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Re: [LUG] Grub Problem
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- Subject: Re: [LUG] Grub Problem
- From: comrade meowski <mr.meowski@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2020 18:01:29 +0100
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On 15/08/2020 17:50, Neil wrote:
OK. So I have created a USB with the latest version of MX 19.2 on it.
And, lo and behold, it does work. So now I can start MX from the USB
stick. Then I started the boot repair program. It gives me four choices.
1 Reinstall GRUB bootloader on ESP, MBR, or PRR (root)
2 Repair GRUB configuration file
3 Backup MBR or PBR (legacy boot only)
4 Restore MBR or PBR from backup (legacy boot only)
I do not understand all that. I do seem to remember, during original
installation, that BOOT was put on an MBR, but I think that was by
simply accepting the default.
And this is working on the boot set up on this new USB, surely. How can
it affect the set up on my hard disk?
Not very good with all this stuff am I?
This is a really crappy bug to be fair, most non-experts are going to
have serious trouble sorting this out. Non-booting PC is about as
unforgivable a distro error as possible, short of deleting your data :[
I did tell you specifically that you'd need a new ISO with the fixed
Grub bootloader, don't know why you're so surprised lol.
Don't worry if the first attempt doesn't work, you have lots of options
in the MX live tool to try next.
Go with 1: Reinstall
It'll ask you a couple more questions but you want to (re-)install to
the MBR (not ESP or PBR). If it asks for a specific disk or partition
it'll be of the form sda not sda1 or sda2. Grub will probably show you
the potential targets for it's reinstall so choose the internal SSD
which is most likely sda for you. It should reinstall, say ok, and then
you can reboot.
If it still doesn't boot interrupt the next restart with your BIOS boot
menu hotkey and look at the options. It may be offering them out of
order and you may need to specifically select a "Legacy" option.
Report back.
PS: sorry for duplicating some other people's advice, half of my DCGLUG
messages still get delivered to junk and I keep missing them
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