Boot repair
8 messages · started by Daniel Thomas on Aug 28, 2020
Boot repair
From Daniel Thomas · Aug 28, 2020
Rex or anyone
I attempted to run Boot Repair on my HP Pavilion Mint 19.3 (as given in the CLUG APPROVED list):
after sudo …. && boot-repair, it ran & then asked “Is there RAID on this computer?
I answered ‘No’ & it ran again
I answered ‘No’ & it ran again
Then a window appeared with the instructions to copy the following 4 commands, open a terminal & run them
[the window included a picture of another window (warning you may not be able to boot if you remove Grub)
& said if a similar window appeared to use tab & enter keys to confirm GRUB removal]:
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get install -fy
sudo apt-get install -y lvm2
sudo apt-get purge -y grub*-common shim-signed
I did so & it ran through the 4 commands but remains at the end of the last command with apparently nothing happening now
I am left with two terminal windows showing last lines run but not open command lines
What now ... is it done or hung-up?
Dan Thomas
Boot repair
From Daniel Thomas · Aug 28, 2020
Rex or anyone
I attempted to run Boot Repair on my HP Pavilion Mint 19.3 (as given in the CLUG APPROVED list):
after sudo …. && boot-repair, it ran & then asked “Is there RAID on this computer?
I answered ‘No’ & it ran again
I answered ‘No’ & it ran again
Then a window appeared with the instructions to copy the following 4 commands, open a terminal & run them
[the window included a picture of another window (warning you may not be able to boot if you remove Grub)
& said if a similar window appeared to use tab & enter keys to confirm GRUB removal]:
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get install -fy
sudo apt-get install -y lvm2
sudo apt-get purge -y grub*-common shim-signed
I did so & it ran through the 4 commands but remains at the end of the last command with apparently nothing happening now
I am left with two terminal windows showing last lines run but not open command lines
What now ... is it done or hung-up?
Dan Thomas
Re: Boot repair
From Devi Garcia · Aug 28, 2020
Even if raid isn’t installed via hard drives some BIOS have the option installed by default which is why that window may have appeared. Did you have encryption or something installed via mint?
Quoted reply (13 lines)
On Aug 28, 2020, at 4:21 PM, Daniel Thomas <danjant@cableone.net> wrote: Rex or anyone
On Aug 28, 2020, at 4:21 PM, Daniel Thomas <danjant@cableone.net> wrote:
Rex or anyoneI attempted to run Boot Repair on my HP Pavilion Mint 19.3 (as given in the CLUG APPROVED list):
after sudo …. && boot-repair, it ran & then asked “Is there RAID on this computer?
I answered ‘No’ & it ran again
Then a window appeared with the instructions to copy the following 4 commands, open a terminal & run them
[the window included a picture of another window (warning you may not be able to boot if you remove Grub)& said if a similar window appeared to use tab & enter keys to confirm GRUB removal]:
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get install -fy
sudo apt-get install -y lvm2
sudo apt-get purge -y grub*-common shim-signed
I did so & it ran through the 4 commands but remains at the end of the last command with apparently nothing happening now
I am left with two terminal windows showing last lines run but not open command lines
What now ... is it done or hung-up?
Dan Thomas
Re: Boot repair
From Daniel Thomas · Aug 28, 2020
Thanks for the response,
No I just installed mint & have updated everything consistently (I did install Wine)
Should I just shut it down even though the terminals don't seem to be finished & hope for the best?
From: "Devi Garcia" <asphyxiated.god@gmail.com>
To: "cochiselinux" <cochiselinux@freelists.org>
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2020 5:21:26 PM
Subject: [cochiselinux] Re: Boot repair
Even if raid isn’t installed via hard drives some BIOS have the option installed by default which is why that window may have appeared. Did you have encryption or something installed via mint?
Quoted reply
(13 lines)
On Aug 28, 2020, at 4:21 PM, Daniel Thomas <danjant@cableone.net> wrote:
Rex or anyone
On Aug 28, 2020, at 4:21 PM, Daniel Thomas <danjant@cableone.net> wrote:
Rex or anyone
I attempted to run Boot Repair on my HP Pavilion Mint 19.3 (as given in the CLUG APPROVED list):
after sudo …. && boot-repair, it ran & then asked “Is there RAID on this computer?
