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Ubuntu 24.04 on Thinkpad-E560 doesn't shutdown properly
I recently bought an SSD, Installed ubuntu 24.04 from a bootable pendrive. Following the standard partition schema offered by the installer wizard. Then I noticed that my computer didn't shutdown ...
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Is my SSD dying?
I have a home server that I use for Home Assistant with Ubuntu Server. All was good but someday the server stopped responding. I plugged it into a monitor and it was requiring a manual filesystem ...
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Why wont ubuntu boot from my SSD?
Recently a client of mine requested a unique system. He wanted a secure system with Mac anon, OS encryption and Windows VM and various other programs and applications. I configured the system with ...
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Ubuntu won't load after screen freeze
I was working merrily when my screen froze, after waiting a bit I had to force shutdown my pc using the power button. after trying to boot again I was hit with these messages during boot.
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Migrate an Ubuntu installation to a new Dual Boot?
I want to upgrade the hard drive of my laptop a Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3, it has a 500Gb with a Ubuntu installation that I use to work but I needed more memory, so I bought a 1Tb 2.5 SSD since the ...
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SSD Cannot be Removed
We have a computer with 2 SSD disks in place. They both have Ubuntu installed, but only one is actually used. The one that is used is the second disk that we have installed Ubuntu on, and that disk is ...
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Can't run Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS from external SSD
Spent couple days on reading internet and trying to make it work...
Laptop - HP Probook
Desktop - Asus mb, RTX3080
SSD - M.2 nvme Kingston
Tried to install on laptop:
Try Ubuntu - removed existing ...
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<< exFAT-fs: invalid fs_name >>
I recently bought a Dell computer (G15 5530) that came with one 1TB SSD. I upgrade it, and added a second SSD with 2T.
The 2T SSD was partitioned using ext4 and ntfs. In the ext4 partition, I ...
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SSD emergency mode [duplicate]
I tried to boot after mounting a new SSD.
You are in emergency mode.
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External USB SSD disk fails to mount at boot
I have two external drives attached to my Ubuntu Server 22.04.3. My /etc/fstab includes, among other things, the following two lines for the two drives:
/dev/disk/by-uuid/d7dbea69-0332-4d12-b905-...
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Fedora 38 boot ISO sees my computer's (Firebat A16 laptop) 1TB SSD /dev/sda but Ubuntu 22.04 boot ISO does NOT
Ubuntu Mate 22.04 live USB boots/runs fine - everything works except recognizing my SDD, /dev/sda. It doesn't matter what disk or partition utility I use (all the standard ones on the USB plus I ...
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DMAR Firmware Bug - No firmware reserved region can cover this RMRR - what does this mean?
I recently installed a new mSATA 512GB SSD into a Lenovo ThinkPad X220 i5 - I installed Xubuntu 22.04 onto it successfully, and I can even boot into Xubuntu and it works fine (I'm even writing this ...
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Cannot find boot device
I have installed Ubuntu on my Acer aspire 7750, but when I try to run Ubuntu it says: cannot find boot device. I have checked if my SSD is giving any errors with the smart tools and it says it' s ok. ...
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Error Upgrading HDD to SSD
I am having difficuties installing Ubuntu OS in a new SSD upgraded in an old Dell E6530.
the error would always occur when it says "executing curtin install partinioning step" and start ...
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Windows won’t boot after installing Ubuntu on an external drive while my main drive was removed from the laptop
So as the title suggests, I removed my main drive from the laptop, preventing any Ubuntu installation files from getting there and also data loss. But joke’s on me because I can no longer boot to ...
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Boot from nvme ssd in Jetson Nano periodically fails
I have followed instructions from this link in order to make my Jetson Nano custom board boot from nvme ssd disk.
It is working most of the time. But, sometimes, after reboot the service responsible ...
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Installing Ubuntu 23.10 on my new SSD and setting /home to my HDD without erasing
I'm a linux guy and I'm new to storage splitting between a SSD and an HDD so I need help.
I have to add a new 240GB SSD to a system where is already installade a 512GB HDD.
Can I install a new ubuntu ...
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How can I Dual-Boot 2 internal SSD's (Win/Ubuntu) and have each able to run the other as a VM?
