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How to repair a Windows Boot loader damaged by GParted?
My notebook has two disks (there is a third disk -/dev/sdb - that is cache for the second disk).
Windows 10 is on the second disk (/dev/sdc) (SATA ODD) and was working very well until today.
Ubuntu ...
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Windows Update Not Working with Dual Boot
I have been having dual boot Windows 10 + Ubuntu 20.04 for a few months, and (almost) everything has gone ok, except for one thing: Windows Update does not work anymore.
I'm stuck at version 1809, and ...
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Vagrant in WSL2 unable to run Windows 11 'cmd.exe'
Would appreciate help in using Vagrant and Ansible to spin-up and provision virtual servers managed by Hyper-V on Windows 11. Currently, I have the latest version of Vagrant (2.4.0) installed on both ...
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How to get file sharing (/mnt/c) to work for wsl linux VM running on Window-11
I have successfully got a Linux VM working on my Windows-11. However when I start either Ubuntu or Debian session I get the following error:
WSL2-Linux-Kernel:linux-msft-wsl
and once logger on /mnt/c ...
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Recent trouble connecting to SMB share from Windows client or Ubuntu client
I have an old PC that I use as a server. It mostly is used for serving up Plex and family photos/videos - just three SATA drives attached for storage. The machine runs Ubuntu Server 22.04.2 installed ...
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WSL: Used 'sudo reboot' in ubuntu; now everything is down incl. wsl
I run WSL on win 10, installed ubuntu 20.04 & used 'sudo reboot' in ubuntu command line;
now everything is down incl. wsl
Means, if I type wsl -l -v in windows power shell, not even that works.
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WSL2 Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS not working: WslRegisterDistribution failed with error: 0x80070490
After a windows update, WSL2 stopped working with:
Installing, this may take a few minutes...
WslRegisterDistribution failed with error: 0x80070490
Error: 0x80070490 Element not found.
Press any key ...
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how to silence annoying wsl terminal bell without turning off all windows system sounds
Things I have tried:
added bind 'set bell-style none' to the end of wsl ~/.bashrc
added echo 'set bell-style none' >> /etc/inputrc to the end of /etc/inputrc
after restarting and observing no ...
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GRUB2: Configure multiple Windows and Linux operating systems on single EFI system
I've installed two instances of Windows 11 and one instance of Ubuntu 23.10 on my laptop with a single SSD.
After install my file system looks like this
sudo lsblk -o NAME,FSTYPE,SIZE,MOUNTPOINT,LABEL
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opening local website from another computer in the same network
I have a vm machine V(1.2.3.4) in a host A(5.6.7.8), and a host B(5.6.7.9) in the same network as A wants to open the website in V. That is to open http://configured_address/ from B browser.
I guess ...
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SSH to Server from A YES, from B, NO
SO I have a ubuntu server hosted elsewhere - it is 1 day old and a clean install of ubuntu the firewall is inactive. No failban etc.
I can ssh into it from laptop B - easy.
However laptop A ....
I ...
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RDP windows to Ubuntu: dual monitor possible?
Some older questions here so I'll try again:
I'm using standard Remote Desktop Connection on windows to connect to a Ubuntu instance (through Hyper-V) . Extremely simple setup on the ubuntu -side (...
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How to pass Shift + F10 for installing Windows 11 instead of opening up Microsoft Teams
I'm installing Windows 11 on VMware Workstation.
The following link says:
In Command Prompt, type the OOBE\BYPASSNRO command to bypass network
requirements on Windows 11 and press Enter.
https://...
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Using my OEM windows license in a virtual box image?
I just bought a new PC, I'd like to wipe windows and install Ubunutu, but I'd like to be able to run windows in virtual box. Rather than have to buy a totally new window's licence, is it possible to ...
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How to get my School's Wifi CA Certificate on Windows?
I am trying to connect to my School Wifi on Ubuntu.