I answered ‘No’ & it ran again
Then a window appeared with the instructions to copy the following 4 commands, open a terminal & run them
[the window included a picture of another window (warning you may not be able to boot if you remove Grub)
& said if a similar window appeared to use tab & enter keys to confirm GRUB removal]:
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get install -fy
sudo apt-get install -y lvm2
sudo apt-get purge -y grub*-common shim-signed
I did so & it ran through the 4 commands but remains at the end of the last command with apparently nothing happening now
I am left with two terminal windows showing last lines run but not open command lines
What now ... is it done or hung-up?
Dan Thomas
To: "cochiselinux" <cochiselinux@freelists.org>
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2020 5:21:26 PM
Subject: [cochiselinux] Re: Boot repair
Even if raid isn’t installed via hard drives some BIOS have the option installed by default which is why that window may have appeared. Did you have encryption or something installed via mint?
Quoted reply (13 lines)
On Aug 28, 2020, at 4:21 PM, Daniel Thomas <danjant@cableone.net> wrote: Rex or anyone
On Aug 28, 2020, at 4:21 PM, Daniel Thomas <danjant@cableone.net> wrote:
Rex or anyoneI attempted to run Boot Repair on my HP Pavilion Mint 19.3 (as given in the CLUG APPROVED list):
after sudo …. && boot-repair, it ran & then asked “Is there RAID on this computer?
I answered ‘No’ & it ran again
Then a window appeared with the instructions to copy the following 4 commands, open a terminal & run them
[the window included a picture of another window (warning you may not be able to boot if you remove Grub)& said if a similar window appeared to use tab & enter keys to confirm GRUB removal]:
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get install -fy
sudo apt-get install -y lvm2
sudo apt-get purge -y grub*-common shim-signed
I did so & it ran through the 4 commands but remains at the end of the last command with apparently nothing happening now
I am left with two terminal windows showing last lines run but not open command lines
What now ... is it done or hung-up?
Dan Thomas
Re: Boot repair
From Bill · Aug 28, 2020
Daniel and Devi
I did the same. Had the same notices and gave the same response. After thirty minutes wait, I decided to bite the bullet and turned off my machine. No grub was found. I mumbled bad things for a few minutes and pulled out my copy of Ubuntu and reloaded. Took a while to upgrade to the latest version, as I used 18.04. I don't worry much about it because I store nothing on my main drive except the operating system. I was going to call Rex and tell him, but I had already fixed my machine to normal state by that time.
Regards, Bill
On 8/28/20 5:52 PM, Daniel Thomas
wrote:
Quoted reply
(42 lines)
Thanks for the response, No I just installed mint & have updated everything consistently (I did install Wine)
Thanks for the response,
No I just installed mint & have updated everything consistently (I did install Wine)
Should I just shut it down even though the terminals don't seem to be finished & hope for the best?
From: "Devi Garcia" <asphyxiated.god@gmail.com>
To: "cochiselinux" <cochiselinux@freelists.org>
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2020 5:21:26 PM
Subject: [cochiselinux] Re: Boot repair
Even if raid isn’t installed via hard drives some BIOS have the option installed by default which is why that window may have appeared. Did you have encryption or something installed via mint?
On Aug 28, 2020, at 4:21 PM, Daniel Thomas <danjant@cableone.net> wrote:
Rex or anyone
I attempted to run Boot Repair on my HP Pavilion Mint 19.3 (as given in the CLUG APPROVED list):
after sudo …. && boot-repair, it ran & then asked “Is there RAID on this computer?
I answered ‘No’ & it ran again
Then a window appeared with the instructions to copy the following 4 commands, open a terminal & run them
[the window included a picture of another window (warning you may not be able to boot if you remove Grub)& said if a similar window appeared to use tab & enter keys to confirm GRUB removal]:
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get install -fy
sudo apt-get install -y lvm2
sudo apt-get purge -y grub*-common shim-signed
I did so & it ran through the 4 commands but remains at the end of the last command with apparently nothing happening now
I am left with two terminal windows showing last lines run but not open command lines
What now ... is it done or hung-up?
Dan Thomas
Re: Boot repair
From Rex Bouwense · Aug 28, 2020
Wow. First it is extremely unusual for two people to be unable to
boot within hours of each other using different OS's. What a
coincidence. In any event, I have used the PPA three times without
incident. It does not remove GRUB. The aim is to repair GRUB. If
unable to boot Ubuntu after installing and using boot repair, it is
recommended that you go to the Ubuntu forums and ask for advice on
Ubuntu Forums "New to Ubuntu" or "Installation & Upgrades" ,
giving the URL that you copied down. For Linux Mint you have to go
to their forums and ask the question.
