How can I boot an Ubuntu 18 live USB from GRUB? [closed]
I have Ubuntu 18 and Windows 10 installed in dual boot on my machine.
I now have to do some tuning on the disk partitions and wanted to do it with the gparted available directly on the Ubuntu live USB.
The problem is that I cannot manage to get the USB booting.
I unfortunately do not have access to the BIOS. Before I installed Windows, GRUB was directly booting the USB when I typed exit on the grub> command line which is how I could install it, but now when I do exit at the GRUB command line it boots directly to Windows 10.
How can I boot to the live USB from GRUB?
I tried the solution posted in How to change boot order in grub2 to include bootable USB? and also mentioned in this blog post and it did not work.
To give more information:
it is a UEFI boot
here are the information about the USB I get usinglsblk -o name,mountpoint,label,size,uuid
NAME MOUNTPOINT LABEL SIZE UUID
sdb 7.2G
└─sdb1 /media/rayan/UBUNTU 18_0 UBUNTU 18_0 7.2G 466D-342D
boot dual-boot grub2 uefi live-usb
asked Dec 29 '18 at 12:23
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closed as off-topic by Fabby, guiverc, Eric Carvalho, vidarlo, George Udosen Jan 2 at 6:00
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I have Ubuntu 18 and Windows 10 installed in dual boot on my machine.
I now have to do some tuning on the disk partitions and wanted to do it with the gparted available directly on the Ubuntu live USB.
The problem is that I cannot manage to get the USB booting.
I unfortunately do not have access to the BIOS. Before I installed Windows, GRUB was directly booting the USB when I typed exit on the grub> command line which is how I could install it, but now when I do exit at the GRUB command line it boots directly to Windows 10.
How can I boot to the live USB from GRUB?
I tried the solution posted in How to change boot order in grub2 to include bootable USB? and also mentioned in this blog post and it did not work.
To give more information:
it is a UEFI boot
here are the information about the USB I get usinglsblk -o name,mountpoint,label,size,uuid
NAME MOUNTPOINT LABEL SIZE UUID
sdb 7.2G
└─sdb1 /media/rayan/UBUNTU 18_0 UBUNTU 18_0 7.2G 466D-342D
boot dual-boot grub2 uefi live-usb
asked Dec 29 '18 at 12:23
user3544665user3544665
314
closed as off-topic by Fabby, guiverc, Eric Carvalho, vidarlo, George Udosen Jan 2 at 6:00
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "This is not about Ubuntu. Questions about other Linux distributions can be asked on Unix & Linux, those about Windows on Super User, those about Apple products on Ask Different and generic programming questions on Stack Overflow." – Fabby, guiverc, Eric Carvalho
If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
2
Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! :-) Unfortunately, the boot process before Ubuntu is run is a feature of the BIOS / UEFI firmware, so you need to get that sorted first as those questions are off-topic here, but on-topic over at superuser.com, a sister site to Ask Ubuntu.
– Fabby
Dec 29 '18 at 12:27
1
Try configfile entry here, example uses your label, so make sure it has a label. askubuntu.com/questions/344125/… Or use a chain type entry to /EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi. Assumes newer UEFI boot, not old BIOS boot.
– oldfred
Dec 29 '18 at 15:02
@oldfred I think I tried this too. But did not try with a chain type. It is a UEFI boot btw. What would be the difference for a chain type entry?
– user3544665
Dec 30 '18 at 5:58
2
Possible duplicate of How to add a GRUB2 menu entry for booting installed Ubuntu on a USB drive?
– Pablo Bianchi
Dec 30 '18 at 6:17
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I have Ubuntu 18 and Windows 10 installed in dual boot on my machine.
I now have to do some tuning on the disk partitions and wanted to do it with the gparted available directly on the Ubuntu live USB.
The problem is that I cannot manage to get the USB booting.
I unfortunately do not have access to the BIOS. Before I installed Windows, GRUB was directly booting the USB when I typed exit on the grub> command line which is how I could install it, but now when I do exit at the GRUB command line it boots directly to Windows 10.
