Problems with installing Linux Mint

[plush nymph]

Hi, I'm a noob at this, but when I tried to install Linux Mint, after selecting "Erase disk and install Linux Mint", Wait for the installation to finish, restart, remove the USB drive I was using, and press "enter" when the program prompted me to. My laptop (Lenovo Ideapad) then enters a reboot loop, and in the upper left corner of The screen displays the text "Restart System" every time it turns on and off. Please help, I've been trying to fix it for hours.

Any information you need about what I used or did to install it, just let me know and I'll tell you. I would greatly appreciate your help.

[grave mesa]

Go into BIOS setup, Boot options section, and take photos

Also, boot on USB again, and instead or starting installer, go into Menu > Administration > Gparted
In Gparted, go to View menu and select "Show device information" and take a photo or screenshot of your internal hard drive setup

[polar nymph]

share the pics, but also I think this is a keys needing to be reset thing..

ie - UEFI-BIOS: Security section > Reset factory keys (aka clear all Secure Boot variables/keys)

[plush nymph]

Okay, I'll share the pics

[grave mesa]

4x ubuntu in BIOS priority, you installed it several times ?

[plush nymph]

Yes, in several desperate attempts

[polar nymph]

choose 'restore factory keys' in the security section

later can remove the excess ubuntu entries

only later.

much later.

[polar nymph]

that part is fine.

go to BIOS.

[plush nymph]

Okay

[polar nymph]

after you did the 'restore factory keys', turn secure boot off

[plush nymph]

ready

What's next??

[polar nymph]

u did above?

[plush nymph]

Yes

[polar nymph]

F10

[plush nymph]

Okay

[polar nymph]

works now?

[plush nymph]

Do I do everything again?

[polar nymph]

good

hit enter

wait wait

u see that said OEM install THAT IS USB STICK

that is not real GRUB. it's the LIVE GRUB

[plush nymph]

oh

[polar nymph]

so restart, no usb.

[plush nymph]

I already removed the USB, but it went back to the loop of turning off and on.

[polar nymph]

hold power key down

so it's fully shut off for a while

did you clear the factory keys, yes or no? and save and exit BIOS before?

[grave mesa]

should put the USB after all the ubunu entries in boot priority or remove USB

[plush nymph]

Yes

[polar nymph]

ok yeah do what Sed just suggested

as a matter of fact, you can maybe delete some of those excess ubuntu entries from within BIOS if there is some edit mode (bbs priorities)

did you get it, @plush nymph ?

[plush nymph]

I'm trying to turn on my laptop now, but the screen is stuck off and the power button light is on.

[polar nymph]

#📘wiki message << BIOS and BOOT MENU key codes

see the chart

[plush nymph]

Okay, I'm in the BIOS now.

[polar nymph]

oh ok good

go to the Boot section

let's try this for now. put USB flash drive to top of priority list

and then show the pic of entire screen

[polar nymph]

ok. now save and exit. but don't have USB inside.

if it still doesn't work, then you'll put USB stick in and restart to the live desktop please

[plush nymph]

Should I remove the USB drive and save the BIOS?

[polar nymph]

you can pull it sure

[plush nymph]

It didn't work, it went back into the loop. Let me plug in the USB and reset it.

[polar nymph]

in the loop it still said to 'reset computer' ?

we'll try to remove the excess entries.. from the live desktop soon

[plush nymph]

Yes, it still says "Reset System" at the top

[polar nymph]

yep

[plush nymph]

I'm already on the desktop

[polar nymph]

i only saw the TPM clear thing also but was really wary to touch it. @grave mesa what do you think?

[polar nymph]

maximize a terminal window

run lsblk -o name,model,fstype,partuuid

[grave mesa]

I don't think it's TPM issue

[polar nymph]

then:
efibootmgr

and show complete result pic

[grave mesa]

I think it's an ubuntu entry with wrong partition UUID

so, remove extra ubuntu entries in UEFI, and do a boot repair

[polar nymph]

yes it might be. we shall soon see how many other drives here

[plush nymph]

here?

