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witcher1979

Can't boot on Acer Spin 1

Post by witcher1979 »

Hi,

I have a Acer Spin111-31 laptop. I have booted linux mint from USB and done the install, most of the time it freezes on installing grub2. I managed to do the install somehow but it wont boot. I ran boot repair from the live usb version and I got this:

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 Boot Info Script cfd9efe + Boot-Repair extra info      [Boot-Info 26Apr2016]


============================= Boot Info Summary: ===============================

 => Grub2 (v2.00) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks at sector 1 of 
    the same hard drive for core.img. core.img is at this location and looks 
    for /boot/grub. It also embeds following components:
    
    modules
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    fshelp ext2 part_gpt biosdisk search_fs_uuid
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    config script
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    search.fs_uuid d8121ec2-d0f5-4fe8-8bca-22af56cf2ef6 root 
    set prefix=($root)'/boot/grub'
    
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

sda1: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       vfat
    Boot sector type:  MSWIN4.1: FAT32
    Boot sector info:  No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
    Operating System:  
    Boot files:        /boot/grub/grub.cfg /syslinux.cfg /EFI/BOOT/grubx64.efi

============================ Drive/Partition Info: =============================

Drive: sda _____________________________________________________________________
Disk /dev/sda: 119.1 GiB, 127865454592 bytes, 249737216 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos

Partition  Boot  Start Sector    End Sector  # of Sectors  Id System

/dev/sda1    *          2,048   249,737,215   249,735,168   c W95 FAT32 (LBA)


"blkid" output: ________________________________________________________________

Device           UUID                                   TYPE       LABEL

/dev/loop0                                              squashfs   
/dev/mmcblk0                                                       
/dev/mmcblk0p1                                                     
/dev/mmcblk0p2   8E6F-12D1                              vfat       
/dev/mmcblk0p3   ddaf7113-b61d-43ba-a48e-387b4b7a5bbe   swap       
/dev/mmcblk0p4   d8121ec2-d0f5-4fe8-8bca-22af56cf2ef6   ext4       
/dev/sda1        1BEF-1E21                              vfat       LINUX MINT

========================= "ls -l /dev/disk/by-id" output: ======================

total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jul 23 10:44 mmc-HBG4a2_0x03da083b -> ../../mmcblk0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jul 23 10:44 mmc-HBG4a2_0x03da083b-part1 -> ../../mmcblk0p1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jul 23 10:44 mmc-HBG4a2_0x03da083b-part2 -> ../../mmcblk0p2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jul 23 10:44 mmc-HBG4a2_0x03da083b-part3 -> ../../mmcblk0p3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jul 23 10:44 mmc-HBG4a2_0x03da083b-part4 -> ../../mmcblk0p4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jul 23 10:48 usb-FNK_TECH_0100-0:0 -> ../../sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jul 23 10:48 usb-FNK_TECH_0100-0:0-part1 -> ../../sda1

================================ Mount points: =================================

Device           Mount_Point              Type       Options

/dev/loop0       /rofs                    squashfs   (ro,noatime)
/dev/mmcblk0p4   /media/mint/d8121ec2-d0f5-4fe8-8bca-22af56cf2ef6 ext4       (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,data=ordered,uhelper=udisks2)
/dev/sda1        /cdrom                   vfat       (ro,noatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)


=========================== sda1/boot/grub/grub.cfg: ===========================

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

if loadfont /boot/grub/font.pf2 ; then
	set gfxmode=auto
	insmod efi_gop
	insmod efi_uga
	insmod gfxterm
	terminal_output gfxterm
fi

set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray

menuentry "Start Linux Mint 18.2 Cinnamon 64-bit" {
	set gfxpayload=keep
	linux	/casper/vmlinuz  file=/cdrom/preseed/linuxmint.seed boot=casper iso-scan/filename=${iso_path} quiet splash --
	initrd	/casper/initrd.lz
}
menuentry "Start Linux Mint 18.2 Cinnamon 64-bit (compatibility mode)" {
	linux	/casper/vmlinuz  file=/cdrom/preseed/linuxmint.seed boot=casper xforcevesa iso-scan/filename=${iso_path} ramdisk_size=1048576 root=/dev/ram rw noapic noacpi nosplash irqpoll --
	initrd	/casper/initrd.lz
}
menuentry "OEM install (for manufacturers)" {
	set gfxpayload=keep
	linux	/casper/vmlinuz  file=/cdrom/preseed/linuxmint.seed oem-config/enable=true only-ubiquity boot=casper iso-scan/filename=${iso_path} quiet splash --
	initrd	/casper/initrd.lz
}
menuentry "Check the integrity of the medium" {
	linux	/casper/vmlinuz  boot=casper integrity-check iso-scan/filename=${iso_path} quiet splash --
	initrd	/casper/initrd.lz
}
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