How can I boot to the live USB from GRUB?
I tried the solution posted in How to change boot order in grub2 to include bootable USB? and also mentioned in this blog post and it did not work.
To give more information:
it is a UEFI boot
here are the information about the USB I get usinglsblk -o name,mountpoint,label,size,uuid
NAME MOUNTPOINT LABEL SIZE UUID
sdb 7.2G
└─sdb1 /media/rayan/UBUNTU 18_0 UBUNTU 18_0 7.2G 466D-342D
boot dual-boot grub2 uefi live-usb
asked Dec 29 '18 at 12:23
user3544665user3544665
314
I have Ubuntu 18 and Windows 10 installed in dual boot on my machine.
I now have to do some tuning on the disk partitions and wanted to do it with the gparted available directly on the Ubuntu live USB.
The problem is that I cannot manage to get the USB booting.
I unfortunately do not have access to the BIOS. Before I installed Windows, GRUB was directly booting the USB when I typed exit on the grub> command line which is how I could install it, but now when I do exit at the GRUB command line it boots directly to Windows 10.
How can I boot to the live USB from GRUB?
I tried the solution posted in How to change boot order in grub2 to include bootable USB? and also mentioned in this blog post and it did not work.
To give more information:
it is a UEFI boot
here are the information about the USB I get usinglsblk -o name,mountpoint,label,size,uuid
NAME MOUNTPOINT LABEL SIZE UUID
sdb 7.2G
└─sdb1 /media/rayan/UBUNTU 18_0 UBUNTU 18_0 7.2G 466D-342D
boot dual-boot grub2 uefi live-usb
boot dual-boot grub2 uefi live-usb
asked Dec 29 '18 at 12:23
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314
asked Dec 29 '18 at 12:23
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314
edited Dec 30 '18 at 6:02
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asked Dec 29 '18 at 12:23
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asked Dec 29 '18 at 12:23
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asked Dec 29 '18 at 12:23
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closed as off-topic by Fabby, guiverc, Eric Carvalho, vidarlo, George Udosen Jan 2 at 6:00
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "This is not about Ubuntu. Questions about other Linux distributions can be asked on Unix & Linux, those about Windows on Super User, those about Apple products on Ask Different and generic programming questions on Stack Overflow." – Fabby, guiverc, Eric Carvalho
If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
closed as off-topic by Fabby, guiverc, Eric Carvalho, vidarlo, George Udosen Jan 2 at 6:00
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "This is not about Ubuntu. Questions about other Linux distributions can be asked on Unix & Linux, those about Windows on Super User, those about Apple products on Ask Different and generic programming questions on Stack Overflow." – Fabby, guiverc, Eric Carvalho
If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
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Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! :-) Unfortunately, the boot process before Ubuntu is run is a feature of the BIOS / UEFI firmware, so you need to get that sorted first as those questions are off-topic here, but on-topic over at superuser.com, a sister site to Ask Ubuntu.
– Fabby
Dec 29 '18 at 12:27
1
Try configfile entry here, example uses your label, so make sure it has a label. askubuntu.com/questions/344125/… Or use a chain type entry to /EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi. Assumes newer UEFI boot, not old BIOS boot.
– oldfred
Dec 29 '18 at 15:02
@oldfred I think I tried this too. But did not try with a chain type. It is a UEFI boot btw. What would be the difference for a chain type entry?
– user3544665
Dec 30 '18 at 5:58
2
Possible duplicate of How to add a GRUB2 menu entry for booting installed Ubuntu on a USB drive?
– Pablo Bianchi
Dec 30 '18 at 6:17
add a comment |
2
Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! :-) Unfortunately, the boot process before Ubuntu is run is a feature of the BIOS / UEFI firmware, so you need to get that sorted first as those questions are off-topic here, but on-topic over at superuser.com, a sister site to Ask Ubuntu.
– Fabby
Dec 29 '18 at 12:27
1
Try configfile entry here, example uses your label, so make sure it has a label. askubuntu.com/questions/344125/… Or use a chain type entry to /EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi. Assumes newer UEFI boot, not old BIOS boot.
