dualboot windows linux mint cinnamon. removed windows now the boot option is still there

[thin socket]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HVX0kEC5NU

follow the steps carefully

if you're going to use your sda 240 gb drive on linux, reformat it to ext4 filesystem

[thin socket]

show a pic of either DISKS or gparted of your nvme selected

just read efibootmgr entries carefully, and remove the WIndows Boot manager entry as shown

if you later choose to put Windows on the 240 GB drive, be sure to disconnect the nvme temporarily before attempting to install Windows to sda

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@dusk pelican

what is on partition 1? I see 10 GiB used

and p4 shouldn't have a hidden flag

run disks app please

click the nvme, click partition 1, click the blue text link under it.

then show what the file manager which opens next shows

click blue link under p1 and show it

ok it's just 10 GB used up in formatting overhead

what u really should do is after dealing with all of my video i sent, REMOVE that hidden flag u went n put for no good reason on the linux partition

then boot live usb, delete only p1 and move the rest left

don't touch anything else

right click the linux partition in gparted, > manage flags, uncheck the hidden flag

show result of efibootmgr now

ok that part is done.

do sudo nano /etc/default/grub

go to the line where it says grub timeout= and put it to =2

also the line of grub timeout style, make sure it says menu

let me know when done.

change to menu

it's good to have grub menu show in case of some emergencies

ok u put timeout to 2 ?

see the bottom of screen. ctrl-o is to write (save)

then press enter

then ctrl-x to exit

yes just press enter

there's currently NO Windows OS on the sda drive right?

well it's all ext4 filesystem, so i guess not

now in terminal, do sudo update-grub to commit the changes that u just made in the grub file.

after it's done, sudo reboot

you could blank it out now from gparted and just leave it unallocated.

simplest way is select sda, go to DEVICE in menu, create new partition table (if there is nothing you need at all on sda currently) and make it as gpt (GUID partition table)

is this after rebooting?

if it's mint 22.1, then why does it say 20.3

kek

is that what u are seeing in front of you RIGHT NOW? after the reboot?

[quiet nymph]

what the heck is happening

[thin socket]

just usual fun stuff, Lot. good day

cleaned up old EFI entry of Windows, still needs to resize partitions from live mode

log in from that TTY1 using your usual username (in lowercase) and password (exact lettercase as you had made it)

once logged in, try startx

yes. paswword will type invisible

did it say much?

now if the graphical x session is started, press ctrl-alt-F7 to swich to it

looks like mess to me.

wtf did u do?

[quiet nymph]

howd it go from removing windows to the above?

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then you should get extremely familiar with the DISKS app

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i think is a pre-existing error from other ticket

not in this ticket.

did u make a timeshift snapshot?

if not, boot the live mmint usb, move any data u want to keep onto sda, and reinstall linux fresh onto nvme

boot the mint live usb now on this computer please

then launch timeshift from there, and do 'restore' to the latest snapshot it finds, before the mess happened

it's doable but leave arch alone for this week til u learn more

yes

for now restore mint with timeshift

if u are in desktop rn, just run timeshift

and 'restore'

when did the mess happen?

for this black tty1 screen

ok so just restore yesterday's

u may later adjust grub menu again like we did before

1 sec

yep hit next

it's going to replace just efi and p6

with the supposedly "good" backup

all good now?

Yeah I mean it fixed the trouble entering the desktop issue didnt it?

u need live usb n gparted from there

delete p1, and move efi to far left, dont STRETCH; MOVE

Then move p6 to left so it touches p5 (efi pt'n) that's it. done

u can leave rest unallocated for later if u want Arch.

see gparted help file n read n learn it good before messing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Mev24M-Bs8 << Techhut, Setup Ventoy from Linux

watch full vid. it's really simple

lol damn.

1 hour for 19 megs

get from here. https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/releases/tag/v1.1.05

the blue link for the tar.gz

not the green link

this if official site, as techhut mentions in the video. has many many good documents too.

what are u talking about?

open disks app

do u see the usb stick in there?

show full pic

click the play icon

for p1

then copy the iso over to it.

and whenever u attempt to pull out a usb stick, either turn the PC off fully. OR use the eject icon in file manager, or in the tray area, or the stop button here in Disks.

open applets

look for an applet named 'removable drives' and click + button

just read up n see what i wrote

move the partitions to the left after deleting p1. all from live desktop and gparted.

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DO NOT FUCK IN THE RUNNING OS

do u understand boot live

[thin socket]

what r u trying to run?

did u fix ur partitions yet?

u got ventoy ready. just copy mint iso to it

it comes with gparted already

boot ur pc to usb device

u will see ventoy screen like techhut vid shows

start mint there

u at live desktop now, @dusk pelican ?

norm. always norm

ya

that screen says OEM install as option 3 or 4. that's how u know it is live grub menu

not any grub from the existing install

run gparted from start menu

pick the nvme

right click efi: move/resize

then grab the sizer box IN THE CENTER OF IT and drag it all the way left

do NOT drag the edges!

repeat for the mint ext4 partition.

u gotta click the move button after dragging

then show pic of main screen once u moved both

dont hit final checkmark til i see it

it has esp, boot flag. shown in the chart under the "FLAGS" column

just follow what i wrote exactly above

move, then next

turn camera properly next time

i dont want to break my neck

good. hit checkmark and wait some minutes

after it finishes, if u want a bit more room for Mint, righclick mint pt'n again> resize. in the new size field put 512000 MiB and press tab, then the resize button

tab as in tab key.

u'll then have almost half the drive split evenly. u can at some point if u study HARD, put some other OS on the empty half

i wouldn't even bother with arch

you can put something easy like kumander linux on the other half. or modicia OS

u can research both of those by looking on distrowatch.org

dont mess with PopOS or arch, it will fail the Mint bootloader

is it finished moving operation? @dusk pelican

did u extend mint one?

show final pic

u might as well do it her

here

choose smaller drive in gparted selector box

it should probably say sda, and size 240 gb or so

is the drive picked?

sda or whatever

yes.

wait

do that for the 240 gb sda

that will clear it.

when need to put windows os, it will be ready.

ok. done

reboot to ur main Mint install now

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repeat steps from here in your main mint now so u get short grub menu at bootup tomorrow or next time u boot

just squashfs dont worry

pull usb if u havent and force restart

there on left. circled red

the empty one 240 is dead empty, no filesystem. wont show. until windows is put

that's it

Disks app will show all, but dont touch anything, just observe

and check timeshift program's preferences

if too many, just put for once a week

it's normal, and dont touch

if too many old timeshift snapshots, just delete. save one or 2

preferences> schedule

put only tickmark for weekly, and save 2 for it

u can manually delete any very old ones from the main timeshift window

u can watch bottom line in file manager to see free space

yes

that way, no chance of mistakes,

just make sure to discharge static electricity from ur body

on grounded computer case or grounded metal before touching m.2 or anything inside

aight bye

SOLVED (used efibootmgr to rid old uefi entry, gparted from live usb session to fix/remove/move partitions, and timeshift restore for another log-in issue)

[dusk pelican]

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