Hi dep! Anno domini 2021 Thu, 19 Aug 16:46:45 +0000 dep scripsit: > Hi, everybody! (I hope you hear Dr. Nick's voice when you read this line.) :) > My SDD boot . . . isn't booting. > > Here's how it unfolded: I popped the side off the case so as to install a > couple of top-facing exhaust fans, controlled by the motherboard, bring > the total case fan count to five (two intake, three exhaust), because with > that many fans none ever really spins up, so the computer is next to > silent. That's all I did in there. I came nowhere near anything having to > do with any of the drives. > > When I fired up the computer again I got the usual GRUB menu, the second > item of which was the 20.04-LTS installation on /dev/sdc1. I chose it. > > And it booted forthwith -- to the 20.04-LTS installation on /dev/sda1. No > errors, nothing. Just booted the wrong drive. > > The SDD (sdc) is working fine -- I can mount it, navigate in it, read and > write to it. > > Any troubleshooting ideas that don't involve disassembly? This was working > fine yesterday and isn't today. This usually happens when you update grub from the wrong OS. Can you unplug sda, boot again. If it works, doublecheck the boot entry in the bios. If it's efi and you have 2 efi partions on your system (each on a different drive) try to get rid of the one you don't use - should be sufficient to change the partition type. And move your boot device from sdc to sda --> swap sata ports. Nik > -- > dep > > Pictures: http://www.ipernity.com/doc/depscribe/album > Column: https://ofb.biz/author/dep/ > ____________________________________________________ > tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ... ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