– oldfred
Dec 29 '18 at 15:02
@oldfred I think I tried this too. But did not try with a chain type. It is a UEFI boot btw. What would be the difference for a chain type entry?
– user3544665
Dec 30 '18 at 5:58
2
Possible duplicate of How to add a GRUB2 menu entry for booting installed Ubuntu on a USB drive?
– Pablo Bianchi
Dec 30 '18 at 6:17
2
2
Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! :-) Unfortunately, the boot process before Ubuntu is run is a feature of the BIOS / UEFI firmware, so you need to get that sorted first as those questions are off-topic here, but on-topic over at superuser.com, a sister site to Ask Ubuntu.
– Fabby
Dec 29 '18 at 12:27
Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! :-) Unfortunately, the boot process before Ubuntu is run is a feature of the BIOS / UEFI firmware, so you need to get that sorted first as those questions are off-topic here, but on-topic over at superuser.com, a sister site to Ask Ubuntu.
– Fabby
Dec 29 '18 at 12:27
1
1
Try configfile entry here, example uses your label, so make sure it has a label. askubuntu.com/questions/344125/… Or use a chain type entry to /EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi. Assumes newer UEFI boot, not old BIOS boot.
– oldfred
Dec 29 '18 at 15:02
Try configfile entry here, example uses your label, so make sure it has a label. askubuntu.com/questions/344125/… Or use a chain type entry to /EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi. Assumes newer UEFI boot, not old BIOS boot.
– oldfred
Dec 29 '18 at 15:02
@oldfred I think I tried this too. But did not try with a chain type. It is a UEFI boot btw. What would be the difference for a chain type entry?
– user3544665
Dec 30 '18 at 5:58
@oldfred I think I tried this too. But did not try with a chain type. It is a UEFI boot btw. What would be the difference for a chain type entry?
– user3544665
Dec 30 '18 at 5:58
2
2
Possible duplicate of How to add a GRUB2 menu entry for booting installed Ubuntu on a USB drive?
– Pablo Bianchi
Dec 30 '18 at 6:17
Possible duplicate of How to add a GRUB2 menu entry for booting installed Ubuntu on a USB drive?
– Pablo Bianchi
Dec 30 '18 at 6:17
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Thanks to @oldfred I found a solution by using this one
I had to modify it for my case like this:
menuentry "Ubuntu 18 live" {
search --set=root --label "UBUNTU 18_0"
configfile /boot/grub/grub.cfg
}
and it worked perfectly
answered Dec 30 '18 at 6:09
user3544665user3544665
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Booting Full Install Flash Drive from Internal Grub
What works for me is to:
Boot the computer from the internal drive.
Plug in the Full install USB drive.
Open Terminal and run:
sudo update grub
Next boot, Ubuntu from the USB drive, should appear as a grub option.
Note:
Running update-grub automatically adds the new menuentry(s) to 30_os-prober.
The menuentry(s) can be cut and pasted to 40_custom if desired.
answered Dec 30 '18 at 9:21
C.S.CameronC.S.Cameron
4,4691928
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2 Answers
2
active
oldest
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2 Answers
2
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
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active
oldest
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Thanks to @oldfred I found a solution by using this one
I had to modify it for my case like this:
menuentry "Ubuntu 18 live" {
search --set=root --label "UBUNTU 18_0"
configfile /boot/grub/grub.cfg
}
and it worked perfectly
answered Dec 30 '18 at 6:09
user3544665user3544665
314
add a comment |
Thanks to @oldfred I found a solution by using this one
I had to modify it for my case like this:
menuentry "Ubuntu 18 live" {
search --set=root --label "UBUNTU 18_0"
configfile /boot/grub/grub.cfg
}
and it worked perfectly
answered Dec 30 '18 at 6:09
user3544665user3544665
314
add a comment |
Thanks to @oldfred I found a solution by using this one
I had to modify it for my case like this:
menuentry "Ubuntu 18 live" {
search --set=root --label "UBUNTU 18_0"
configfile /boot/grub/grub.cfg
}
and it worked perfectly
answered Dec 30 '18 at 6:09
user3544665user3544665
314
Thanks to @oldfred I found a solution by using this one
I had to modify it for my case like this:
menuentry "Ubuntu 18 live" {
search --set=root --label "UBUNTU 18_0"
configfile /boot/grub/grub.cfg
}
and it worked perfectly
answered Dec 30 '18 at 6:09
user3544665user3544665
314
answered Dec 30 '18 at 6:09
user3544665user3544665
314
answered Dec 30 '18 at 6:09
user3544665user3544665
314
answered Dec 30 '18 at 6:09
user3544665user3544665
314
314
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add a comment |
Booting Full Install Flash Drive from Internal Grub
What works for me is to:
Boot the computer from the internal drive.
