reinstall Mint 22.1 overtop of itself
#My laptop is a brick
south spoke
or for Wilma, you'd have to chroot in, and restore a timeshift snapshot saved on its drive
if exists even
topaz sable
sadly, reinstalling the OSes, multiple times, yielded no solution. Wondering if it could be at the bios level?
And no previous snapshots have solved it either
topaz sable
reinstall Mint 22.1 overtop of itself
Thank you for replying 🙂
south spoke
Thank you for replying 🙂
so you want to have both 22 and 22.1 on same drive, correct?
topaz sable
Actually, the problem is whenever I log into 22 or 22.1 (they are on the same drive, just on diff partitions), the computer inevitably and invariably locks up so tight I hve to use REISUB emergence reboot feature to break the lock. I cannot launch a terminal. I cannot enter TTY mode. The only thing that changes is the length of time that passes until it freezes up
I have a copy of both the short script I wrote to check for error messages, and the text file of the last time I ran the script, at startup, if that would help the analysis
south spoke
it shouldn't freeze like that.
south spoke
Actually, the problem is whenever I log into 22 or 22.1 (they are on the same dr...
This is what I recommend you do: Boot Mint 22.1 live usb. launch gparted app, and do as picture shows. This will properly and fully give you a clean start. Then just install and run Mint 22.1 for a couple days. See how it performs. I highly doubt you'll get freezes.
and if your pc isnt ancient, definitely boot the usb this way
to create a proper EFI install.
topaz sable
thyank you my friend. I'll check it out and get back to ya 🙂
topaz sable
i did what you so kindly suggested...to a point. when I selected gpt under devices, it red flagged and alerted me it would wipe the whole disk...NIT the partition.
Its a gaming laptop, my first. 2TB nvme ssd and a crap ton of hardware. the thought of backing that up is...well, interminable.
I still have my results of the error message searches. Would that help? Or call in another dev?
Again, I really appreciate your help on this 🙂
south spoke
yes that's the point. to wipe the whole disk. erase all partition signatures and any hidden f-ups from having two similar OS's and have a fresh start.