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Created 10 months ago, edited 10 months ago.
Status changed 7 months ago
Boot-repair in the live cd
Status changed 7 months ago
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| 1 month ago |
 MightyManfred |
I've installed Mint 13 on my Gateway netbook. Mint ran fine from the USB, but since installing along side Win 7 Starter on the HDD, I get no boot option. The PC always goes straight to Windoze. I've run the Boot-Repair tool and that changed nothing. I had installed JoliCloud and it did give me the dual boot menu. Any ideas? |
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| 1 month ago |
kipyegonchep |
Any steps to repairing kernel errors in live cd. | |
| 6 months ago |
Brucey99 |
+1, I have needed this many times | |
| 7 months ago |
 heiowge |
Fantastic idea. | |
| 8 months ago |
 lubor87 |
Great idea, I needed this feature a few times... | |
| 8 months ago |
stevef |
Great suggestion. Put this in the live CD/DVD with a menu option. | |
| 8 months ago |
 Tonya |
A very good idea! Promoted! | |
| 8 months ago |
 sunewbie |
Boot-repair will soon be available in repos. The site is not saying that it will be installed by default. Yannubuntu also has Hybride OS which has boot-repair, grub customizer installed by default. If I remember correctly, there is one version Ubuntu-Secure-Remix (link is provided on boot-repair page) , which has following functionalities. Functionalities same functionalities as the normal Ubuntu 12.04 LTS CD, but also : automatically backup of the MBRs when installing Ubuntu (Clean-Ubiquity), which is highly recommended for dual-boot Ubuntu-Windows (or MacOS) integrates OS-Uninstaller (tool to uninstall any Operating System from your PC) integrates Boot-Repair (tool to repair the PC boot) Boot-Repair and OS-Uninstaller can be run from the Dash (the top-left Ubuntu logo). |
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| 8 months ago |
sunewbie |
I also did same mistake. Everytime I install a distro, I install GRUB in sda. I also have Ubuntu / Xubuntu. Whenever the kernel is updated (major or minor upgradation), grub-pc is reconfigured and Grub.cfg is re-created Better would be to install only one grub in sda and all other grubs in sda'y' i.e. sda5, sda6, i.e. same / (root) partition where the OS is installed. So you will need to only update or reconfigure grub-pc of only one distro. Mint does not update kernel, so it's Grub stays for long time, except it's overwritten by another grub of another distro or grub is updated to latest version. |
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| 8 months ago |
 dmwsdq |
even ubuntu will include boot-repair in their live cd in the near future, according to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair i think it should be included in the future release of Linux Mint as well. I've lost my GRUB after installing Fedora (Fedora's GRUB replaced Mint's GRUB). |
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| 9 months ago |
 ruler |
i encounter this problem. and yes, i agree 100%. plus make the disk can repair the installation just like a normal windows disk. more info on boot-repair here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair |
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| 10 months ago |
Oamey |
I have run into various problems with boot over the years and some sort of built in repair tool would certainly be very useful. +1 | |
| 10 months ago |
 jose_manuel |
Excellent Idea !!!! I Promoting this Idea.- | |
| 10 months ago |
 michelsaey |
A very good idea. You never know when you need this app. | |
| 10 months ago |
 crismblog |
A good idea that I promote. | |
| 10 months ago |
sunewbie |
Hi, there is boot repair, grub doctor from yannubuntu. Secure Ununtu / hybride OS also has this. |
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| 10 months ago |
 ecellingsworth |
I can see where this would be useful (I've made the same mistake in the past) but I think the live cd has enough functionality to address the problem already, even if it means installing packages temporarily after booting, such as the one you mention. I'm voting neutral on this. |