Cachyos broke mi mint | Linux Mint Community🍵 | Page 1

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 1:37 PM

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Good day or nights. I am here for a problem that I have.

It started when I installed, as a dual boot, Cachyos, I got it working, but when I was going to enter my preinstalled linux mint, I've encounter a message like:

No irq for 0.108.

And I've boot-repair, didn't work because it only detected the cachyos efi, so I then try mannual... No idea how to deal with it, so... I am here, seeking help.

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 1:39 PM

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can you boot into cachy? @grizzled frigate

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 1:39 PM

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rotund turtle can you boot into cachy? <@785594887637565532>

yes

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in fact I am in it right now

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 1:40 PM

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you have Discord on it?

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or sign in from web browser

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 1:40 PM

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rotund turtle you have Discord on it?

yes, fire fox and discord

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both in it

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 1:41 PM

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what desktop environment?

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 1:41 PM

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rotund turtle what desktop environment?

KDE Plasma

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 1:41 PM

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ok are u on discord on cachy rn?

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 1:41 PM

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rotund turtle ok are u on discord on cachy rn?

yes

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 1:42 PM

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ok start Konsole

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and let's check few things

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first

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maximize konsole

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then

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sudo parted -l

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 1:43 PM

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ok

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 1:43 PM

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and show result

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use Spectacle if it's available

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 1:43 PM

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grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 1:43 PM

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rotund turtle use Spectacle if it's available

what is spectacle?

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 1:44 PM

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the screenshot app

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 1:44 PM

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oh

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 1:44 PM

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anyway it's fine

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arranque means 'boot' right?

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 1:45 PM

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yes

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Do I change language for better understanding?

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 1:45 PM

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i think it's fine

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 1:45 PM

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ok

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 1:46 PM

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u have two EFI partitions, so that may be the reason here

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the computer is set to boot from cachy's ESP

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nvme0n1p2 in this case

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proper mint efi is on nvme0n1p1

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so go to bios and change

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 1:48 PM

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ok give a second

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It didnt work

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 1:51 PM

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in the boot priorities

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 1:51 PM

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rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 1:52 PM

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ok . well you did choose the right things

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do you have the linux Mint bootable USB which contains the boot repair application?

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 1:53 PM

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Yes

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 1:53 PM

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ok boot that up

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 1:53 PM

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I’ve tried with a pendrive with ventoy

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 1:53 PM

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we'll see from there

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from its desktop, you'll check a few things in the DISKS app

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 1:54 PM

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Ok

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 1:56 PM

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rotund turtle we'll see from there

Ok im in

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 1:56 PM

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disks app

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mount nvme0n1p2

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just click partition 2 (mint's) and click the play icon

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then click the blue link

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oops i mean partition 5

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Mint is on p5

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:00 PM

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It shows me this

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:00 PM

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ok close the warning

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click on partition 5

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then the gear icon, > repair filesystem

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:01 PM

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Ok

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And the “ok” right?

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I think this wont b that easy….

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dedcat

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:03 PM

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indeed

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this is why it wont boot

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:04 PM

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Yep

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And when I enter with Gparted, it says something

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:04 PM

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yeah don't maximize the apps

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unless i say

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show gparted. for nvme0n1

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:05 PM

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rotund turtle yeah don't maximize the apps

Ok

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rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:06 PM

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close the information box

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go to Partition menu.

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see if there's a 'repair' function there

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:06 PM

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Nope

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:07 PM

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make sure p5 is selected

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and right click p5.

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:07 PM

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??

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:07 PM

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what other options?

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:07 PM

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rotund turtle what other options?

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:08 PM

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click on 'check'

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:08 PM

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It shows me this noe

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:09 PM

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go to edit menu

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"undo all operations"

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then right click partition 5: check

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then apply

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:10 PM

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Done and… still nothing

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:11 PM

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click OK, and read the error behind

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:11 PM

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rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:13 PM

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yeah it's probably corrupted

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:14 PM

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So now… reinstall everything?

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:14 PM

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if you want to.

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you can delete partition 5 and leave it unallocated

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hope you made external backups of your important files

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:15 PM

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Hmmm… the external backups I dont mind, but god… reinstall and configurate everything will suck

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WAAH0

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:16 PM

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nothing more I can offer on this.

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:16 PM

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Well, delete the partition alongside with efi and then install, isnt it?

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:16 PM

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rotund turtle nothing more I can offer on this.

You did your best

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:17 PM

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you can delete the Mint EFI partition too

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then run up the installer and just choose 'install alongside cachy ' or similar

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:18 PM

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Ok

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Thanks for everything

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:18 PM

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I presume the Mint EFI is partition 1

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:18 PM

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Yep it is

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Do I mark this as solved?

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:19 PM

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no

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just leave it

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:19 PM

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Ok

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@rotund turtle yo, one last thing, ehen I try to install I only have the remove evrything and install and the other options

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:27 PM

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oh

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:27 PM

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I deleted both efi and p5

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:27 PM

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one sec

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:27 PM

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Ok

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:27 PM

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run df -h in terminal

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does it list efivars?