[polar nymph]

yeah type the two things... i thought u were done already. so slow

type the EXACTLY

[plush nymph]

It takes me a little longer because, since I don't speak native English, it takes me a little longer to understand what they're saying xd

[plush nymph]

How do I type "-o"?

[polar nymph]

dash symbol

or minus sign

[grave mesa]

and o letter

[polar nymph]

letter o (english )

[grave mesa]

(latin letter)

[polar nymph]

lsblk -o name,model,fstype,partuuid

efibootmgr

[plush nymph]

I press the "-" key, but it puts a "/" in the terminal

[polar nymph]

oh .ffkkkk

go to the Keyboard in system settings

[grave mesa]

indeed, need to change keyboard layout

[polar nymph]

fix your keyboard.

FFS

or sign in to discord on firefox and copy/paste those two things

[plush nymph]

okay

[polar nymph]

paste is right-click in terminal

[grave mesa]

or middle click with the part to copy selected

[polar nymph]

confusing, sed

rephrase that

just say middle-click in terminal to paste

[plush nymph]

?

[grave mesa]

the thing to be copied must be selected, the middle-click do not use clipboard

remove ,efibootmgr

it's a second command

[plush nymph]

okay

[polar nymph]

no , erase efibootmgr and last comma

[grave mesa]

enter

[polar nymph]

then do efibootmgr

show ONE FINAL PIC

complete result

[polar nymph]

that's unexpected

try just lsblk

[plush nymph]

The same error occurred

[grave mesa]

USB problem

[plush nymph]

Do I have to boot from the USB again?

[polar nymph]

wait

did u leave usb firmly in?

which u should the whole time in live session

[plush nymph]

The USB is still connected

[polar nymph]

run this

gnome-disks

or find it in the start menu> Accessories> Disks

[plush nymph]

Okay, except I had to go back to the desktop because the screen went black and only the cursor was visible.

[polar nymph]

ok reboot and DONT TOUCH USB

not even breathe on it

[plush nymph]

Yes, don't worry, the USB is still there.

[polar nymph]

Make sure it's in a TIGHT port

[grave mesa]

also change USB port maybe

because it's clear that USB had failures

and it's time tu suspect that installation failled because of USB

What USB stick it is ? true USB stick or some SD card adapter ?

[plush nymph]

I understand it's actually a USB stick, "ADATA C008/64GB"

[polar nymph]

show pic of the Disks app open

complete window, not maximized

[plush nymph]

It won't open, should I restart?

[polar nymph]

omg...

i told u that five minutes ago!!!!

come onnnn

[plush nymph]

It's because it had restarted, but it doesn't open after the restart.

[grave mesa]

You mean you can't open Disks even after restart ?

[plush nymph]

Yeah

[grave mesa]

And Gparted ?

[plush nymph]

I already restarted the laptop again

let me see

I was finally able to open disks

[grave mesa]

you mean, it finally open, but very late ?

[plush nymph]

No, I had to restart.

[grave mesa]

wow, that is not normal...

[plush nymph]

Could it be a USB problem?

[polar nymph]

try lsblk now

and efibootmgr

[grave mesa]

Open Terminal again and lsblk -o name,model,fstype,partuuid

Actually lsblk -f should be sufficient

[polar nymph]

lsblk -o name,partuuid

[grave mesa]

you did not forgot the -o ?

[polar nymph]

i did. corrected.

@plush nymph FIX YOUR KEYBOARD

this is VERY CRITICAL

[polar nymph]

go to start menu> preferences> Keyboard

only entry 0005 is valid

FIX KEYBOARD FIRST

then delete the rest

sudo efibootmgr -b 0 -B

sudo efibootmgr -b 1 -B

sudo efibootmgr -b 2 -B

sudo efibootmgr -b 3 -B

sudo efibootmgr -b 4 -B

0005 should be the first one in the boot order (it is now, anyway)

[plush nymph]

I get an error "bash: /usr/bin/sudo: Input/output error"

[polar nymph]

ooof

[grave mesa]

Well... how old is your USB stick ?

