LMDE 5 Elsie / no bootable image found

[boq7]

I just completely removed my OS and installed LMDE 5 Elsie Cinnamon on my hard disk.

Installation was done successfully but when I wanted to restart then I got the message that NO BOOTABLE IMAGE WAS FOUND and notebook had to shut down.

My partition has the BOOT flag, so I do not understand. What am I missing?

Fast boot > ENABLED
Secure boot > DISABLED

I believe my notebook runs in LEGACY.

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Disk /dev/sda: 250GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags: 

Number  Start   End     Size    File system  Name     Flags
 1      2097kB  302MB   300MB   fat32        primary  boot, esp
 2      303MB   1327MB  1024MB  ext4         primary
 3      1328MB  250GB   249GB                primary


Warning: The driver descriptor says the physical block size is 2048 bytes, but
Linux says it is 512 bytes.

Additional info

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System:
  Kernel: 5.10.0-12-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
  Desktop: Cinnamon 5.2.7 tk: GTK 3.24.24 wm: muffin 5.2.1 
  dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: LMDE 5 Elsie base: Debian 11.2 bullseye 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP ProBook 450 G0 
  v: A2019DD203 serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 1949 v: KBC Version 90.0F serial: <filter> 
  UEFI: Hewlett-Packard v: 68IRF Ver. F.63 date: 06/03/2016 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 47.5 Wh condition: 47.5/47.5 Wh (100%) volts: 12.1/10.8 
  model: Hewlett-Packard Primary type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Full 
CPU:
  Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i3-3120M bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Ivy Bridge rev: 9 L2 cache: 3 MiB 
  flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 19952 
  Speed: 1262 MHz min/max: 1200/2500 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1262 2: 1502 
  3: 1226 4: 1198 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Hewlett-Packard 
  driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:0166 class ID: 0300 
  Device-2: Chicony HP HD Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus ID: 1-1.3:3 
  chip ID: 04f2:b3c8 class ID: 0e02 serial: <filter> 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: modesetting 
  unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1366x768~60Hz s-dpi: 96 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2) 
  v: 4.2 Mesa 20.3.5 compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio 
  vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 
  chip ID: 8086:1e20 class ID: 0403 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.0-12-amd64 
Network:
  Device-1: Ralink RT3290 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe 
  vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: rt2800pci v: 2.3.0 port: 3040 
  bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 1814:3290 class ID: 0280 
  IF: wlo1 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
  vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 2000 bus ID: 04:00.0 
  chip ID: 10ec:8168 class ID: 0200 
  IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Ralink RT3290 Bluetooth vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: N/A 
  bus ID: 03:00.1 chip ID: 1814:3298 class ID: 0d11 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 247.42 GiB used: 142 MiB (0.1%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 250GB size: 232.89 GiB 
  speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1B6Q scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Kingston model: DataTraveler 2.0 
  size: 14.54 GiB serial: <filter> rev: PMAP scheme: MBR 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 3.81 GiB used: 142 MiB (3.6%) fs: overlay source: ERR-102 
Swap:
  Alert: No Swap data was found. 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 55.0 C mobo: 0.0 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:
  Processes: 206 Uptime: 13m wakeups: 1 Memory: 7.63 GiB used: 2 GiB (26.2%) 
  Init: systemd v: 247 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Packages: 
  apt: 2005 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.01 

Doing more research / question is now How to get rid of MyFedora my old OS? Is that the problem I face with no bootable image found?

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BootCurrent: 0000
Timeout: 0 seconds
No BootOrder is set; firmware will attempt recovery
Boot0000* MyFedora	HD(1,GPT,8d04a2fd-7d13-4f9e-be1d-669ce6484b0b,0x800,0x12c000)/File(\EFI\fedora\shimx64.efi)
Boot0001* debian	HD(1,GPT,9cd1103a-0474-49f6-b294-6e45422c047c,0x1000,0x8f000)/File(\EFI\debian\shimx64.efi)

[cpedretti]

I just completely removed my OS and installed LMDE 5 Elsie Cinnamon on my hard disk.

Installation was done successfully but when I wanted to restart then I got the message that NO BOOTABLE IMAGE WAS FOUND and notebook had to shut down.

My partition has the BOOT flag, so I do not understand. What am I missing?

Fast boot > ENABLED
Secure boot > DISABLED

I believe my notebook runs in LEGACY.

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Disk /dev/sda: 250GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags: 

Number  Start   End     Size    File system  Name     Flags
 1      2097kB  302MB   300MB   fat32        primary  boot, esp
 2      303MB   1327MB  1024MB  ext4         primary
 3      1328MB  250GB   249GB                primary


Warning: The driver descriptor says the physical block size is 2048 bytes, but
Linux says it is 512 bytes.

