Linux Mint System Won't Boot but Fsck Clean
by SomeLinuxUser from LinuxQuestions.org on (#518HY)
Hi all,
I was running Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia prior to the problems described here.
I've just made some changes to my PC which now won't boot. I am attempting to install a new graphics card, and so have installed a RAM upgrade and I have also connected up a new hard drive, which is meant to be unrelated to my Linux build (it's used to run the Windows config my brother uses on the same computer).
My system is running a 1TB main disc, the Windows 250GB disc mentioned above, and a 250GB mounted drive which I set up a while back. Being new to this stuff, I think I managed to mount the extra disc incorrectly, since next time I booted I was dropped into recovery mode and got bailed out by some utility helpfully fixing the errors for me - sorry, can't remember the name or specifics of this, but figured it might be important.
Now, I made all the changes listed above, and for a while it was dropping me into recovery mode, now I just get a blinking cursor. Following some advice online, I booted into Mint from a Live USB and ran fsck on the two drives, both of which came back clean, so I'm a little stuck on what to do next. Any suggestions?
Final piece of info - I think the drives were set up incorrectly because my main 1TB drive is listed as /dev/sdb1, whereas the 250GB drive is at /dev/sda. I think this was probably the reason why when I booted a while back it had to correct these errors - it was trying to boot of /dev/sda by default? Just a thought ...
Any ideas would be much appreciated, cheers.
I was running Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia prior to the problems described here.
I've just made some changes to my PC which now won't boot. I am attempting to install a new graphics card, and so have installed a RAM upgrade and I have also connected up a new hard drive, which is meant to be unrelated to my Linux build (it's used to run the Windows config my brother uses on the same computer).
My system is running a 1TB main disc, the Windows 250GB disc mentioned above, and a 250GB mounted drive which I set up a while back. Being new to this stuff, I think I managed to mount the extra disc incorrectly, since next time I booted I was dropped into recovery mode and got bailed out by some utility helpfully fixing the errors for me - sorry, can't remember the name or specifics of this, but figured it might be important.
Now, I made all the changes listed above, and for a while it was dropping me into recovery mode, now I just get a blinking cursor. Following some advice online, I booted into Mint from a Live USB and ran fsck on the two drives, both of which came back clean, so I'm a little stuck on what to do next. Any suggestions?
Final piece of info - I think the drives were set up incorrectly because my main 1TB drive is listed as /dev/sdb1, whereas the 250GB drive is at /dev/sda. I think this was probably the reason why when I booted a while back it had to correct these errors - it was trying to boot of /dev/sda by default? Just a thought ...
Any ideas would be much appreciated, cheers.