[SOLVED] Linux Lite Won't Run

[stafroz]

Hello,

I have Acer Aspire V5-471G with partition:
1. windows recovery
2 & 3: root and home for LinuxLite
4: Extended partition
4.1: swap partition
4.2.1 & 4.2.2: Fedora root and home partition
4.3.1 & 4.3.2: Voyager root and home partition.

I installed the iso into USB using the dd command followed the LinuxLite manual. The USB live working great except when I open gparted there's warning Libparted bugs found (recursive partition) on the USB.

Then I installed LinuxLite to that partition2. The installation went finish. I restarted my laptop but it won't run LinuxLite with
error: failure reading sector 0x239d18 from hd0.

Could you help me?  thanks.

[Scott(0)]

Hi Stafroz,
My first thought is maybe a GRUB issue but it's really only a guess. I would give the Boot-Repair-Disk a try:
http://sourceforge.net/p/boot-repair-cd/home/Home/
It's fairly easy and in my experience usually will fix the issue successfully.

[stafroz]

Hi Stafroz,
My first thought is maybe a GRUB issue but it's really only a guess. I would give the Boot-Repair-Disk a try:
http://sourceforge.net/p/boot-repair-cd/home/Home/
It's fairly easy and in my experience usually will fix the issue successfully.

I thought that too but I'm able to get into Voyager with no problem.

[Scott(0)]

Hi Stafroz,

I thought that too but I'm able to get into Voyager with no problem.

Maybe GRUB itself is working but there is only a problem with the Linux Lite entry?

Have you tried the Booting Issues section of the most excellent( ) Linux Lite Manual?
https://www.freecinema2022.gq/manual/hardw...ml#booting

~Scott

[stafroz]

Hi Stafroz,
Have you tried the Booting Issues section of the most excellent( ) Linux Lite Manual?
https://www.freecinema2022.gq/manual/hardw...ml#booting

~Scott

I tried with nomodeset but no luck. Here is the image url:
view here

[gold_finger]

Strange that you can boot into Voyager, but not LL.  Can you also boot into Fedora?  Is LL first on the list or last?

I'm assuming computer is relatively new, so probably has UEFI firmware instead of old BIOS firmware.  Make sure you have UEFI settings set to boot in CSM/Legacy mode and not UEFI mode.  (I'm guessing it is already set that way, but check the settings anyway to be sure.)

Try using live LL USB to re-install grub.  Commands below assume that your Root partition for LL is /dev/sda2 from what you posted before.  If that is not the case, substitute correct partition below where I have /dev/sda2.

# Boot using live LL USB and open a terminal.

# Mount your root partition to /mnt

Code:

sudo mount /dev/sda2 /mnt

# Run following command to install grub.  (NOTE:  line ends in /dev/sda, not sda2.)

Code:

sudo grub-install --boot-directory=/mnt/boot /dev/sda

# Unmount your partition.

Code:

sudo umount /dev/sda2

# Close terminal and reboot computer.

# You should now be able to boot into LL.  Do that.  If other OS's didn't show up in menu on your reboot, then run this terminal command (from your installed Linux Lite) to add them to menu:

Code:

sudo update-grub

# Done.

Computer should properly boot all OS's now.  Let us know how it goes.

[stafroz]

Strange that you can boot into Voyager, but not LL.  Can you also boot into Fedora?  Is LL first on the list or last?

I'm assuming computer is relatively new, so probably has UEFI firmware instead of old BIOS firmware.  Make sure you have UEFI settings set to boot in CSM/Legacy mode and not UEFI mode.  (I'm guessing it is already set that way, but check the settings anyway to be sure.)

Try using live LL USB to re-install grub.  Commands below assume that your Root partition for LL is /dev/sda2 from what you posted before.  If that is not the case, substitute correct partition below where I have /dev/sda2.

Edited: About the UEFI setting in bios, I don't have that.
LinuxLite is the first list. I have fedora then voyager and the newest install LinuxLite. And I can boot into Fedora fine.

[gold_finger]

Did you try running commands I posted above from a live LL DVD/USB?

[stafroz]

Did you try running commands I posted above from a live LL DVD/USB?

I have tried and the last command sudo update-grub gave me an error:
/usr/bin/grub-probe: error: failed to get canonical path of '/cow'.
Then I remove the usb flash disk and restarted then I get the grub error saying You're trying to read / write outside  hd0. I did make sure that I have everything back again in the bios setting.

And I still have the same error can't boot into LinuxLite

[gold_finger]

Last command was meant to be run from the installed LL (assuming you were able to boot into it), not from the live DVD (which is what it looks like you ran command from).

It's strange that LL's grub appears to be working to boot the other two systems, but not for booting LL itself.  Sounds like maybe the installation of LL didn't go completely right.  Think easiest thing might just be to install again.  Just point it to same LL partition(s) using the "Something else" install option, set mount points, check box to format the LL partition(s), etc.  Hopefully it installs right this time and problem disappears.