Additional info

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System:
  Kernel: 5.10.0-12-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
  Desktop: Cinnamon 5.2.7 tk: GTK 3.24.24 wm: muffin 5.2.1 
  dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: LMDE 5 Elsie base: Debian 11.2 bullseye 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP ProBook 450 G0 
  v: A2019DD203 serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 1949 v: KBC Version 90.0F serial: <filter> 
  UEFI: Hewlett-Packard v: 68IRF Ver. F.63 date: 06/03/2016 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 47.5 Wh condition: 47.5/47.5 Wh (100%) volts: 12.1/10.8 
  model: Hewlett-Packard Primary type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Full 
CPU:
  Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i3-3120M bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Ivy Bridge rev: 9 L2 cache: 3 MiB 
  flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 19952 
  Speed: 1262 MHz min/max: 1200/2500 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1262 2: 1502 
  3: 1226 4: 1198 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Hewlett-Packard 
  driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:0166 class ID: 0300 
  Device-2: Chicony HP HD Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus ID: 1-1.3:3 
  chip ID: 04f2:b3c8 class ID: 0e02 serial: <filter> 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: modesetting 
  unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1366x768~60Hz s-dpi: 96 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2) 
  v: 4.2 Mesa 20.3.5 compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio 
  vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 
  chip ID: 8086:1e20 class ID: 0403 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.0-12-amd64 
Network:
  Device-1: Ralink RT3290 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe 
  vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: rt2800pci v: 2.3.0 port: 3040 
  bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 1814:3290 class ID: 0280 
  IF: wlo1 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
  vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 2000 bus ID: 04:00.0 
  chip ID: 10ec:8168 class ID: 0200 
  IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Ralink RT3290 Bluetooth vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: N/A 
  bus ID: 03:00.1 chip ID: 1814:3298 class ID: 0d11 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 247.42 GiB used: 142 MiB (0.1%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 250GB size: 232.89 GiB 
  speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1B6Q scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Kingston model: DataTraveler 2.0 
  size: 14.54 GiB serial: <filter> rev: PMAP scheme: MBR 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 3.81 GiB used: 142 MiB (3.6%) fs: overlay source: ERR-102 
Swap:
  Alert: No Swap data was found. 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 55.0 C mobo: 0.0 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:
  Processes: 206 Uptime: 13m wakeups: 1 Memory: 7.63 GiB used: 2 GiB (26.2%) 
  Init: systemd v: 247 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Packages: 
  apt: 2005 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.01 

Doing more research / question is now How to get rid of MyFedora my old OS? Is that the problem I face with no bootable image found?

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BootCurrent: 0000
Timeout: 0 seconds
No BootOrder is set; firmware will attempt recovery
Boot0000* MyFedora	HD(1,GPT,8d04a2fd-7d13-4f9e-be1d-669ce6484b0b,0x800,0x12c000)/File(\EFI\fedora\shimx64.efi)
Boot0001* debian	HD(1,GPT,9cd1103a-0474-49f6-b294-6e45422c047c,0x1000,0x8f000)/File(\EFI\debian\shimx64.efi)

To solve this incident, just go to the bios of the machine by pressing F1 then select UEFI with CSM support, save with F10 then reboot.

Boot on the live usb, open gparted and erase the entire disk and create a new gpt partition table (devices), then add an ext4 partition, apply the changes, continue the installation of lmde5.

To delete old uefi/efi entries =>https://frameboxxindore.com/linux/how-d ... linux.html

[boq7]

UEFI is selected now in BIOS.

My hard disk was already correctly formatted with GPT and ext4 file system, see here

https://freeimage.host/i/SPG9pV

Somehow now the message NO BOOTABLE IMAGE FOUND disappeared but now I get the GRUB command line where I am expected to type something.

Same problem though, my laptop cannot boot in LMDE.

[boq7]

Additional info

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config_table  fw_platform_size  mok-variables  runtime-map
efivars       fw_vendor         runtime        systab

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BootCurrent: 0000
Timeout: 0 seconds
No BootOrder is set; firmware will attempt recovery
Boot0000* MyFedora
Boot0001* debian

[antikythera]

Use the boot repair tool on the Live ISO you used to install LMDE5 with, that should sort it out.

Alternate (again from the live ISO), use efibootmgr to delete the Fedora entry if that is the OS you removed to install LMDE5. The second command instructs the laptop to use LMDE5 as the primary boot option.

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sudo efibootmgr -b0000 -B

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sudo efibootmgr -o 0001

[cpedretti]

UEFI is selected now in BIOS.

My hard disk was already correctly formatted with GPT and ext4 file system, see here

https://freeimage.host/i/SPG9pV

Somehow now the message NO BOOTABLE IMAGE FOUND disappeared but now I get the GRUB command line where I am expected to type something.

Same problem though, my laptop cannot boot in LMDE.

Here my partition scheme:



Did you select in bios csm support and uefi first at boot?

I recommend to restart a correct partitioning like sda1 as /boot/efi, swap, / and /home

[boq7]

That did not work.

Same problem.

But in start up screen I get this now

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GNU GRUB Version 2.04-20

Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB
lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists possible
device or file completions. 

grub> _

[antikythera]

what specifically did not work?

[MiZoG]

Have you attempted full-disk encryption before this LMDE5 installation, Bok7? (Because I haven't )
You are expected to boot into "shell', enter your "paraphrase" and then proceed to normal boot of X. Right?
So did you not even once get close to enter that paraphrase?