============================== sda1/syslinux.cfg: ==============================

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DEFAULT loadconfig

LABEL loadconfig
  CONFIG /isolinux/isolinux.cfg
  APPEND /isolinux/
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

=================== sda1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ====================

           GiB - GB             File                                 Fragment(s)

            ?? = ??             boot/grub/grub.cfg                             1

================= sda1: Location of files loaded by Syslinux: ==================

           GiB - GB             File                                 Fragment(s)

            ?? = ??             syslinux.cfg                                   1

=============================== StdErr Messages: ===============================

File descriptor 9 (/proc/4427/mounts) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 15570: bash
File descriptor 63 (pipe:[38143]) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 15570: bash

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION :
=================== log of boot-repair 2017-07-23__10h48 ===================
boot-repair version : 4ppa40
boot-sav version : 4ppa40
glade2script version : 3.2.3~ppa1
boot-sav-extra version :
Error: /dev/mmcblk0rpmb: unrecognised disk label
Warning: Error fsyncing/closing /dev/mmcblk0rpmb: Input/output error
Error: /dev/mmcblk0boot0: unrecognised disk label
Error: /dev/mmcblk0boot1: unrecognised disk label
Error: /dev/mmcblk0rpmb: unrecognised disk label
Warning: Error fsyncing/closing /dev/mmcblk0rpmb: Input/output error
Error: /dev/mmcblk0boot0: unrecognised disk label
Error: /dev/mmcblk0boot1: unrecognised disk label
boot-repair is executed in live-session (Linux Mint 18.2 Sonya, sonya, LinuxMint, x86_64)
CPU op-mode(s):        32-bit, 64-bit
BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/linuxmint.seed boot=casper iso-scan/filename= quiet splash --
ls: cannot access '/home/usr/.config': No such file or directory
mmcblk0 (sda) has unknown type. Please report this message to boot.repair@gmail.com
mount: /dev/mmcblk0 is already mounted or /mnt/boot-sav/mmcblk0 busy
mount /dev/mmcblk0 : Error code 32
mount -r /dev/mmcblk0 /mnt/boot-sav/mmcblk0
mount: /dev/mmcblk0 is already mounted or /mnt/boot-sav/mmcblk0 busy
mount -r /dev/mmcblk0 : Error code 32
NTFS signature is missing.
Failed to mount '/dev/mmcblk0p1': Invalid argument
The device '/dev/mmcblk0p1' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.
Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?
mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 : Error code 12
mount -r /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/boot-sav/mmcblk0p1
NTFS signature is missing.
Failed to mount '/dev/mmcblk0p1': Invalid argument
The device '/dev/mmcblk0p1' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.
Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?
mount -r /dev/mmcblk0p1 : Error code 12
cat: /sys/block/mmcblk0/mmcblk0boot0/start: No such file or directory
cat: /sys/block/mmcblk0/mmcblk0boot1/start: No such file or directory
cat: /sys/block/mmcblk0/mmcblk0rpmb/start: No such file or directory

=================== os-prober:
/dev/mmcblk0p4:Linux Mint 18.2 Sonya (18.2):LinuxMint:linux

=================== blkid:
/dev/mmcblk0p2: UUID="8E6F-12D1" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="e96c9035-5696-4dc5-bf76-00293e1225b6"
/dev/mmcblk0p4: UUID="d8121ec2-d0f5-4fe8-8bca-22af56cf2ef6" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="6a62a741-a4d3-4eb0-b84a-2e5cd994f5de"
/dev/sda1: LABEL="LINUX MINT" UUID="1BEF-1E21" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/mmcblk0p3: UUID="ddaf7113-b61d-43ba-a48e-387b4b7a5bbe" TYPE="swap" PARTUUID="90e19324-3875-4ac1-afcc-feee554a789b"
/dev/mmcblk0: PTUUID="1685ac59-4d2c-4660-8d03-5655fcda6f43" PTTYPE="gpt"
/dev/mmcblk0p1: PARTUUID="5bab1825-b1db-4d5e-b8ce-3415ea366a9c"


