Can't get past the mint loading screen after grub menu | Linux Mint Community🍵 | Page 1

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 12:22 AM

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I was downloading stuff and decided to restart the computer. However, it won't get past the mint loading screen.

Context:
Earlier today I was using gparted to orgazine my partitions(moved stuff to the left to combine 2 partitions) I don't know if that's relevant because everything seemed fine after finishing. Not the first time restarting the computer after that. Other than that I setup an audiorelay server. Something that happenned the last time the computer was on was that the firewall was not openning(tried tweaking the options because the firewall was likely blocking me from using audiorelay's server.
I booted live from an usb and it went through normally.
The things I was downloading were a couple games from epic, steam and GOG.
I also performed a security update that the OS suggested.
The disk is dual booted and windows 10 boots normally.

The situation is:
When turning on the pc it goes through to the grub screen, if mint cinnamon is selected it shows the loading screen you get before login and it stays black till a hard reset is done.

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 12:30 AM

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heya

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boot to live desktop

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 12:32 AM

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Right

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 12:33 AM

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have to comb over what u did with the linux disk

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 12:33 AM

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Right

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 12:35 AM

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open disks app

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show the disk, click the linux partition, then play button

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 12:38 AM

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Done

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What should I look for?

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 12:39 AM

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show a ss

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of the full window

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 12:39 AM

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hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 12:40 AM

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take pics in landscape orientation please

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and full window

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 12:40 AM

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hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 12:41 AM

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ty

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what is in p5?

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I KNOW it's not linux

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 12:43 AM

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That's weird

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Sorry if I gave the wrong impression

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But I named it that way to know which partition to choose when I was installing mint

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I was confident that I've chosen this one

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 12:45 AM

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cant be, it's NTFS

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 12:46 AM

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Partition 6 is Ext4 and p2 is FAT32

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 12:46 AM

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check in file manager now what is in the device named "LINUX MINT"

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 12:47 AM

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I feel that more stuff was in there earlier

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 12:49 AM

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hollow cairn

Go back to disks app, click p5, click gear icon. click 'edit filesystem'

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label it 37G_SPARE

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 12:50 AM

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hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 12:52 AM

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nvm, set that 37 GB label using Windows AFTER SCANNING THE DRIVE WITH CHKDSK

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Click last partition

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click play button

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show

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 12:52 AM

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hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 12:53 AM

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hasty mist nvm, set that 37 GB label using Windows **AFTER SCANNING THE DRIVE WITH CHKDSK**

That is something I would do later, right?

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 12:55 AM

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yes later

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 12:56 AM

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Cool

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 12:56 AM

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disks app, click p6, click gear icon. click 'edit filesystem'
label it MINT_900G

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 12:57 AM

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Done

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 12:57 AM

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then open it in file manager, check it is there, home folder etc

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 12:58 AM

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Everything seems normal

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 1:00 AM

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Go back to disks app, click p2, click gear icon. click 'edit filesystem'
label it EFI
then show pic

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 1:00 AM

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hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 1:03 AM

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great, notice the UUID for it, and also for p6

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now open terminal,

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 1:04 AM

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Terminal is up

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 1:05 AM

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did u click play on p6 in DISKS?

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also for p2

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make sure they mount

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 1:05 AM

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Both mounted

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 1:06 AM

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ok in terminal, do cd /

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Then cd /media/mint/MINT_900G

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 1:07 AM

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I don't know why but / with Alt+Q is not working

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 1:07 AM

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figure it out

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or use onscreen keyboard

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 1:07 AM

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I'm using Virtual keyboard

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Yeah

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hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 1:09 AM

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hit up arrow, erase the :

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 1:10 AM

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The ":"?

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 1:10 AM

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mhm

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 1:11 AM

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hasty mist Then `cd /media/mint/MINT_900G`

must be exact

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 1:13 AM

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Is it correct? It looks the same as the other one

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hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 1:15 AM

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u sure u mounted? check file manager

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 1:15 AM

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hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 1:16 AM

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go in mint 900 there, right click the blank area near the files, and choose open terminal here. not with root nemo. idk why u opened root nemo

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 1:17 AM

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hasty mist go in mint 900 there, right click the blank area near the files, and choose open...