The network specializations are:
I can't get the network specifications right now. But I do know it uses WPA-Enterprise, PEAP, MSCHAPv2
I need to ...
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How to count pages in multiple PDF files?
I just received a pdf textbook comprised of some 20 separate pdfs (by chapter) with quasi-regular names. Is there a way for counting the pages in the book without opening each file (or going through ...
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Rsync: backup Windows to Linux (remote)
I have a Linux computer (Ubuntu Server) connected to the net which have rsync installed.
And, I would like to backup a Windows machine (Windows 10) to it, using rsync with a security layer. I heard ...
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Unable to access to internet on ubuntu machine connected to windows machine using Ethernet
I have connected my rasberry pi running Ubuntu 20.04 using Ethernet to my Windows laptop. I have set static IP and subnet mask of Ethernet port on Windows laptop as follows:
I have enabled Internet ...
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Windows WSL 2 can't ping host machine
I just upgraded to Windows WSL 2 today. The problem is I can't ping the host machine.
I got the IP for the host machine from /etc/resolv.conf.
From WSL 2 Ubuntu console:
I can ping 8.8.8.8.
I can ...
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Programs crashing on WIN11 after creating Ubuntu dual boot
I installed Ubuntu on my PC in a dual boot setup with Win 11 (which I have used solo in the past).
I am having issues with programs (steam, chrome, steam games and discord) crashing or not starting ...
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Connecting to Ubuntu using ssh over Ethernet
I have given static IP 192.168.137.20 with net mask 255.255.255.0 to my windows laptop port:
Then I connected my rasberry pi (which runs Ubuntu 20.04) using USB and ran following command to also give ...
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ubuntu wont start, vhdx file or virtual machine issue
I had a functioning verison of ubuntu running on windows 11 (using ubuntu on windows 11 app) but just followed some instructions to attach its vhdx file via disk management (I wanted to see inside). ...
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Windows 10 SSH client: password-less access from ubuntu
I have two machines. first is ubuntu and second is a windows client.
I want to connect to windows form my ubuntu.
I create a ssh-key from my windows without password. I copy windows public key to ~/....
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Unable to edit file in WSL from Windows
I have created ~/fastai/Dockerfile inside Ubuntu running in WSL. I tried to open it in windows notepad. First opened the folder in explorer:
~$ cd fastai/
~/fastai$ explorer.exe .
Then opened ...
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Dell XPS 9570 showing BIOS updates in Ubuntu only (not Windows)
From Windows (11 22H2), neither Dell Update, SupportAssist, nor the Dell Support Website detect any available BIOS updates. The site also only lists a single manual entry, which is for the one that is ...
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How do I share printer from ubuntu 9.10 to windows, to Mac OS X, and to other Ubuntu hosts?
I have a printer installed on an Ubuntu 9.10 desktop, and I wish to share the printer to a windows machine, a Mac OS X machine, and to some other Ubuntu hosts over the network. Two related questions ...
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GRUB Message Encountered Installing Ubuntu 22.04 (from USB) onto a Windows 10 System
I have a problem similar to the one described at:
How to resolve Minimal BASH-Like line editing is supported
I had a fresh install of Windows 10 on a computer (Intel NUC10i7FNHN that I just purchased)....
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Booting Windows from GNU Grub 2.06
UPDATE
I have managed to get into the startup menu with the F1, F2, F9, F10, F11 menu.
I am confused as when I hit F10 for the BIOS setup and then I go to boot options and select the USB and save and ...
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Slow performance using xfreerdp on Ubuntu 16.04
To connect to my virtual machine I use xfreerdp. Unfortunately, I feel too poor performance. For example, the machine has Windows 10, so when minimizing windows, you can see one frame of animation. I ...
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Wireguard tunnel doesn't connect to the internet
I have dual booted my HP OMEN laptop using 2 separate M.2 SSDs, I was on windows and using Wireguard (Tunnel ABC) and left it running and went off to sleep then it shutdown by itself due to low ...
