[SOLVED] Linux Lite Won't Run

[stafroz]

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.

I did that, I have tried reinstalling 4x times but all the same problem.

[gold_finger]

Not sure where to go with this -- don't recall seeing something like this happen before.  Going to just have you post back with some terminal output that might show some clues on how to proceed.

You can do this from your Voyager install if you don't feel like booting the live DVD again.  (It makes no difference.)  Open a terminal and enter following commands.

First two commands will give more details on partitions:

Code:

sudo blkid -c /dev/null
sudo parted -l

(Last command ends in lowercase letter "L", not number 1.)

Make a mount point, then mount the Root partition for installed LL.  (Substitute correct partition if it is not sda2 anymore.)

Code:

sudo mkdir /mnt/LL
sudo mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/LL

Print contents of fstab file to screen with this command:

Code:

cat /mnt/LL/etc/fstab

Print the menu entries from the grub.cfg file to screen:

Code:

grep "menuentry '" /mnt/LL/boot/grub/grub.cfg

Copy entire output from first to last command and paste it back here for us to see.  Once pasted into your reply, highlight that pasted output and hit the code button (#) along top to enclose it in [ code ] blocks so it is easier for us to read.

Now go ahead and unmount the partition.

Code:

sudo umount /mnt/LL

Get rid of the temporary mount point we made in beginning

Code:

sudo rmdir /mnt/LL

Close terminal.

[stafroz]

Not sure where to go with this -- don't recall seeing something like this happen before.  Going to just have you post back with some terminal output that might show some clues on how to proceed.

It would seems that my Hard disk have bad sectors? And the SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: FAILED! with Reallocated_Sector_Ct Failing_Now.
I'll have the hard disk change in Monday. I'll let you know again later.

thank you for helping so far.

[gold_finger]

It would seems that my Hard disk have bad sectors? And the SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: FAILED! with Reallocated_Sector_Ct Failing_Now.

Hard drive going bad -- not a good thing, but that does explain the weird behavior.

Don't know what your plan is when you get the new drive, but if you re-install all three Linux distros make sure that Linux Lite ends up being the one in charge of booting.  (There was a tweak done to grub in LL that makes it difficult to boot if it's not the one in charge of booting.)  You can make sure LL is in charge of booting by either:

• Installing LL last and make sure to point boot loader installation to /dev/sda.
  
• Install LL with boot loader on /dev/sda; then point boot loader install of any distro after that to their own Root partition instead of /dev/sda.  Afterwards, boot into LL and run sudo update-grub to add the new distro to the menu.
  

[ukbrian]

    Install LL last and make sure to point boot loader installation to /dev/sda.
    Install LL with boot loader on /dev/sda; then point boot loader install of any distro after that to their own Root partition instead of /dev/sda.  Afterwards, boot into LL and run sudo update-grub to add the new distro to the menu.

That's the method I've ended up using.
Put your old faithful what ever it is in charge of the MBR on sda and all other installs put their grub into their root partitions.

I also put a launcher on my old faithful so just a click updates grub on the MBR.

I must have stumbled into a good habit.



That grub tweak might be my problem at  https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/index...pic=1586.0



Is it possible for me to roll the tweak back? and what does it do? I've not noticed any changes.

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