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bootloader

  1. Alvin777

    Does Linux Mint Use Which Bootloader: Grub 2, Syslinux, Burg (more GUI Grub 2) or rEFInd?

    Hi Mac friends. Linux Mint seems to have the most powerful bootloader able to boot more platforms (from BIOS based, to EFI based to UEFI based computers all in their standard installer), is it using: a) Grub 2 b) Syslinux c) Burg d) rEFInd e) rEFInd Plus f) or another bootloader (what's...
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    Random question-mark boot, after deleting opencore legacy patcher

    Hello guys, I installed opencore legacy patcher on my MBP 2017 13" Intel-based (function keys) a few weeks ago and used Sonoma that way. Everything went smooth, even though it was my first time doing something like that in the macos-roam. I decided to remove opencore legacy patcher and get back...
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    MacBook Pro 2,2 Boot loader shows GRUB. What's that?

    Hi, folks! I have MacBook Pro late 2006 (MACBOOK2,2) 15" 2,16 GHz. I had working Win7x64 installation on it unless I've tried to install Ubuntu into another partition, where Mac OS X 10.5 was located. Ubuntu installer killed my Win7 installation, though partition itself was not damaged. A...
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    Clover efi bootloader attack on 2014 Mac Mini?

    I went away for the Christmas holiday only to return to days later to see that my Mac mini head crashed and on the screen was displayed the boot loader screen for the clover efi. I believe clover is related to running macOS on a hackintosh. I don’t know much more about it than that. My internal...
  5. Irshad.T

    Boot loader problem - Windows partition

    I was trying to delete windows 10 from macbook pro mid 15 macOS Mojave 10.14.1. I couldnt delete the partition as it was Windows NFTS and it was greyd out. So i choose something from the list gave non space to bootcamp windows in diskutility app and it automatically deleted bootcamp partition...
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    Windows 10 on 2010 15" Macbook Pro

    Hi all! I've recently been given my sisters Macbook Pro (mid 2010) 15" model as she's upgraded to a new Macbook Air for UNI. The macbook was in a bit of a sorry sight with no working trackpad, HDD was incredibly slow and charger didn't work. I've spent a while on it and since replaced the HDD...