Rex
Rex
On 8/28/20 6:58 PM, Bill wrote:
Quoted reply
(54 lines)
Daniel and Devi I did the same. Had the same notices and gave the same response. After thirty minutes wait, I decided to bite the
Daniel and Devi
I did the same. Had the same notices and gave the same response. After thirty minutes wait, I decided to bite the bullet and turned off my machine. No grub was found. I mumbled bad things for a few minutes and pulled out my copy of Ubuntu and reloaded. Took a while to upgrade to the latest version, as I used 18.04. I don't worry much about it because I store nothing on my main drive except the operating system. I was going to call Rex and tell him, but I had already fixed my machine to normal state by that time.
Regards, Bill
On 8/28/20 5:52 PM, Daniel Thomas wrote:
Thanks for the response,
No I just installed mint & have updated everything consistently (I did install Wine)
Should I just shut it down even though the terminals don't seem to be finished & hope for the best?
From: "Devi Garcia" <asphyxiated.god@gmail.com>
To: "cochiselinux" <cochiselinux@freelists.org>
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2020 5:21:26 PM
Subject: [cochiselinux] Re: Boot repair
Even if raid isn’t installed via hard drives some BIOS have the option installed by default which is why that window may have appeared. Did you have encryption or something installed via mint?
On Aug 28, 2020, at 4:21 PM, Daniel Thomas <danjant@cableone.net> wrote:
Rex or anyone
I attempted to run Boot Repair on my HP Pavilion Mint 19.3 (as given in the CLUG APPROVED list):
after sudo …. && boot-repair, it ran & then asked “Is there RAID on this computer?
I answered ‘No’ & it ran again
Then a window appeared with the instructions to copy the following 4 commands, open a terminal & run them
[the window included a picture of another window (warning you may not be able to boot if you remove Grub)& said if a similar window appeared to use tab & enter keys to confirm GRUB removal]:
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get install -fy
sudo apt-get install -y lvm2
sudo apt-get purge -y grub*-common shim-signed
I did so & it ran through the 4 commands but remains at the end of the last command with apparently nothing happening now
I am left with two terminal windows showing last lines run but not open command lines
What now ... is it done or hung-up?
Dan Thomas
Re: Boot repair
From Paul Bernard · Aug 28, 2020
If I wasn't so rusty I'd offer more specific advice... That being said, Linux is designed to be modular so worse case scenario you fubar'd grub. I would suggest grabbing a liveCD / USB drive with the version you are using installed. Reboot the system if it works, great. If it doesn't boot up your live disk and use that to repair/reinstall grub.
Not sure if this is exactly what you need but it's a starting point.
On Fri, Aug 28, 2020, 7:45 PM Rex Bouwense <majb@azloco.com> wrote:
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(65 lines)
Wow. First it is extremely unusual for two people to be unable to boot within hours of each other using different OS's. What a coincidence. In any event, I have used the PPA three times without
Wow. First it is extremely unusual for two people to be unable to boot within hours of each other using different OS's. What a coincidence. In any event, I have used the PPA three times without incident. It does not remove GRUB. The aim is to repair GRUB. If unable to boot Ubuntu after installing and using boot repair, it is recommended that you go to the Ubuntu forums and ask for advice on Ubuntu Forums "New to Ubuntu" or "Installation & Upgrades" , giving the URL that you copied down. For Linux Mint you have to go to their forums and ask the question.
Rex
On 8/28/20 6:58 PM, Bill wrote:
Daniel and Devi
I did the same. Had the same notices and gave the same response. After thirty minutes wait, I decided to bite the bullet and turned off my machine. No grub was found. I mumbled bad things for a few minutes and pulled out my copy of Ubuntu and reloaded. Took a while to upgrade to the latest version, as I used 18.04. I don't worry much about it because I store nothing on my main drive except the operating system. I was going to call Rex and tell him, but I had already fixed my machine to normal state by that time.
Regards, Bill
On 8/28/20 5:52 PM, Daniel Thomas wrote:
Thanks for the response,
No I just installed mint & have updated everything consistently (I did install Wine)
Should I just shut it down even though the terminals don't seem to be finished & hope for the best?
From: "Devi Garcia" <asphyxiated.god@gmail.com>
To: "cochiselinux" <cochiselinux@freelists.org>
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2020 5:21:26 PM
Subject: [cochiselinux] Re: Boot repair
Even if raid isn’t installed via hard drives some BIOS have the option installed by default which is why that window may have appeared. Did you have encryption or something installed via mint?