1 disks with OS, 1 OS : 1 Linux, 0 MacOS, 0 Windows, 0 unknown type OS.

mount: /dev/mmcblk0 is already mounted or /mnt/boot-sav/mmcblk0 busy
mount /dev/mmcblk0 : Error code 32
mount -r /dev/mmcblk0 /mnt/boot-sav/mmcblk0
mount: /dev/mmcblk0 is already mounted or /mnt/boot-sav/mmcblk0 busy
mount -r /dev/mmcblk0 : Error code 32
NTFS signature is missing.
Failed to mount '/dev/mmcblk0p1': Invalid argument
The device '/dev/mmcblk0p1' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.
Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?
mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 : Error code 12
mount -r /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/boot-sav/mmcblk0p1
NTFS signature is missing.
Failed to mount '/dev/mmcblk0p1': Invalid argument
The device '/dev/mmcblk0p1' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.
Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?
mount -r /dev/mmcblk0p1 : Error code 12

=================== /media/mint/d8121ec2-d0f5-4fe8-8bca-22af56cf2ef6/etc/grub.d/ :
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     4096 Jun 28 15:31 grub.d
total 96
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  9791 May 11 10:32 00_header
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  6258 Mar 15  2016 05_debian_theme
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  1180 Oct 25  2014 06_mint_theme
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12552 May 11 10:32 10_linux
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10634 Oct  1  2012 10_lupin
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11082 May 11 10:32 20_linux_xen
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  1992 Jan 28  2016 20_memtest86+
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11692 May 11 10:32 30_os-prober
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  1418 May 11 10:32 30_uefi-firmware
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   214 May 11 10:32 40_custom
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   216 May 11 10:32 41_custom
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   483 May 11 10:32 README




=================== /media/mint/d8121ec2-d0f5-4fe8-8bca-22af56cf2ef6/etc/default/grub :

# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
# For full documentation of the options in this file, see:
#   info -f grub -n 'Simple configuration'

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
#GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
GRUB_TIMEOUT=10
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

# Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs
# This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains
# the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...)
#GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef"

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
#GRUB_TERMINAL=console

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480

# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true

# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
#GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"

# Uncomment to get a beep at grub start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"




=================== efibootmgr -v
BootCurrent: 0000
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 0000,2001,2002,2003
Boot0000* Linux	HD(1,MBR,0x0,0x800,0xee2a800)/File(EFIBootgrubx64.efi)RC
Boot0002* Unknown Device: 	HD(1,GPT,5adee493-e4c8-45a2-8576-e3cce6492428,0x800,0x100000)/File(EFIubuntugrubx64.efi)RC
Boot0004* Unknown Device: 	HD(1,GPT,1110697f-e897-4417-a22f-ffcf05fa7f37,0x800,0x100000)/File(EFIubuntugrubx64.efi)RC
Boot2001* EFI USB Device	RC
Boot2002* EFI DVD/CDROM	RC
Boot2003* EFI Network	RC

=================== UEFI/Legacy mode:
BIOS is EFI-compatible, and is setup in EFI-mode for this live-session.
SecureBoot enabled.


=================== PARTITIONS & DISKS:
mmcblk0p2	: mmcblk0,	not-sepboot,	no-grubenv	nogrub,	no-docgrub,	no-update-grub,	32,	no-boot,	no-os,	not--efi--part,	part-has-no-fstab,	part-has-no-fstab,	no-nt,	no-winload,	no-recov-nor-hid,	no-bmgr,	notwinboot,	nopakmgr,	nogrubinstall,	no---usr,	part-has-no-fstab,	not-sep-usr,	standard,	not-far,	/mnt/boot-sav/mmcblk0p2.
mmcblk0p4	: mmcblk0,	not-sepboot,	grubenv-ok	grub2,	grub-pc ,	update-grub,	64,	with-boot,	is-os,	not--efi--part,	fstab-without-boot,	fstab-without-efi,	no-nt,	no-winload,	no-recov-nor-hid,	no-bmgr,	notwinboot,	apt-get,	grub-install,	with--usr,	fstab-without-usr,	not-sep-usr,	standard,	not-far,	/media/mint/d8121ec2-d0f5-4fe8-8bca-22af56cf2ef6.
mmcblk0	: sda,	maybesepboot,	no-grubenv	nogrub,	no-docgrub,	no-update-grub,	32,	no-boot,	no-os,	not--efi--part,	part-has-no-fstab,	part-has-no-fstab,	no-nt,	no-winload,	no-recov-nor-hid,	no-bmgr,	notwinboot,	nopakmgr,	nogrubinstall,	no---usr,	part-has-no-fstab,	not-sep-usr,	standard,	not-far,	/mnt/boot-sav/mmcblk0.
mmcblk0p1	: mmcblk0,	maybesepboot,	no-grubenv	nogrub,	no-docgrub,	no-update-grub,	32,	no-boot,	no-os,	not--efi--part,	part-has-no-fstab,	part-has-no-fstab,	no-nt,	no-winload,	no-recov-nor-hid,	no-bmgr,	notwinboot,	nopakmgr,	nogrubinstall,	no---usr,	part-has-no-fstab,	not-sep-usr,	standard,	not-far,	/mnt/boot-sav/mmcblk0p1.

