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Making a bootable pendrive for custom kernel
I read the tutorials to make a mimalistic custom kernel from here and am able to boot it up as explained in the tutorial over a virtual machine using GRUB as the boot loader.
I think it would be more ...
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How to specify an ISO as the location of root filesystem for GRUB?
I'm trying to understand the Debian "booting from Hard Disk" installation manual.
The process is as follows: I copy a kernel image, a ramdisk initrd and an ISO with installer to the hard drive and ...
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What happened to `vga=ask` etc. in the newer Kernels?
I used to activate framebuffer mode in the "older" kernels with vga=ask, and later setting it to a value, once I've figured out which one works best for me.
Now, this option seems to be gone, the ...
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Linux Mint Debian quits on boot
I just upgraded Linux Mint Debian Edition with the up7 package.
The update manager failed initially (can't remember where...) so I ran sudo apt update, sudo apt dist-upgrade, sudo apt upgrade and ...
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How does Linux load the 'initrd' image?
I've been trying to understand the booting process, but there's just one thing that is going over my head..
As soon as the Linux kernel has been booted and the root file system (/) mounted, ...
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Booting failing in different Debian and Debian derivated distros?
I've tried Ubuntu, Linux Mint and Debian, even though all have worked great for me I'm keeping with Ubuntu, I tested 12.04, 12.10 and even 13.04. The 12.04 LTS is the one I work with.
There's one ...
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What does the “00:00:00” timestamp mean in kern.log?
I'm looking for causes of a particular problem in kern.log. There are many entries with a 00:00:00 timestamp:
Jun 11 00:00:00 mymachine kernel: [ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpusetJun 11 ...
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Excluding kernel modules through /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf does not work
I don't want to load the kernel module nouveau on my debian box at startup, so I put the following in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf:
blacklist ttm
blacklist drm
blacklist nouveau
I even did a ...
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Can kexec be built to a standalone binary, to be used where kexec was not built into the kernel?
I have remote embedded Linux devices I am trying to update to a new kernel without having to physically access. However, the command line options they boot with make one of the MTDs read only - I ...
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*ERROR* timed out waiting for panel to power on
I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 on Asus VX6 (1.8GHz Atom - 2 cores, optimus nVidia ION) with Kernel 3.9.0.
When I start my system I get this error:
[ 15.728106] [drm:intel_enable_lvds] *ERROR* timed out ...
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Booting encrypted root partion fails after system update
I have a problem booting my Debian Linux server. After a system update, GRUB loads the initrd and the system should ask for the password, but it doesn't. Instead, I get dropped to BusyBox. After ...
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Making a recovery partition in embedded Linux
I have an Atmel SAM9X system running Angstrom. I am trying to make a recovery partition so when a user holds a button during boot up the recovery partition boots up.
I have modified the bootstrap so ...
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Unable to install the selected kernel
I have problem with my DVD drive. It's corrupted and when I'm trying to install Ubuntu it stucks (even with the miniISO)
I was able to successfully start the OS from system rescue CD.
I'd like to ...
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How does kernel swapping / INT 13h interrupts work?
I'm looking for a way to learn about and understand this technique. Here's what I'm talking about:
Slax boots, {does stuff, like copy itself to RAM}, then transitions control to the kernel/file ...
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PC BSD 9.1 not loading after initial install
I just tried to install PC-BSD 9.1 on my Alienware m14x-R3 laptop (with Optimus support), and it refuses to boot. It will come to the bootloader screen, but when I attempt to boot, the actual kernel ...
