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Multiboot is a process where multiple Operating Systems are installed on a single system.

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How to Make grub multiboot menu come up only when booting from specific MBR hard drive

Sorry if this is an amateur question. I had an old PC of mine with a 320GB SATA hard disk (lets call it 'sdb') which had a working Windows 7 installation. Now, i have a laptop which also has a 320GB ...
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Failing to Multiboot OpenBSD - stuck at partitions and Linux GRUB

I am trying my hand at learning multibooting, so far my target PC has Antix-Linux ext4 on one partition, FreeBSD UFS on another, ExFat common data on a 3rd, Target PC has been partitioned with GPARTED ...
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How should I approach multibooting Windows 11, Fedora 41, and openSUSE Tumbleweed?

Ubuntu (specifically Kubuntu) 24.04 was my first introduction to the Linux world. I stuck with it for a couple of months trying to learn the basic ins and outs of Linux and get comfortable with it, ...
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Best disk configuration when multibooting

Basic Structure I have 2 SSDs in my laptop, one 256gb and 512gb. The configuration I want is to keep my data on 512gb and OS(es) on 256gb (multiple distros hopefully). My question is about how to best ...
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SSD Multi-Boot Grub Trouble

I have 3 Linux-Distros installed on a SSD (Ubuntu, Parrot, Kali). There are all separated from each other, meaning they don't share a /home partition or anything like that. I also have no swap ...
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Reboot into new OS image Remotely

I have a few old rpi 3b+ still running stretch which i would like to upgrade to either bullseye or buster. They are all remote and i access them via AnyDesk or reverse ssh tunnels as a backup. I have ...
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How to directly boot on GRUB installed on a specific partition instead of "bios_grub" partition?

Here are the partitions of my SSD: $sudo parted -l Model: ATA SanDisk SDSSDA-1 (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: gpt Disk Flags: Number Start ...
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Hide entries in grub menu when device is unavailable?

I have several menuentries in my grub2 menu, some of which point to removable devices (Ventoy, Windows, etc). Is there any way to configure grub to automatically and temporarily hide (or grey out, or ...
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Multi-boot Linux-mate with Windows 7, 10 & 11

I have a mini-XTA box 64b Intel with UEFI disabled. It has been running Mate, W7 & W10 for some time just fine. Mate and W7 are on one SSD and W10 is on a second SSD. GRUB finds and starts these 3 ...
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How to figure out the necessary boot parameters to boot an iso file from a multiboot usb driver?

This is my first posting here and I would like to have asked a general question, namely "Is there a general procedure to deduce the boot parameters necessary to boot from an iso file on an usb ...
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GRUB2 - Booting ISO from USB-Drive gives ERROR - KDE neon, ArchLinux, Windows 10 - MuliBoot

I am trying to set up a multiboot ISO USB-Drive and I get error messages when I start the ISO file. As I see it, the loopback device is executed properly, otherwise no iso would start. However, the ...
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How to make a common /boot partition for multiple linux distros?

I'm trying to multiboot windows along with two linux distros namely Parrot OS Electro Ara and Ubuntu 20.04 and grub and bootloader was initially installed by Parrot OS. So to not interfere that I ...
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Windows partition not seen

I have a pc which was running Windows 10 and I wanted to create another partition and dual boot Pop-OS. I followed instructions to create a bootable USB drive and use Gparted to make a new partition. ...
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Adding a working boot option to get to my pacstrap/chroot install on a luks partition

I know there are are a lot of questions like this but the examples I have found differ enough to confuse me, I'm hoping someone can help clarify this for me. To briefly explain my setup. I have a ...
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Triple boot with systemd-boot: How to boot Windows 10 and 11 directly without Windows boot manager?

I recently installed Windows 11 on my home PC in addition to Arch Linux but my wife isn't ready to switch until after her exams, so we keep Windows 10 around for now, leading to a very convoluted ...
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