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  • Boot Repair Tool Likely To Be Added By Default In Ubuntu 14.04

    Updated: Oct 25, 2024
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    With the inclusion of UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) Secure Boot system security in Microsoft's Windows 8, booting Linux based distributions is still a major headache because with UEFI Secure Boot security, the system allows to boot an operating system only after verification of authentication key. However, in almost all new Linux based distros, <a href="https://github.com/mjg59/shim" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">GitHub - mjg59/shim: UEFI shim loader</a> - the project by former Red-hat developer Matthew Garrett is included. This tool creates a signed bootloader that can add keys to it's own database, then the bootloader executes other bootloader signed with that key, allowing to load GRUB & start the Linux distribution. Though many users encounter the problem of not identifying the operating system & thus preventing to boot into any other installed Operating system.

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    (Boot Repair Tool)​

    To solve this, Canonical developers have proposed to include '<a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Boot-Repair - Community Help Wiki</a>' as a default application in an upcoming LTS release. This tool will help users to troubleshoot the post-install GRUB incoming errors. This tool can also be used from Live-USB or Live-Disk to solve the bootloader related problems. It's been estimated that Ubuntu 14.04 will be installed by millions of users for minimum 2 years, out of which many users can experience boot problem. Currently #-Link-Snipped-# within development team & they will decide whether to include Boot Repair Tool by default in Trusty Tahr or not. If you ask me, I think that there's no discussion needed for inclusion of this uber tool because this life saving tool is capable of solving your bootloader errors in just a couple of clicks.

    Image source : <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Boot-Repair - Community Help Wiki</a>
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