I f'ing hate windows.
I had a windows machine, moved to linux - but without a hard cut. Yeah.
Now I wanted to add the former windows ssd to the LVM in #linux. Guess.
After rebooting no valid system disk was found. Then I restored the old partition table and my #grub-infested system was replaced by a "windows needs to be repaired" without any hope ...
Well. Thank god I did so many chroots in #Gentoo, I just got everything working again. But the Win-snafu is still around. 
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Well, since it’s already become grub, decided to make it look good
Ich würd gern dieses #grub-theme verwenden. Leider steht hier keine Anleitung dabei. Weiß eins von Euch zufällig, wie ich tun soll?
https://github.com/AlexanderKh/lenovo-thinkpad-efi-grub-theme
I have a relatively new laptop. Recently when rebooting it just went to the GRUB bash-like interface rather than booting.
99 times out of 100 when rebooting the laptop doesn't recognize any USB key is plugged in and goes straight to GRUB recovery. #EFI boot sees the drives EFI files though.
1 in 100 times the whole thing boots just fine from either the drive or USB key.
BIOS hard drive diagnostics says it's fine.
Any ideas how to troubleshoot?
From the Linux Update newsletter: @BruceByfield explores Linux-Assistant, an all-in-one Linux dashboard for setup and administrative tasks
https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Features/Linux-Assistant?utm_source=mlm
#Linux #OpenSource #Debian #Arch #RPM #Flatpack #GRUB #FOSS #security #GNOME #KDE #Cinnamon #Xfce
Burned ISO to USB but get an odd error that the kernel cannot be found. Posted this on their support forums and what follows is just stranger.
https://forums.mageia.org/en/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=15640
#Mangeia #Linux #Foss #OpenSource #Iso #Usb #Grub
I have no idea how anyone is testing Deepin 25.
If you boot off the USB, you get a Grub terminal menu (Grub rescue). It is that broken.
The problem is it is broken on the ISO, so, I don't think you can fix it. -- I really dislike working with Grub, so I'll admit I didn't try.
#Grub #Deepin #Deepin25 #Linux
TL;DR: #GRUB assumes that the file system is valid, and might execute arbitrary code if it isn't.
That is a perfectly valid assumption…or it would be if #Microsoft wasn't still trying to ice-skate uphill by pushing #SecureBoot.
News flash, Microsoft: Secure Boot is only secure if the #BIOS is secure, and I'm sorry to break it to you but that is absolutely hopeless.
#GRUB Bootloader Received 73 Patches To Fix A Variety Of Recent Security Issues.
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GRUB2-73-Patches-Security-2025
Rust lands in GRUB as an experiment—initial i386-pc support and dynamic modules, promising safer system code.
https://linuxiac.com/grub-gets-a-taste-of-rust-with-new-prototype/
GRUB developers are preparing 73 security patches for 2025 — a major cleanup effort tackling old CVEs, long-standing issues, and security debt. Most fixes are already upstream. #SecureBoot users, keep an eye on this.
Details: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GRUB2-73-Patches-Security-2025
#Linux #Grub #grub2 #Security #OpenSource
And I have the first case of incomplete #grub update, due to it's naive use of FAT. The file is truncated and dies on boot with:
Synchronous Exception at 0x0000000000000000
When there are UEFI entries missing for your Linux operating system, you can add them easily with efibootmgr:
As root: efibootmgr -c -d <disk> -p <efi-partition> -L <entry-name> -l <loader-path>
For example: efibootmgr -c -d /dev/nvme0n1 -p 1 -L "debian" -l "\EFI\debian\grubx64.efi"
It will use /dev/nvme0n1p1 and on it the file /boot/EFI/debian/grubx64.efi and add it to the UEFI boot menu. On next restart, the entry should be there.
NOTE: You have to replace "/" with "\" for the loader path.
Arch Linux mit vollständiger Festplattenverschlüsselung
GRUB Bootloader zusammen mit LUKS2 und BTRFS Dateisystem Die Einrichtung von Arch Linux mit vollständiger Festplattenverschlüsselung durch LUKS2 bietet ein hohes Maß an Sicherheit für Benutzerdaten und Systemintegrität. LUKS2 (Linux […]
#arch #btrfs #grub #installation #linux #luks #luks2 #verschlüsselung
https://dirkwouters.de/arch-linux-mit-vollstaendiger-festplattenverschluesselung/
I am THIS close to help debugging this poor system in the DB Lounge.
Now you will ask why I put up a screen cap of Naked.Gun.33.1.3.The.Final.Insult in this thread.
The logic is simple. Because I now have tsc=unstable in my permanent boot options in GRUB, I have achieved playing this 1080p stream on my machine without any hickups of mPlayer!
mPlayer has the gorgeous option of bailing out by itself if you have CPU/GPU/FPU or RAM issues, protecting an unstable machine as my Gigabyte miniPC. Since the switch mPlayer did not have to bail out!
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