mmcblk0	: GPT,	BIOS_boot,	has-no-EFIpart, 	not-usb,	has-os,	1 sectors * 512 bytes
sda	: not-GPT,	BIOSboot-not-needed,	has-no-EFIpart, 	usb-disk,	no-os,	2048 sectors * 512 bytes


=================== parted -l:

Model: FNK TECH  (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 128GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:

Number  Start   End    Size   Type     File system  Flags
1      1049kB  128GB  128GB  primary  fat32        boot, lba


Model: Generic SD/MMC Storage Card (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/mmcblk0rpmb: 4194kB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: unknown
Disk Flags:

Model: Generic SD/MMC Storage Card (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/mmcblk0boot0: 4194kB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: unknown
Disk Flags:

Model: Generic SD/MMC Storage Card (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/mmcblk0boot1: 4194kB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: unknown
Disk Flags:

Model: MMC HBG4a2 (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/mmcblk0: 31.3GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:

Number  Start   End     Size    File system     Name  Flags
1      1049kB  10.5MB  9437kB                        bios_grub
2      10.5MB  511MB   500MB   fat32                 boot, esp
3      511MB   8510MB  8000MB  linux-swap(v1)
4      8510MB  31.3GB  22.8GB  ext4

=================== parted -lm:

BYT;
/dev/sda:128GB:scsi:512:512:msdos:FNK TECH :;
1:1049kB:128GB:128GB:fat32::boot, lba;

BYT;
/dev/mmcblk0rpmb:4194kB:sd/mmc:512:512:unknown:Generic SD/MMC Storage Card:;

BYT;
/dev/mmcblk0boot0:4194kB:sd/mmc:512:512:unknown:Generic SD/MMC Storage Card:;

BYT;
/dev/mmcblk0boot1:4194kB:sd/mmc:512:512:unknown:Generic SD/MMC Storage Card:;

BYT;
/dev/mmcblk0:31.3GB:sd/mmc:512:512:gpt:MMC HBG4a2:;
1:1049kB:10.5MB:9437kB:::bios_grub;
2:10.5MB:511MB:500MB:fat32::boot, esp;
3:511MB:8510MB:8000MB:linux-swap(v1)::;
4:8510MB:31.3GB:22.8GB:ext4::;

=================== lsblk:
KNAME        TYPE FSTYPE     SIZE LABEL
mmcblk0rpmb  disk              4M
mmcblk0boot0 disk              4M
loop0        loop squashfs   1.5G
sda          disk          119.1G
sda1         part vfat     119.1G LINUX MINT
mmcblk0boot1 disk              4M
mmcblk0      disk           29.1G
mmcblk0p4    part ext4      21.2G
mmcblk0p2    part vfat       477M
mmcblk0p3    part swap       7.5G
mmcblk0p1    part              9M

KNAME        ROTA RO RM STATE   MOUNTPOINT
mmcblk0rpmb     0  0  0
mmcblk0boot0    0  1  0
loop0           1  1  0         /rofs
sda             1  0  1 running
sda1            1  0  1         /cdrom
mmcblk0boot1    0  1  0
mmcblk0         0  0  0
mmcblk0p4       0  0  0         /media/mint/d8121ec2-d0f5-4fe8-8bca-22af56cf2ef6
mmcblk0p2       0  0  0         /mnt/boot-sav/mmcblk0p2
mmcblk0p3       0  0  0
mmcblk0p1       0  0  0