Oh right

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 1:17 AM

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anyway do sudo fsck /dev/sda6

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need filesys check

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do same for sda2

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finished @hollow cairn ?

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 1:22 AM

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Almost there

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hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 1:23 AM

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hasty mist go in mint 900 there, right click the blank area near the files, and choose open...

then do this using normal filemanager. call me when at the terminal logged to that drive

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 1:24 AM

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hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 1:24 AM

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1

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 1:25 AM

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hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 1:25 AM

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unmount MINT 900 from either disks or filemanage

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 1:25 AM

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hasty mist anyway do `sudo fsck /dev/sda6`

then repeat

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 1:26 AM

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Unmounted

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It mounted again, is that normal?

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hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 1:28 AM

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do cd /

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unmount the 900G

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in DISKS app

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 1:29 AM

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Done

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 1:29 AM

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hasty mist anyway do `sudo fsck /dev/sda6`

repeat

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 1:30 AM

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hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 1:31 AM

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ok reboot please. start live usb again

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 1:31 AM

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Sure

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Live is up

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 1:34 AM

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GREAT

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 1:34 AM

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hasty mist anyway do `sudo fsck /dev/sda6`

repeat

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done?

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 1:36 AM

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Alright

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Same output

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Can't continue because it is mounted and aborts

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 1:37 AM

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what tf

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 1:38 AM

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Is there a way to open p6 terminal without mounting?

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 1:38 AM

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oh check in WINDOWS make 10000000% sure Fast Startup is off

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 1:38 AM

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I turned it off earlier

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But I can go check, no problem

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 1:39 AM

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hollow cairn But I can go check, no problem

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follow that guide. IT MUST BE PUT OFF

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 1:39 AM

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Alright

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Back to live and repeat?

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 1:41 AM

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yep

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 1:42 AM

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Cool

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Same output

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 1:46 AM

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holy shit

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 1:46 AM

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Should I just reinstall linux?

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 1:46 AM

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show file manager full window plz

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 1:47 AM

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Sure

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hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 1:48 AM

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click eject button for Mint 900

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 1:48 AM

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hasty mist anyway do `sudo fsck /dev/sda6`

then this

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 1:51 AM

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Eject is the same as unmount?

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 1:53 AM

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yes

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hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 1:55 AM

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ok let's move on

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wait

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 1:55 AM

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Right

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 1:56 AM

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dude, dont log the prompt to thesame drive ur trying to check

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no wonder it keeps saying mounted

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cd /

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 1:56 AM

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Oh

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I get it now

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 1:57 AM

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unmount it from file mgr

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 1:57 AM

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Sorry about that, I should have payed more attention

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It says "clean"

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 2:01 AM

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Good

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 2:01 AM

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hasty mist go in mint 900 there, right click the blank area near the files, and choose open...

now this

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 2:02 AM

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Open the terminal in mint 900?

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Terminal of mint 900 is up

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 2:03 AM

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yes then do sudo xed /etc/fstab and show clear pic

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sorry wait

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FML

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do lsblk

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then show

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 2:05 AM

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hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 2:06 AM

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ok do sudo xed

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then open a file

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the file lives in the Mint 900 drive, inside the /etc/ folder

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it is called fstab

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it is a plain text file crucial to booting Linux

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 2:08 AM

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hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 2:08 AM

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hasty mist it is a plain text file crucial to booting Linux

Cool

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 2:08 AM

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wrong one

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 2:09 AM

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hasty mist the file lives in the Mint 900 drive, inside the /etc/ folder

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i think u went in the live system etc/

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go in Mint 900

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 2:11 AM

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hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 2:12 AM

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nah nah

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close all windows except one terminal

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type sudo nemo

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 2:13 AM

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Done

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 2:14 AM

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in root file manager, click the mint 900 drive

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then double click etc folder

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then type fst, the file should autolocate, then double click the fstab file to open

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 2:15 AM

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hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 2:16 AM

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maximize it, then show pic

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 2:17 AM

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hollow cairn

reference 900G

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hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 2:17 AM

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hollow cairn

reference EFI

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Looks good UUIDs match what they should

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 2:21 AM

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Cool

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Can I close it?

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 2:25 AM

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reboot to Windows. find the drive letter for p5,, then open admin command prompt and do: X: (use proper letter for p5)
and then
chkdsk /f

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also change label to SPARE_37G in Windows, via the "properties" window for the drive

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 2:26 AM

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How do I find the drive letter for p5?