[boq7]

The efibootmgr commands worked, but my laptop still does not boot in LMDE.

[boq7]

Correct, I did not get a chance to enter my pass-phrase.

I just used normal install with automatic partitioning.

[boq7]

I recommend to restart a correct partitioning like sda1 as /boot/efi, swap, / and /home

1. How to encrypt then?
2. I have a 250GB hard disk SSD, how to divide this up for each /boot/efi and swap and / and /home?

[boq7]

Just tried to put /boot/efi in sda1 but same problem NO BOOTABLE IMAGE found.

[cpedretti]

Just tried to put /boot/efi in sda1 but same problem NO BOOTABLE IMAGE found.

Follow this video to make a new partitionning of your sda drive => https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5kh_-6e4kk

Then make a fresh installation, that's all

[boq7]

@cpedretti

I appreciate everybodys help for this apparently complicated issue, but as far as I can tell my USB is fine, my BIOS is fine, my hard disk is fine.

And I use a normal standard installation with automatic partitioning.

Why this goes wrong? What is the cause of this?

I can try a dozen different possible solutions but is not more efficient to exactly pinpoint the cause of this issue and target the solution around the cause?

I do not understand what causes this since as I said my whole setup seems fine.

Thank you again for everybody who is helping.

[boq7]

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NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
loop0    7:0    0   1.8G  1 loop /usr/lib/live/mount/rootfs/filesystem.squashfs
sda      8:0    0 232.9G  0 disk 
├─sda1   8:1    0   286M  0 part 
├─sda2   8:2    0   977M  0 part 
└─sda3   8:3    0 231.6G  0 part 

[antikythera]

The efibootmgr commands worked, but my laptop still does not boot in LMDE.

run the boot repair tool from the live ISO in that case. put yes to recommended mode and let it do it's thing. even if you get an error message about writing to NVRAM (EFI) it should work.

[boq7]

@antikythera

Did it, but still same problem NO BOOTABLE IMAGE FOUND.

I also tried to install Debian 11 and also same problem. Seems something is seriously wrong.

[boq7]

@antikythera

This boot repair made my OS BOOT MANAGER option disappear.

Now the whole situation got worse!

[heavy metal]

@cpedretti

I appreciate everybodys help for this apparently complicated issue, but as far as I can tell my USB is fine, my BIOS is fine, my hard disk is fine.

And I use a normal standard installation with automatic partitioning.

Why this goes wrong? What is the cause of this?

I can try a dozen different possible solutions but is not more efficient to exactly pinpoint the cause of this issue and target the solution around the cause?

I do not understand what causes this since as I said my whole setup seems fine.

Thank you again for everybody who is helping.

The problem here is UEFI, since I aquired some laptops and PC's that comes with it (Not Legacy Boot %100), it has been a real headache for me trying to sorting these issues found on these equipments, let me give you some advice that could help or work for you as it did for me.

LEGACY BOOT: If you have a computer that is only Legacy Boot, or you can disable UEFI completely, you have to use Rufus to write the Linux Mint ISO as CSM/Legacy Boot and format your hard disk or ssd as "MBR" not "GPT", that way I have found I can install LM on these machines (at least in my case).

Partitions layout that worked for me using Legacy Boot:
1) Format Partition Table as "DOS".
2) Create Swap partition.
3) Create / or root partition (Make sure the /root partition has the "Boot" flag enabled.
4) Create the /home partition.
5) Install boot loader on "SDA" on the "MBR" of disk ssd.
Finish install and reboot, this should work!


UEFI: If you have an UEFI equipment, tell Rufus to wrtite the LM ISO as GPT/UEFI and make sure your HDD or SDD is formated as GPT not MBR.

Partitions layout that worked for me using UEFI:
1) Format Partition Table as "GPT".
2) Create a 500-800 MB FAT32 partition (Make sure it has the "ESP/BOOT" flags enabled).
3) Create the Swap partition.
4) Create / or root partition.
5) Create the /home partition.
6) Install boot loader on "SDA" on the disk or ssd.
Finish install and reboot, this should work!

PLEASE READ, IMPORTANT!: This Next step is very important: --->> When you're going to create the LM ISO (or any other whatsoever) to be used with UEFI enabled equipment, use the usb ports on the motherboards, do not use usb hubs or usb extension cards to make the ISO or it will fail, it will Not work with UEFI, again, put the usb flash drive or pendrive directly on the usb ports on the back of your motherboard, or directly on the usb ports of your laptop, again, Do Not Use any kind of external usb devices to create UEFI enabled ISO's, I have tested this and it would not work, until I found out by trial and error (and a LOT of headaches later) that I had to put my flash drive directly on the usb backports of my Mobo, Then finally I was able to install LM on the PC's and Laptops with UEFI enabled!

Please take note that some equipments doesn't like some Flash Drives brands, like Kingston or Sandisk for example, and that some old Mobo's will not work with UEFI Linux ISO's (Only with Windows) even when they come with the option to enable/disable UEFI or Legacy Boot! (I'm looking at you Intel).

Well Guys & Gals, I really hope this helps someone, good luck!