=================== mount:
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,nosuid,relatime,size=1917720k,nr_inodes=479430,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000)
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,size=386640k,mode=755)
/dev/sda1 on /cdrom type vfat (ro,noatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/loop0 on /rofs type squashfs (ro,noatime)
aufs on / type aufs (rw,noatime,si=985445ced6b7022)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
tmpfs on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=5120k)
tmpfs on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (rw,mode=755)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,xattr,release_agent=/lib/systemd/systemd-cgroups-agent,name=systemd)
pstore on /sys/fs/pstore type pstore (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
efivarfs on /sys/firmware/efi/efivars type efivarfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls,net_prio type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,net_cls,net_prio)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuset,clone_children)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/perf_event type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,perf_event,release_agent=/run/cgmanager/agents/cgm-release-agent.perf_event)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/hugetlb type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,hugetlb,release_agent=/run/cgmanager/agents/cgm-release-agent.hugetlb)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,blkio)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/devices type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,devices)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpu,cpuacct)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/pids type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,pids,release_agent=/run/cgmanager/agents/cgm-release-agent.pids)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/memory type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,memory)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,freezer)
systemd-1 on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type autofs (rw,relatime,fd=30,pgrp=1,timeout=0,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct,pipe_ino=10760)
debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,relatime)
mqueue on /dev/mqueue type mqueue (rw,relatime)
hugetlbfs on /dev/hugepages type hugetlbfs (rw,relatime)
tracefs on /sys/kernel/debug/tracing type tracefs (rw,relatime)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw,relatime)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,relatime)
cgmfs on /run/cgmanager/fs type tmpfs (rw,relatime,size=100k,mode=755)
tmpfs on /run/user/999 type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=386640k,mode=700,uid=999,gid=999)
gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/999/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=999,group_id=999)
/dev/mmcblk0p4 on /media/mint/d8121ec2-d0f5-4fe8-8bca-22af56cf2ef6 type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,data=ordered,uhelper=udisks2)
/dev/mmcblk0p2 on /mnt/boot-sav/mmcblk0p2 type vfat (rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)


=================== ls:
/sys/block/mmcblk0 (filtered):  alignment_offset badblocks bdi capability dev device discard_alignment ext_range force_ro holders inflight integrity mmcblk0boot0 mmcblk0boot1 mmcblk0p1 mmcblk0p2 mmcblk0p3 mmcblk0p4 mmcblk0rpmb power queue range removable ro size slaves stat subsystem trace uevent
/sys/block/mmcblk0boot0 (filtered):  alignment_offset badblocks bdi capability dev device discard_alignment ext_range force_ro holders inflight integrity power queue range removable ro ro_lock_until_next_power_on size slaves stat subsystem trace uevent
/sys/block/mmcblk0boot1 (filtered):  alignment_offset badblocks bdi capability dev device discard_alignment ext_range force_ro holders inflight integrity power queue range removable ro ro_lock_until_next_power_on size slaves stat subsystem trace uevent
/sys/block/mmcblk0rpmb (filtered):  alignment_offset badblocks bdi capability dev device discard_alignment ext_range force_ro holders inflight integrity power queue range removable ro size slaves stat subsystem trace uevent
/sys/block/sda (filtered):  alignment_offset badblocks bdi capability dev device discard_alignment events events_async events_poll_msecs ext_range holders inflight integrity power queue range removable ro sda1 size slaves stat subsystem trace uevent
/dev (filtered):  acpi_thermal_rel autofs block bsg btrfs-control bus char console core cpu cpu_dma_latency cuse disk dri drm_dp_aux0 drm_dp_aux1 ecryptfs fb0 fd full fuse gpiochip0 gpiochip1 gpiochip2 gpiochip3 hidraw0 hidraw1 hidraw2 HID-SENSOR-2000e1.3.auto hpet hugepages hwrng i2c-0 i2c-1 i2c-2 i2c-3 i2c-4 i2c-5 i2c-6 iio:device0 initctl input kmsg kvm lightnvm log mapper mcelog media0 mei0 mem memory_bandwidth mmcblk0 mmcblk0boot0 mmcblk0boot1 mmcblk0p1 mmcblk0p2 mmcblk0p3 mmcblk0p4 mmcblk0rpmb mqueue net network_latency network_throughput null port ppp psaux ptmx pts random rfkill rtc rtc0 sda sda1 sg0 shm snapshot snd stderr stdin stdout uhid uinput urandom usb userio v4l vfio vga_arbiter vhci vhost-net video0 zero
ls /dev/mapper:  control