[plush nymph]

one year old

[grave mesa]

there is something wrong, either with the USB stick or your computer USB ports

[polar nymph]

or the nvme drive or its connection

[grave mesa]

pretty sure it's USB

[polar nymph]

make sure usb is in very tight port. or use different live usb

[plush nymph]

I would have to buy another USB , but I already tried both ports on my laptop before.

[grave mesa]

cable ?!

[plush nymph]

the translator

[polar nymph]

i have a feeling it should already boot to entry 0005, but there's too many old listings, maybe why the bios insists on resetting machine

[grave mesa]

What is this computer ?

(don't tell me HP please)

[polar nymph]

lenovo

but anyway...

im done for today

[grave mesa]

let see in BIOS if there is some USB option, like USB 2.0 enable...

[plush nymph]

I can't find anything

[polar nymph]

the only other "quick" option would be a pure legacy live-boot, reformat nvme to msdos partition table, and do a pure legacy install as per #1295728709306683482

and then choose the 'nvme' in the boot priorities in bios after the legacy-mode complete reinstallation

[grave mesa]

no what he can do, is going to BIOS and set the last ubuntu entry on top

[polar nymph]

efibootmgr says 0005 is in position 1

[grave mesa]

or trying to swapt ubuntu entires...

but the fact that USB did this tell nothing good about installation itself

[polar nymph]

anyway, it's all written here how to delete bad/invalid/old entries

or make a live USB with puppy linux. (it runs entirely in RAM) .. then delete the five entries I wrote earlier using the special sudo efibootmgr command and then try to boot from the only remaining Ubuntu entry in BIOS. (no usb ofc)

[plush nymph]

So, do I have to use Puppy Linux and delete the 5 entries that were created?

[polar nymph]

can try it sure.

I figure you have another computer to make live USB with puppy linux

[grave mesa]

could it be a power save option that turn USB off automatically ? is the computer plugged to grid ?

[polar nymph]

https://puppylinux-woof-ce.github.io/

this is official page, but the link for the full ISO library is down right now.

[plush nymph]

No, it's disconnected.

[polar nymph]

however the IBIBLIO link does work

[grave mesa]

Ok, so try again, but plug power cable !

never do sensitive things without power cable

[polar nymph]

should always do important things with power from mains electricity

[plush nymph]

Originally, I had installed Linux Mint with the laptop connected

[grave mesa]

keep cable connected and retry commands

[plush nymph]

Thanks, although for that I would have to borrow a computer, which would take a while.

[polar nymph]

https://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/puppy-dpup/

^ DpupBuster
https://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/puppy-bionic/bionicpup64/ << bionic pup based on ubuntu in case other doesnt work.

[grave mesa]

pretty sure the USB problem is related to power cable

[polar nymph]

and use power cable.

[grave mesa]

I think if it plug power cable, don't need to do a puppyOS anymore, it should properly keep USB powered

[plush nymph]

Do I rewrite the commands?

I already connected it

[polar nymph]

well... first u have to boot a good working live environment

did u put power now?

[grave mesa]

Reboot USB with power cable and open terminal

[polar nymph]

I only suggested puppy linux because it boots from USB, but once booted, it runs entirely in RAM. (usb can even be taken out of port)

[grave mesa]

in terminal, type efibootmgr again and show result

[grave mesa]

ok, type sudo efibootmgr -b 0 -B

take care of case sensitive, there small b and big B, this is intended

[grave mesa]

sudo efibootmgr -b 1 -B

and then, successively :
sudo efibootmgr -b 2 -B
sudo efibootmgr -b 3 -B
sudo efibootmgr -b 4 -B

[polar nymph]

it's also trying to boot the shimx64

thus maybe an issue with the keys

boot repair might fix that with the advanced options , using the 'standard grub'

thus making grubx64.efi the default efi file

[grave mesa]

I think a simple boot repair should be ok

[grave mesa]

perfect, close terminal

search "boor repair" in menu

don't update, we don't care

select recommended repair

[polar nymph]

i think it's better advanced repair

to be sure in its first tab it uses STANDARD grub

[grave mesa]

hmm, oh yes, for secure boot

well, lets try like that

[plush nymph]

So, should I continue with boot repair?

