i booted live variant fine (LMDE 6), installed fine. works fine. for months. second installation, same one worked fine for months too before i stupidly killed it.
...boots fine as long as installation flash drive is in. without it, won't boot.
any ideas?
#can't boot without flash stick
charred wing
charred wing
So, what does it show when booting without usb?
ACPI Error: AE_NOT_FOUND, While resolving a named reference package element LNKA/LNKB/... (20220331/dspkginit-438)
charred wing
Also, how did you "killed it"?
unrelated stupidity on my side. i normally read questions an warnings, but that day i was tired and pissed and steam insisted on not starting even a simplest game.... so i was trying everything carelessly, and when apt said er, i can install that vesa utils i386 for you, it will take up x space; i will also install dependencies x1, x2, ... and i will uninstall cinnamon, i said "yeah, yeah, hit it" ...
proper knoll
Can you take a photo of the screen when trying to boot normally?
subtle scarab
unrelated stupidity on my side. i normally read questions an warnings, but that...
you purged the graphical environment
somehow
if it's just that package that got nuked you can fix it by getting into a recovery mode environment or a chroot and running sudo apt install --reinstall mint-meta-cinnamon
charred wing
Can you take a photo of the screen when trying to boot normally?
that sounds windowsy. isn't there a log file that would go into?
subtle scarab
that sounds windowsy. isn't there a log file that would go into?
Well, not when you can't access the system itself..
Can you get into a recovery shell?
charred wing
when booting without that flash stick? no. you loop through root account is locked + press enter to continue.
charred wing
Well, not when you can't access the system itself..
so i can't see it now? (when the system is up)
didn't know this was that big of a mess.
i need to find another flash stick and clone the first one.
no worries. i mean i can live with this.
proper knoll
Can you take a photo of the screen when trying to boot normally? @charred wing
charred wing
when trying without the flash stick? (because the opposite is normally to me)
sure, i'll try...
proper knoll
yes without the stick
charred wing
yes without the stick
i never "phoned" logs before...
https://postimg.cc/Bj8n6zzz/8caf51cd then https://postimg.cc/gallery/SnsKJ9M/e84aefea
(imgur is stupid)
proper knoll
https://imgur.com/a/OrS3lLp
ok, press enter there
proper knoll
It should either ask for login and password or let you type
charred wing
i don't remember exact words, but it's a no-go.
proper knoll
Are you running between rooms or something?
charred wing
this mention of /dev/sdc2 - do you know where it would be kept?
charred wing
Are you running between rooms or something?
no i would have to restart.
proper knoll
So what happens after you press enter on the last screenshot?
charred wing
So what happens after you press enter on the last screenshot?
it just stays at this "starting default.target" (image is above). i can ctrl+c to get more of the same (as in image). nothing else works.
proper knoll
I don't know then
charred wing
don't worry about it. i probably put iso onto that stick in a way i shouldn't have.
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oak shale
don't worry about it. i probably put iso onto that stick in a way i shouldn't h...
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