=================== hexdump -n512 -C /dev/mmcblk0p2
00000000  eb 58 90 6d 6b 66 73 2e  66 61 74 00 02 08 20 00  |.X.mkfs.fat... .|
00000010  02 00 00 00 00 f8 00 00  10 00 04 00 00 50 00 00  |.............P..|
00000020  00 e8 0e 00 b9 03 00 00  00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00  |................|
00000030  01 00 06 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
00000040  80 01 29 d1 12 6f 8e 4e  4f 20 4e 41 4d 45 20 20  |..)..o.NO NAME  |
00000050  20 20 46 41 54 33 32 20  20 20 0e 1f be 77 7c ac  |  FAT32   ...w|.|
00000060  22 c0 74 0b 56 b4 0e bb  07 00 cd 10 5e eb f0 32  |".t.V.......^..2|
00000070  e4 cd 16 cd 19 eb fe 54  68 69 73 20 69 73 20 6e  |.......This is n|
00000080  6f 74 20 61 20 62 6f 6f  74 61 62 6c 65 20 64 69  |ot a bootable di|
00000090  73 6b 2e 20 20 50 6c 65  61 73 65 20 69 6e 73 65  |sk.  Please inse|
000000a0  72 74 20 61 20 62 6f 6f  74 61 62 6c 65 20 66 6c  |rt a bootable fl|
000000b0  6f 70 70 79 20 61 6e 64  0d 0a 70 72 65 73 73 20  |oppy and..press |
000000c0  61 6e 79 20 6b 65 79 20  74 6f 20 74 72 79 20 61  |any key to try a|
000000d0  67 61 69 6e 20 2e 2e 2e  20 0d 0a 00 00 00 00 00  |gain ... .......|
000000e0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
*
000001f0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa  |..............U.|
00000200

=================== df -Th:

Filesystem     Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev           devtmpfs  1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /dev
tmpfs          tmpfs     378M   11M  367M   3% /run
/dev/sda1      vfat      120G  1.6G  118G   2% /cdrom
/dev/loop0     squashfs  1.6G  1.6G     0 100% /rofs
aufs           aufs      1.9G  157M  1.7G   9% /
tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G  856K  1.9G   1% /dev/shm
tmpfs          tmpfs     5.0M  4.0K  5.0M   1% /run/lock
tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G  4.0K  1.9G   1% /tmp
cgmfs          tmpfs     100K     0  100K   0% /run/cgmanager/fs
tmpfs          tmpfs     378M   44K  378M   1% /run/user/999
/dev/mmcblk0p4 ext4       21G  5.0G   15G  26% /media/mint/d8121ec2-d0f5-4fe8-8bca-22af56cf2ef6
/dev/mmcblk0p2 vfat      477M  4.0K  477M   1% /mnt/boot-sav/mmcblk0p2

=================== fdisk -l:
Disk /dev/loop0: 1.5 GiB, 1618886656 bytes, 3161888 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/mmcblk0: 29.1 GiB, 31268536320 bytes, 61071360 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 1685AC59-4D2C-4660-8D03-5655FCDA6F43

Device            Start      End  Sectors  Size Type
/dev/mmcblk0p1     2048    20479    18432    9M BIOS boot
/dev/mmcblk0p2    20480   997375   976896  477M EFI System
/dev/mmcblk0p3   997376 16621567 15624192  7.5G Linux swap
/dev/mmcblk0p4 16621568 61069311 44447744 21.2G Linux filesystem




Disk /dev/mmcblk0boot1: 4 MiB, 4194304 bytes, 8192 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/mmcblk0boot0: 4 MiB, 4194304 bytes, 8192 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/sda: 119.1 GiB, 127865454592 bytes, 249737216 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Device     Boot Start       End   Sectors   Size Id Type
/dev/sda1  *     2048 249737215 249735168 119.1G  c W95 FAT32 (LBA)


=================== Advices
The boot of your PC is in EFI mode, but no EFI partition was detected. You may want to retry after creating a EFI partition (FAT32, 100MB~250MB, start of the disk, boot flag).
Do you want to continue?
Gtk-Message: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged.

=================== Recommended repair
The default repair of the Boot-Repair utility will reinstall the grub2 of mmcblk0p4 into the MBRs of all disks (except USB without OS).
Additional repair will be performed: unhide-bootmenu-10s



Reinstall the GRUB of mmcblk0p4 into all MBRs of disks with OS or not-USB

*******lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 vga
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:5a85] (rev 0b)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:1150]
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915
*******

grub-install --version
grub-install.real (GRUB) 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.9+linuxmint1,grub-install.