[polar nymph]

start menu> admin. boot repair> advanced

[plush nymph]

It won't let me open it, and it doesn't have an icon. Should I restart?

[grave mesa]

ok, so USB stick is an issue, even with power cable

It seem miraculous you achieved to install Mint

[plush nymph]

I'm surprised then, well, in Boot Repair it tells me "Do you want the software automatically updated now? yes/no", I click "no" right?

[polar nymph]

.

[plush nymph]

I came back, I had some personal things to take care of, a window popped up with two options and advanced options

I clicked on advanced options and GRUB options appeared

[grave mesa]

yes, keep these options

[plush nymph]

Okay, do I click 'apply', or do I need to do something else?

[polar nymph]

wait

doublecheck 2nd tab.

show it

[polar nymph]

...

[plush nymph]

Okay, nothing else to check, or change?

[grave mesa]

go

[grave mesa]

shutdown computer, unplug USB, and try normal boot

[plush nymph]

It went back into the loop

[polar nymph]

clear the TPM

[grave mesa]

you don't even see the grub menu ?

[plush nymph]

nope

[grave mesa]

Well... go in BIOS setup and do what Stunner suggest

[polar nymph]

also nvram locked....

so try every ubuntu in the list after.

cuz im sure they didnt even get deleted.

[polar nymph]

ok it did delete them. at least one thing works

clear intel PTT

[plush nymph]

Okay, ready

[polar nymph]

also put the Secure boot thing to 'reset to setup mode'

[polar nymph]

ok but HURY UP!!!!

DO IT

[plush nymph]

Yes, I already clicked "yes", I saved but I'm still stuck in the loop

[grave mesa]

Go in Intel SGX

[plush nymph]

Right

[grave mesa]

show what you have in that

[grave mesa]

well it's disabled so...

in boot disable PXE boot

(doubt it's the issue, but anyway)

[plush nymph]

Okay, I've already disabled PXE boot

[grave mesa]

ok, show me Configuration main page

[grave mesa]

ok... save and exit

if it still loop, boot to USB and open Disks

[plush nymph]

It went back into the loop, but I'm already on disks.

[grave mesa]

select your internal disk

then select first partition, the Fat32 one

and click the "play" (triangle) button

a link should appear for mount point

click the link and show me

[grave mesa]

wrong place

go back to disks

I said to select your internal disk

[grave mesa]

INTERNAL DISK

[grave mesa]

Go in EFI

Then Ubuntu

[grave mesa]

open grub.cfg

and show me

[plush nymph]

I click on it, but it doesn't open

[grave mesa]

double-click

or right-click > open

[plush nymph]

Yes, it still doesn't open anything, even with a double click or a right click.

[grave mesa]

... what to say... buy an USB stick ?

[plush nymph]

Yes, I'm thinking of doing everything again.

with another USB

[polar nymph]

i have fast idea

on nvme this only takes 4 minutes

[grave mesa]

if you plan to buy it, choose Kingston or Sandisk one... I recommend Kingston over Sandisk, but at least, invest in some good thing

[grave mesa]

to unlock it ?

[plush nymph]

say it

[polar nymph]

legacy install

[plush nymph]

Okay, thank you very much

[plush nymph]

Changing boot settings from UEFI to Legacy?

[polar nymph]

reboot, to to bios

yes disable uefi boot mode

then boot usb up

[plush nymph]

Did I also change the UEFI FIRST?

