Aspire A515-48M) and I can't get it to boot linux. I burnt Ubuntu 22.04 on a USB pen drive with rufus (GPT partition scheme, FAT32 FS). In the BIOS, I disabled ...
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