Plug in the Full install USB drive.
Open Terminal and run:
sudo update grub
Next boot, Ubuntu from the USB drive, should appear as a grub option.
Note:
Running update-grub automatically adds the new menuentry(s) to 30_os-prober.
The menuentry(s) can be cut and pasted to 40_custom if desired.
answered Dec 30 '18 at 9:21
C.S.CameronC.S.Cameron
4,4691928
add a comment |
Booting Full Install Flash Drive from Internal Grub
What works for me is to:
Boot the computer from the internal drive.
Plug in the Full install USB drive.
Open Terminal and run:
sudo update grub
Next boot, Ubuntu from the USB drive, should appear as a grub option.
Note:
Running update-grub automatically adds the new menuentry(s) to 30_os-prober.
The menuentry(s) can be cut and pasted to 40_custom if desired.
answered Dec 30 '18 at 9:21
C.S.CameronC.S.Cameron
4,4691928
add a comment |
Booting Full Install Flash Drive from Internal Grub
What works for me is to:
Boot the computer from the internal drive.
Plug in the Full install USB drive.
Open Terminal and run:
sudo update grub
Next boot, Ubuntu from the USB drive, should appear as a grub option.
Note:
Running update-grub automatically adds the new menuentry(s) to 30_os-prober.
The menuentry(s) can be cut and pasted to 40_custom if desired.
answered Dec 30 '18 at 9:21
C.S.CameronC.S.Cameron
4,4691928
Booting Full Install Flash Drive from Internal Grub
What works for me is to:
Boot the computer from the internal drive.
Plug in the Full install USB drive.
Open Terminal and run:
sudo update grub
Next boot, Ubuntu from the USB drive, should appear as a grub option.
Note:
Running update-grub automatically adds the new menuentry(s) to 30_os-prober.
The menuentry(s) can be cut and pasted to 40_custom if desired.
answered Dec 30 '18 at 9:21
C.S.CameronC.S.Cameron
4,4691928
edited Dec 30 '18 at 11:09
answered Dec 30 '18 at 9:21
C.S.CameronC.S.Cameron
4,4691928
answered Dec 30 '18 at 9:21
C.S.CameronC.S.Cameron
4,4691928
answered Dec 30 '18 at 9:21
C.S.CameronC.S.Cameron
4,4691928
4,4691928
add a comment |
add a comment |
2
Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! :-) Unfortunately, the boot process before Ubuntu is run is a feature of the BIOS / UEFI firmware, so you need to get that sorted first as those questions are off-topic here, but on-topic over at superuser.com, a sister site to Ask Ubuntu.
– Fabby
Dec 29 '18 at 12:27
1
Try configfile entry here, example uses your label, so make sure it has a label. askubuntu.com/questions/344125/… Or use a chain type entry to /EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi. Assumes newer UEFI boot, not old BIOS boot.
– oldfred
Dec 29 '18 at 15:02
@oldfred I think I tried this too. But did not try with a chain type. It is a UEFI boot btw. What would be the difference for a chain type entry?
– user3544665
Dec 30 '18 at 5:58
2
Possible duplicate of How to add a GRUB2 menu entry for booting installed Ubuntu on a USB drive?
– Pablo Bianchi
Dec 30 '18 at 6:17