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I have Linux both command line linux, and Ubuntu, but my computer is Windows 10 based. Also the hardware is not what it used to be. I.e... No working USB port, No DVD slot (But I do have a Micro SD slot if I can boot it from there) but I was wondering if I can install and boot linux directly in Windows? And I was wondering if Windows 10 would be active still, and if I an switch in between the two? I have never worked with Linux or booted it. How can I boot linux in windows without anything but a micro sd card?
you can not boot linux on windows. you can make Bootable USB and use live linux or use virtual machine like VMWare
Use a virtual machine. They allow you to run multiple operating systems at once, and as long as your machine supports virtualization, they work perfectly for the situation you are describing.
My preferred virtualization software include:
VMWare
and
VirtualBox
From there, download and install the Linux .iso file of your choice to be able to open and switch between operating systems at will. Also, make sure to enable virtualization in your BIOS settings.
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I installed Ubuntu-20.10 on my computer. So now there are two operating systems on my computer, Ubuntu and Windows 10. But I turned on the computer and found that the computer automatically entered the Windows operating system without entering the selection interface of operating system. And there is no Ubuntu startup item on the boot option in the BIOS.
My guess would be the installer didn't make a boot partition. Could be allot of reasons.
Does your bios have UEFI ? some bios will launch a usb installer not from UEFI with can screw up the installer. other times it's just a wrong button pressed.
usually people have the opposite problem. Make sure your bios is up to date and when installing again check the partition summer before you hit install to make sure its making a bootable partition or including it somewhere.
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I have a problem on Oracle VirtualBox : it regularly tells me that I don't have enough space left on device, when updating or installing.
In the VB settings, I have set my Motherboard base memory at 3370MB.
My HD IDE Primary Master has an actual size of 2MB and virtual size of 20GB, and my Optical Drive IDE Secondary Master is 1,46GB.
The Linux distribution is 1.534G.
When I run df -h in the VB, it tells me that the full filesystems are :
/dev/sr0, 1.5G, mounted on /cdrom
/dev/loop0, 1.5G, mounted on /rofs
/cow, 1.7G and 72k available, mounted on /
I am running it from a Windows 7, and the distribution I use inside the box is the latest Linux Mint.
I don't know if this is the relevant information you need, please ask me if you need anything else.
Thank you in advance for your help
Ok, I found the solution. The problem is that if you don't install Mint inside of the virtual machine, the only space available is your memory, so it is used as drive space. The solution was to first boot it via the live CD version, then install it inside of the virtual machine, and then reboot it using the version of Mint you just installed on the virtual hard disk you have in the virtual machine.
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Being Belgian, all laptops come with windowsTM pre-installed. Ingnorantly, I bought on thinking I would be able to install (K)ubuntu. I found out the UEFI is just microsoft's way to prevent you doing this. It stops you booting from USB or CD, it does not allow installing Linux or anything.
I tried the F2/F10 options and settings, I disengaged the security options, disabled secure boot, changed boot order, I tried changing HD with compatible laptop and running OS, tried to bang it against my head, nothing lets me install Linux, it just says:"no bootable device found"
UEFI dual booting Linux and Windows is big tangled mess. I've pulled it off with Ubuntu and Fedora, but after a lot of effort. There are a lot of important variables here. I'm more likely to be able to offer a solution with the following info:
Which media are you using – USB or optical?
How did you create the media? (e.g. Pendrive, Rawwrite, etc.)
Which laptop manufacturer? (This is surprisingly relevant)
Also, it will help us all in the long run if we get more insight into the specific UEFIs and start documenting this issue more thoroughly. UEFIs are embedded software typically written by third-party companies like Insyde. You can find yours by installing a Windows system detailer like Speccy or HWInfo64. See the attached screenshot from Speccy. This info is unlikely to help here and now, but it will help us long-term: I'm looking to create a repository for these UEFI boot issues if someone hasn't done so already.
Try installing Fedora 22. There is a UEFI trampoline to get passed this hurdle. If I had a UEFI machine I'd have tested this answer; it is theoretical at best.
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I am a Windows 7 user and now I want to use linux. However I am beginner for linux. Currently I have linux mint in a usb and load it from there. The problem is, it doesn't save stuff like everytime I have to enter my wifi password, or change the default search to google, etc etc. Now I am thinking of installing ubuntu alongside windows. Now after googling a little I realized that I can do it in 2 ways: Using a windows installer, or Using something called a virtual box. My question is, which option should I choose and why? What is a virtual box anyway? Also, is this the right link? I need the 64 bit version. Shall I choose the first one?
virtual box allows you to run an OS over the one you are currently working in. You must download virtual box for windows those links are for linux,ubuntu etc.. You might wanna use http://dlc.sun.com.edgesuite.net/virtualbox/4.3.6/VirtualBox-4.3.6-91406-Win.exe link instead.
The issue with a virtual machine is that it is running your native OS and another "virtual" OS; as you can imagine, this can be slow. Booting up your virtual OS also takes longer seeing as you functionally need to boot two OSs rather than one.
In terms of dual booting (installing an OS alongside your native OS -- in this case Windows), the resultant OS typically will run faster and won't be bogged down as much. If you have a lot of RAM you might not notice the speed loss though. That being said, it is much easier to install multiple virtual machines than it is to install multiple OSs; your hard drive won't be chaotically partitioned since virtual machines don't need separate partitions.
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I am dual booting on my Lenovo t420 windows and Ubuntu. I am using both Os and find it annoying to switch back and forth...I was wondering if I could have Ubuntu on my Virtual Box and copy my information from the Dual Boot to the windows partition. I have lots of stuff on my Linux, mainly because of eclipse and android stuff.
look at this link:
https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9323
it is possible that this may not work because when an OS is installed, it loads only the files to make it run on your specific machine. the simulated hardware in virtualbox might be too different that what it uses now.(I know this because I tried this with win xp)
If you're running Windows 7, you can use 'Windows Virtual PC', which is built in to Windows 7, to run a Linux OS as virtual machine. See http://answers.oreilly.com/topic/366-how-to-run-linux-under-windows-7s-windows-virtual-pc/ for more info.
I'm T420 with both Ubuntu(12.04 64bit) and Win7 too. Normally I can see Win7 partition be mount to Ubuntu and I can copy data from Ubuntu to Win7.