I have a new laptop on the way, it has 1TB SSD *2, 32GB RAM, i9 processor and 4080 GPU.
I want to set up dual boot - win/ubuntu each on their own SSD.
I also want each OS to be able to run the other ...
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ALERT! UUID=XXXX does not exist. Dropping to a shell. Ubuntu installation drive is not being detected
I'm trying to install Ubuntu on my NVMe SSD however it doesn't seem to find the SSD I installed Ubuntu on. I have Windows installed on my 2nd SSD and I'm also very new to Ubuntu. Here are the errors I ...
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Booting from an SSD clone of a hard disk on Ubuntu?
I want to replace my hard drive on a Ubuntu NUC system. Its the only drive and its connected by a USB sata adapter.
I did this once already by just cloning to another hard drive, and the replacement ...
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SSD crashed after Ubuntu 22.04
I was running Ubuntu 22.04 on an external SSD. Everything was going good until, like an idiot, I knocked it off my desk and it unplugged. I'm signed back in to windows now but my computer will not ...
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Best method to install Ubuntu on new ssd for thin client pc?
I have a new ssd for a just acquired dell 5070 thin client I want to run Ubunu on as OS.
In the past I downloaded the Ubuntu image onto my main desktop Windows pc and then used Balena Etcher to flash ...
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Can't boot on clean install Desktop 22.04.3 or 23.04 versions
Have to preface that I'm quite new to Ubuntu and Linux as a whole, so I'm very confused on how to update parameters in the installed files.
In essence I need some ELI5.
I'll take it from the top.
I ...
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20.04 boot & app load time?
I've progressed from 16.04 to 20.04 & I'm happy except boot & app load times have increased with each upgrade. My SW is fully up to date. I have questions:
Would a fresh install of 20.04 ...
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How to fix Ubuntu 22.04 Initramfs booting error , harddrive bad sectors, SSD errors?
I have been using Ubuntu 22.04 in ASUS TUF fx505ge. My laptop is 5 years old.
I have been frequently getting different kinds of "Initramfs errors" and several other errors...
I tried to fix ...
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Why my home partition is 5gb and not showed in df -H nor Gparted?
after experiencing a persistent issue with Ubuntu (black screen after booting) that I was able to bypass sometimes by running the recovery mode or reinstalling Ubuntu from terminal (that was ...
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Unable to install Ubuntu, ACPI Errors
I have a Asus Rog Strix G18 Laptop (2023) with a 4090 RTX.
I installed two SSD SN850X 4TB then I installed Windows 11 and wanted to install Ubuntu (dual boot).
The installation process go smoothly (...
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Installed Ubuntu on a separate ssd from Windows, Windows runs chkdsk at every startup
This might not be the right place to ask this but this has started right after I installed Ubuntu, hence it makes me wonder if the solution might have to do with Ubuntu as well.
Last weekend I set up ...
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Ubuntu boot problem - messed up disk parameters
So the other day, I cloned my Ubuntu and EFI boot partitions to new SSD (I have dualboot, so I cloned it while I was on Windows). Everything went ok, I booted normally. My disks now look like this:
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Unable to boot from cloned drive using DCFLDD
Original system drive is 1TB NVME M.2 SSD. running Ubuntu 22.04.
created an image file using DCFLDD running off a Live USB on said system.
Moved the image file to another system, and restored it ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.2 installation won't boot from SSD - Lenovo X270
I GAVE UP ON THIS ... BUT THE QUESTION (AND ANSWERS) MIGHT HELP SOMEONE ELSE IN FUTURE.
I am trying to install the latest Ubuntu (22.04.2) on a Lenovo X270. SSD died so I bought a new one and wanted ...
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Ubuntu won't boot to desktop after disconnecting and then re-connecting SSD
I think it can still read the disk as the splash screen is there.
This is the output I get:
I looked at journalctl -xb, but didn't know how to interpret that.
Basically default mode isn't working. ...
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Portable SSD entering Emergency Mode
My portable SSD (WD My Passport 500gb) has Ubuntu and GRUB installed. On my own PC, it boots without problems. On any other pc, however it says "You are in emergency mode". I found 2 errors ...
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Is there a way to configure Dual Boot after Windows installation in a separate drive?
