Anno domini 2021 Thu, 19 Aug 18:03:07 +0000 dep scripsit: > said Dr. Nikolaus Klepp: > | 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. > > That's a problem: sda is on a sled that is permanently located; I could > *conceivably* switch the cables but it would not be pretty. And I haven't > been updating grub. > > As to the efi partition -- to the best of my knowledge i have only one, > sda4, the purpose of which has never been even slightly clear to me, > except that this can't possibly be the best way of doing things. There is > none on the SSD, which is only 500 gigs. And again, this was working, in > its current condition, until yesterday, when I shut down to add a couple > of case fans. > > I had previously changed the partition labels to LABEL= in /etc/fstab; if > that had any effect at all anywhere it is certainly well hidden. Can you boot /dev/sdc1 using grub commandline? > -- > 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