[polar nymph]

if cant disable uefi completely, then move 'usb legacy' to top of boot list

go to bios now

[polar nymph]

once you've booted in legacy then we test something

change the 'uefi first'

to 'legacy first'

[plush nymph]

Okay, should I restart from the USB?

[polar nymph]

show bios

to confirm how it is. i want to see

[polar nymph]

ok move usb to top

then save/exit

[polar nymph]

yes top one

[polar nymph]

open gparted,

choose nvme0n1 drive

got it?

[polar nymph]

ok idc that box

go to DEVICE menu

choose ; create new partition table

[grave mesa]

!

[polar nymph]

as msdos style

[grave mesa]

ok you want to install it in MBR...

[polar nymph]

yes

[polar nymph]

ya hit apply

[polar nymph]

whne it's done, close gparted

run the installer app.

choose the 'something else' option

dont put anything AT ALL for encryption nor secure boot

[plush nymph]

Do I connect to the internet?

[polar nymph]

when u are at the something else thing u will see chart. no internet

no codecs

[plush nymph]

It's in Spanish, but it's the "more options" section.

[polar nymph]

continue

in the chart, find FREE SPACE

under /dev/nvme0n1

[polar nymph]

click the free space, then click +

[polar nymph]

click mountpoint and set to /

[polar nymph]

yes . OK

[polar nymph]

click 'install now'

[polar nymph]

when it says about no EFI, just choose continue

[plush nymph]

continue?

[polar nymph]

continue

then dont touch or disturb usb AT ALL

[plush nymph]

Okay

[polar nymph]

finish your user setup. NO ENCRYPTION

After 5 minutes, restart, go to bios > BOOT SECTION

put NVME drive to TOP

[plush nymph]

Should I do it normally?

[grave mesa]

yes

[polar nymph]

fill that in. i'll check here in 5 minutes

done?

[plush nymph]

continues copying files

There's just one issue, more personal than anything else: I absolutely have to go out and take care of some personal matters, and I'll be gone for a few hours. Will anything happen, or will the process be ruined??

[polar nymph]

shouldn't be as long as you have computer plugged to good, reliable power. But isn't it finished yet? this is nvme.

only supposed to take like 5 or 6 minutes

[polar nymph]

don't forget to put "NVMe" to top after install done.

[plush nymph]

No, it's not over yet.

[plush nymph]

Okay

I'll leave the laptop plugged in and everything, nobody will move it until I get back, there shouldn't be a problem.

[polar nymph]

also, do you have Android smartphone?

[plush nymph]

yes

[polar nymph]

yeah leave the computer on good electricity

with android app 'etchdroid' you can make a special bootable USB called 'SUPERGRUB2"

this bootable 'supergrub' , you start computer with USB in, and then choose in orange supergrub menu : Boot manually. then it will find linux.

but you do need possibly the On-the-Go adapter cable to connect USB to phone to make with etchdroid

• that's only incase you still get that stupid boot loop issue, even with legacy install.

more info here: https://www.supergrubdisk.org/category/download/

[polar nymph]

any news on this, @plush nymph ?

[plush nymph]

Hi, I'm still outside my house, I left my laptop plugged in.

[polar nymph]

ok

[plush nymph]

Hi, I'm back. Fortunately, the installation went well. Do I need to restart and then access the BIOS?

[plush nymph]

I know they're probably asleep or something

BUT IT WORKED!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH

Thank you so much, thank you for your help and for being patient with me

[polar nymph]

[polar nymph]

finally got it in legacy mode install, @grave mesa

[polar nymph]

good to hear. You should open System Monitor, and ensure it shows Swap available , in the Memory part.

[plush nymph]

Swap does not appear

[polar nymph]

look in Resources tab, not Processes

lol

or just run top in terminal. it should say MiB Swap: and some amount for Total

[plush nymph]

It's the one called "MiB Intercambio:"

[polar nymph]

good. it's all set then.

[polar nymph]

see both pages here #1308145211255292004 message for better use.

[polar nymph]

and install your multimedia codecs from the 'sound and video' category, since you didn't do so at installation time.