Context: I have a notebook which originally had an SSD and an HDD. For very specific reasons, at some point, I had two ubuntus, one in which drive, until recently I changed the HDD for another SSD (in ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS start-up message/check which delays boot
I am having Windows 11 and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS dual boot system. Windows 11 on regular SSD while Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on PCIE NVME SSD.
It's Dell XPS 8930 Desktop(2018) where I have made a lot of upgrades ...
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Lubuntu freezes during login attempts
I’m unable to login to my user account my laptop only has one user and when I try applying the correct password on start up it freezes, the mouse still moves, the clock in the corner of the screen is ...
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Issue Installing Ubuntu 20.04 on Dell Optiplex 7080 - Disks Not Detected
I encountered a problem while attempting to install Ubuntu 20.04 on a Dell Optiplex 7080.
During the installation process, I received an installer error:
installer error
After rebooting the PC, I ...
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I add new ssd for my old laptop is ubuntu when i select erase disk will automatically be installed on it or must do something else i don't want files
I want to install Ubuntu without do anything to my new ssd disk.
Just erase all my data and boot Ubuntu on my ssd, not on my hdd.
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Installing ubuntu on two drives: ssd and hdd
I have a desktop (8 GiB RAM) and installed Ubuntu in the standard way (erase disk and install Ubuntu - nothing else ;-)). But it kept booting in windows... finally - as a newbie - I understand the ...
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How to Uninstall Ubuntu from my Secondary Disk to Install it in my Primary Disk?
The context: recently, I started collaborating on a open-source project whose main application runs in Linux. I have a Notebook with a small SSD (128Gb) and a HD (1Tb) and I have always used Windows. ...
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Moving Ubuntu root to a new SSD which will become the boot device
I have a Dell desktop which I bought used, at which time it was set up to dual boot Windows (on disk 0 - /dev/sda ) and Ubuntu (on disk 1 - /dev/sdb). I nuked the Windows installation and /dev/sda ...
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Ubuntu installation on SSD not booting: possible issue with bootloader or partition?
I am trying to help a friend fix his Ubuntu installation, he has an SSD and an HD. The HD has Ubuntu on it with the boot partition installed together, in one single partition.
On the SSD there is ...
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Dual boot Windows 10 and Ubuntu onto 2 different SSD, with an ESP already present in the system. Ubuntu won't boot
I have an SSD with Windows 10 installed. Some time ago I installed Linux Mint 21-Cinnamon on an SD card and during the installation, I selected the SSD as the device on which to install the boot ...
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Both Windows and Ubuntu not booting up - stuck in "Missing Operating System" and bios
Sorry in advanced - this is going to be long but i really need help.
My problem: My PC is not booting to either Ubuntu or Windows 10 and is stuck showing "Missing Operating system" and going ...
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A newly plugged in SSD causes boot problems on laptop
I am writing to ask about this strange problem which occured on my laptop. It was working perfectly until I yanked a SSD from another computer (which contains an arch linux and was also working ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS boot problem
Today my computer with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS stopped working and goes straight into BIOS. Boot drive is no longer shown in the BIOS and it looks like that GPT partition table information is gone.
I put SSD ...
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Ubuntu live USB install does not detect SSD
I have a Dell Inspiron laptop with a 500GB SSD (no other drives). Windows 10 is installed, and I have shrunk the Windows partition to leave 450 GB unallocated. In BIOS the SATA disk is detected, UEFI ...
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Cannot install or boot Ubuntu on an external SSD
Devices:
LG gram 2022 16
intel core i7
intel iris xe graphics
USB: FAT32
OS: Windows 11
Other info:
Ubuntu ISO: 20.04-desktop-amd64
Rufus: 3.21
I installed ubuntu 22.04 on an external SSD and it ...
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Dying SSD found by LSPCI but not LSBLK - How to mount?
Problem Statement
My SSD is clearly dying, and I want to pull off a few things before an RMA.
Observations
When I boot, the drive is detected as present by UEFI. Booting hangs for about 60s while the ...
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Clean Installation with manual partitioning
I have a PC with a Fusion Drive(128 GB SSD and 1TB HDD). On my PC, /home folder is also in SSD. So my SSD will fill up soon and HDD will stay blank 😞, thus I decided to re-install ubuntu with manual ...