On Aug 28, 2020, at 4:21 PM, Daniel Thomas <danjant@cableone.net> wrote:
Rex or anyone
I attempted to run Boot Repair on my HP Pavilion Mint 19.3 (as given in the CLUG APPROVED list):
after sudo …. && boot-repair, it ran & then asked “Is there RAID on this computer?
I answered ‘No’ & it ran again
Then a window appeared with the instructions to copy the following 4 commands, open a terminal & run them
[the window included a picture of another window (warning you may not be able to boot if you remove Grub)& said if a similar window appeared to use tab & enter keys to confirm GRUB removal]:
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get install -fy
sudo apt-get install -y lvm2
sudo apt-get purge -y grub*-common shim-signed
I did so & it ran through the 4 commands but remains at the end of the last command with apparently nothing happening now
I am left with two terminal windows showing last lines run but not open command lines
What now ... is it done or hung-up?
Dan Thomas
Re: Boot repair
From Paul Bernard · Aug 28, 2020
Side note... If you just want it to work and don't want to troubleshoot, I'd say a fresh install fixes what we manage to break in a fraction of the time lol
On Fri, Aug 28, 2020, 11:11 PM Paul Bernard <paulbsocal@gmail.com> wrote:
Quoted reply
(69 lines)
If I wasn't so rusty I'd offer more specific advice... That being said, Linux is designed to be modular so worse case scenario you fubar'd grub. I would suggest grabbing a liveCD / USB drive with the version you are using installed. Reboot the system if it works, great. If it doesn't boot up your live disk and use that to repair/reinstall grub. Not sure if this is exactly what you need but it's a starting point. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Installing#via_Partition_Files_Copy
If I wasn't so rusty I'd offer more specific advice... That being said, Linux is designed to be modular so worse case scenario you fubar'd grub. I would suggest grabbing a liveCD / USB drive with the version you are using installed. Reboot the system if it works, great. If it doesn't boot up your live disk and use that to repair/reinstall grub.Not sure if this is exactly what you need but it's a starting point.On Fri, Aug 28, 2020, 7:45 PM Rex Bouwense <majb@azloco.com> wrote:
Wow. First it is extremely unusual for two people to be unable to boot within hours of each other using different OS's. What a coincidence. In any event, I have used the PPA three times without incident. It does not remove GRUB. The aim is to repair GRUB. If unable to boot Ubuntu after installing and using boot repair, it is recommended that you go to the Ubuntu forums and ask for advice on Ubuntu Forums "New to Ubuntu" or "Installation & Upgrades" , giving the URL that you copied down. For Linux Mint you have to go to their forums and ask the question.
Rex
On 8/28/20 6:58 PM, Bill wrote:
Daniel and Devi
I did the same. Had the same notices and gave the same response. After thirty minutes wait, I decided to bite the bullet and turned off my machine. No grub was found. I mumbled bad things for a few minutes and pulled out my copy of Ubuntu and reloaded. Took a while to upgrade to the latest version, as I used 18.04. I don't worry much about it because I store nothing on my main drive except the operating system. I was going to call Rex and tell him, but I had already fixed my machine to normal state by that time.
Regards, Bill
On 8/28/20 5:52 PM, Daniel Thomas wrote:
Thanks for the response,
No I just installed mint & have updated everything consistently (I did install Wine)
Should I just shut it down even though the terminals don't seem to be finished & hope for the best?
From: "Devi Garcia" <asphyxiated.god@gmail.com>
To: "cochiselinux" <cochiselinux@freelists.org>
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2020 5:21:26 PM
Subject: [cochiselinux] Re: Boot repair
Even if raid isn’t installed via hard drives some BIOS have the option installed by default which is why that window may have appeared. Did you have encryption or something installed via mint?
On Aug 28, 2020, at 4:21 PM, Daniel Thomas <danjant@cableone.net> wrote:
Rex or anyone
I attempted to run Boot Repair on my HP Pavilion Mint 19.3 (as given in the CLUG APPROVED list):
after sudo …. && boot-repair, it ran & then asked “Is there RAID on this computer?
I answered ‘No’ & it ran again
Then a window appeared with the instructions to copy the following 4 commands, open a terminal & run them
[the window included a picture of another window (warning you may not be able to boot if you remove Grub)& said if a similar window appeared to use tab & enter keys to confirm GRUB removal]:
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get install -fy
sudo apt-get install -y lvm2
sudo apt-get purge -y grub*-common shim-signed
I did so & it ran through the 4 commands but remains at the end of the last command with apparently nothing happening now
I am left with two terminal windows showing last lines run but not open command lines
What now ... is it done or hung-up?
Dan Thomas