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 2:26 AM

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hollow cairn How do I find the drive letter for p5?

find it in file manager

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what ever is approx 35 GB

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 2:27 AM

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Oh I get it

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It's D

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 2:27 AM

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https://tenor.com/view/do-it-get-to-work-gif-21630516

Tenor

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I hope ur Linux system boots. might just have been that dirty bit that got fixed

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 2:29 AM

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It says "the system can't find the unit"

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Atleast it's renamed

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 2:30 AM

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ooooh shit

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are u sure the 37 gb one is drive D:

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U can check in DISK MANAGEMENT

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 2:32 AM

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C is windows, on the right is mint. The other two are too small to be it

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hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 2:33 AM

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open prompt

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 2:33 AM

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Open

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 2:33 AM

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it open in c right?

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do chkdsk there now

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 2:34 AM

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It's doing a lot of stuff

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I'll have to write it because my system is not in english

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It says: "no problem with files"

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 2:35 AM

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good

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done?

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 2:35 AM

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Chkdsk is done, yes

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 2:35 AM

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type d:

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 2:36 AM

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I'm in D now

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 2:36 AM

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then chkdsk /f

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hope u are in admin prompt

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else it wont fix

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 2:37 AM

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It's asking to unmount, should I do that?

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 2:37 AM

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i guess

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 2:37 AM

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No problems detected

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 2:37 AM

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mkay

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boot ur linux install

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press esc as soon as u see the big round mint logo

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 2:39 AM

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Everything says OK in green

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 2:39 AM

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see if loads, else show pic

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hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 2:40 AM

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dang

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some graphics card update?

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 2:41 AM

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I'm not sure

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It was working before and I don't think I installed any new drivers or piece of hardware

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 2:44 AM

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maybe there's a second kernel due to that security update u mentioned. reboot to mint 900 to grub screen, choose Advanced Mint options

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 2:44 AM

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Right

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 2:44 AM

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see if there's an older original kernel and run it

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 2:45 AM

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hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 2:45 AM

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try 113 normal

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 2:46 AM

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Black screen, will try 91

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 2:46 AM

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ok

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hope the best

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 2:48 AM

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It showed graphical artifacts for a second

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 2:49 AM

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drive light working?

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 2:49 AM

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I don't know what that is

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 2:50 AM

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the light on PC for hard drive use

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booted now?

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 2:51 AM

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I don't think my pc ever showed any lights tbh

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 2:51 AM

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hasty mist booted now?

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hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 2:52 AM

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Still black screen

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 2:52 AM

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one last idea

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 2:52 AM

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Let's go

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 2:54 AM

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boot live iso again

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the 2nd last line, change the 1 to a 0

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open fstab same as before

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 2:55 AM

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hasty mist

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 2:56 AM

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yes

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 2:56 AM

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Cool

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 2:56 AM

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pass value to zero, then save

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then reboot and pray

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 3:00 AM

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Don't have permission to save a new file

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 3:00 AM

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u were in root editor

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else do root nemo

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editor must open red

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 3:02 AM

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Alright time for praying

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Yeah, no

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Should I change the 0 to 1?

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I'll just backup from live and reinstall, thanks for trying to help. You have the patience of a saint to stay that much time trying to help

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 3:06 AM

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change to 0 as I said

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 3:06 AM

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I changed

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Still black screen

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 3:06 AM

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then save file

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 3:06 AM

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I saved

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 3:07 AM

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dang

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 3:07 AM

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I checked after saving the file

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 3:07 AM

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and u try again the -91 kernel?

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 3:07 AM

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No

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Oh yeah, theres that

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 3:07 AM

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worth a last shot

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 3:07 AM

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Sure

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 3:08 AM

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hollow cairn I'll just backup from live and reinstall, thanks for trying to help. You have th...

if not then , this ^

hollow cairn Jul 17, 2024, 3:09 AM

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Yeah, still not booting

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Thanks dude, appreciate a lot your efforts. I mean that

hasty mist Jul 17, 2024, 3:12 AM

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ya i need a coffee now

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kek

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yw bud

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try to do weekly Timeshifts, plus one when u do first install

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