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:28 PM

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Yes

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:28 PM

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ok let's quickly clean efi

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show result of efibootmgr

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:29 PM

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Give me a second I had stupidly quit and now when I use the comand it shows other thing

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:30 PM

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back out a page or two in the installer

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then efibootmgr

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:32 PM

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It shows me this.

But before this

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:32 PM

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close terminal

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then reopen terminal

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efibootmgr

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:34 PM

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rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:34 PM

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ok

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sudo efibootmgr -b 2 -B

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sudo efibootmgr -b 0 -B

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:36 PM

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rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:36 PM

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then continue with installation

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if u dont get the alongside option, choose something else and call me

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:37 PM

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rotund turtle if u dont get the alongside option, choose something else and call me

It says that I need to be friend of yours to call

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:37 PM

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no i meant here

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:37 PM

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Oh

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My bad

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:39 PM

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not live

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just tag me here when ur at page 5

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:40 PM

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grizzled frigate My bad

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grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:41 PM

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rotund turtle .

Im in the support channel

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https://discord.com/channels/628978428019736619/1012661604275466340

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:41 PM

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i cant join rn

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:41 PM

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O

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:42 PM

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u only have the erase / something else options still?

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:42 PM

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Yes

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:42 PM

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pick something else

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:42 PM

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Ok

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:43 PM

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pick the big free space in the list of chart

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to add a new

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300 MiB primary, use as efi system partition

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at start of space

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again, on remaining free space. do u want separate root/home for mint?

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:45 PM

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rotund turtle + again, on remaining free space. do u want separate root/home for mint?

What will be the diference?

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:45 PM

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it saves home stuff and theming if u ever got to reinstall linux mint or another distro to root

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:46 PM

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Oh, so the yes, separate it sounds good

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:47 PM

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rotund turtle + again, on remaining free space. do u want separate root/home for mint?

^ size: 150000 MB , at beginning of space, primary, use as: ext4 fs, mount point : /

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:48 PM

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rotund turtle + again, on remaining free space. do u want separate root/home for mint?

^ on remaining 200 gigs roughly, and same as last but mountpoint to /home

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then for boot loader location menu, choose the mint ESP u made earlier

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oh one other thing

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open gparted and unflag the boot and esp flags from the cachy os ESP

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:50 PM

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How do I do that?

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:51 PM

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rclick : manage flags (on the cachy esp)

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:52 PM

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On both of the partitions?

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:52 PM

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no

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just the fat32 one

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:52 PM

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Ok

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Oh it was alredy on

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So this is all?

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:53 PM

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rotund turtle

p2

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take flags off of p2

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:54 PM

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Ooh take off

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Ehm, it changes.

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:54 PM

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sok

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msftdata

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:54 PM

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Boot is off too and msftdata is on

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:54 PM

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close gparted

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:55 PM

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Ok

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:55 PM

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rotund turtle ^ on remaining 200 gigs roughly, and same as last but mountpoint to /home

then all this, and show pic

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:55 PM

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And there is 1.3GB of ntfs

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But its old windows isnt it?

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:56 PM

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not quite right

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:57 PM

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Ok I wont touch it then

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:57 PM

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click p1

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in the chart

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and 'change'

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USE AS: EFI SYSTEM PARTITION

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:58 PM

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Ok

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Changed

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:58 PM

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show pic with all three partitions in view in chart

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 2:59 PM

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rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 2:59 PM

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ok bottom menu:

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bootloader to nvme0n1p1

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 3:01 PM

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Like this?

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 3:01 PM

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right. click Install

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 3:02 PM

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Ok

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So I install it now

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 3:02 PM

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after it is finished installing, u choose 'continue testing'

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and put the boot and esp flags back on p2

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 3:03 PM

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Ok

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 3:03 PM

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grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 3:04 PM

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Final check up

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 3:04 PM

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yes

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continue

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 3:13 PM

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rotund turtle and put the boot and esp flags back on p2

Yo… it changed by its own

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Is that normal?

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 3:13 PM

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can u show pic of gparted

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is the installer complete?

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 3:14 PM

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I did not touch anything

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 3:14 PM

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rotund turtle is the installer complete?

Yes

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 3:14 PM

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ok no matter

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close all apps, choose restart from the mint menu

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 3:15 PM

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Ok

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Thanks a lot stunner

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 3:20 PM

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does Mint boot up now?

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@grizzled frigate

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 3:26 PM

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rotund turtle does Mint boot up now?

Yed

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 3:26 PM

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did it show a GRUB menu with cachy in it?

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 3:26 PM

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No, just directly show

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 3:27 PM

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it directly booted to mint?

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 3:27 PM

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Yed

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 3:27 PM

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I'd say run sudo os-prober in Mint terminal

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if it finds Cachy OS, then you can turn on the grub menu for 10 seconds in "system adminisration' app

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turn top switch on, and put timeout to 10

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then u save and test

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 3:28 PM

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rotund turtle I'd say run `sudo os-prober` in Mint terminal

IT doesnt show anything

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 3:29 PM

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oh ok nvm then

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 3:29 PM

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So np?

rotund turtle May 17, 2026, 3:29 PM

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you'll have to access cachy from your machine's boot menu key at power-on

grizzled frigate May 17, 2026, 3:30 PM

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Oh, thats not a problem for Me sooo everything is ok

#Cachyos broke mi mint