Reinstall the GRUB of mmcblk0p4 into the MBR of sda
Installing for i386-pc platform.
Installation finished. No error reported.
grub-install /dev/sda: exit code of grub-install /dev/sda:0

*******lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 vga
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:5a85] (rev 0b)
Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:1150]
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915
*******

grub-install --version
grub-install.real (GRUB) 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.9+linuxmint1,grub-install.

Reinstall the GRUB of mmcblk0p4 into the MBR of mmcblk0
Installing for i386-pc platform.
Installation finished. No error reported.
grub-install /dev/mmcblk0: exit code of grub-install /dev/mmcblk0:0

chroot /media/mint/d8121ec2-d0f5-4fe8-8bca-22af56cf2ef6 update-grub
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.8.0-53-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.8.0-53-generic
File descriptor 9 (/proc/4427/mounts) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 11787: /bin/sh
File descriptor 63 (pipe:[38143]) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 11787: /bin/sh
Adding boot menu entry for EFI firmware configuration
mount: /dev/mmcblk0 is already mounted or /mnt/boot-sav/mmcblk0 busy
mount /dev/mmcblk0 : Error code 32
mount -r /dev/mmcblk0 /mnt/boot-sav/mmcblk0
mount: /dev/mmcblk0 is already mounted or /mnt/boot-sav/mmcblk0 busy
mount -r /dev/mmcblk0 : Error code 32
NTFS signature is missing.
Failed to mount '/dev/mmcblk0p1': Invalid argument
The device '/dev/mmcblk0p1' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.
Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?
mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 : Error code 12
mount -r /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/boot-sav/mmcblk0p1
NTFS signature is missing.
Failed to mount '/dev/mmcblk0p1': Invalid argument
The device '/dev/mmcblk0p1' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.
Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?
mount -r /dev/mmcblk0p1 : Error code 12
Unhide GRUB boot menu in mmcblk0p4/boot/grub/grub.cfg

Boot successfully repaired.

You can now reboot your computer.
Please do not forget to make your BIOS boot on mmcblk0 (31.3GB) disk!
pastebinit  packages needed
Gtk-Message: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged.
W: The repository 'cdrom://Linux Mint 18.2 _Sonya_ - Release amd64 20170628 xenial Release' does not have a Release file.
W: Symlinking final file /var/lib/apt/lists/Linux%20Mint%2018.2%20%5fSonya%5f%20-%20Release%20amd64%2020170628_dists_xenial_contrib_binary-amd64_Packages back to /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/Linux%20Mint%2018.2%20%5fSonya%5f%20-%20Release%20amd64%2020170628_dists_xenial_contrib_binary-amd64_Packages.xz failed - pkgAcqIndex::StageDownloadDone (17: File exists)
W: Symlinking final file /var/lib/apt/lists/Linux%20Mint%2018.2%20%5fSonya%5f%20-%20Release%20amd64%2020170628_dists_xenial_main_binary-amd64_Packages back to /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/Linux%20Mint%2018.2%20%5fSonya%5f%20-%20Release%20amd64%2020170628_dists_xenial_main_binary-amd64_Packages.xz failed - pkgAcqIndex::StageDownloadDone (17: File exists)
W: Symlinking final file /var/lib/apt/lists/Linux%20Mint%2018.2%20%5fSonya%5f%20-%20Release%20amd64%2020170628_dists_xenial_non-free_binary-amd64_Packages back to /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/Linux%20Mint%2018.2%20%5fSonya%5f%20-%20Release%20amd64%2020170628_dists_xenial_non-free_binary-amd64_Packages.xz failed - pkgAcqIndex::StageDownloadDone (17: File exists)
W: Symlinking final file /var/lib/apt/lists/Linux%20Mint%2018.2%20%5fSonya%5f%20-%20Release%20amd64%2020170628_dists_xenial_contrib_binary-amd64_Packages back to /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/Linux%20Mint%2018.2%20%5fSonya%5f%20-%20Release%20amd64%2020170628_dists_xenial_contrib_binary-amd64_Packages.bz2 failed - pkgAcqIndex::StageDownloadDone (17: File exists)
W: Symlinking final file /var/lib/apt/lists/Linux%20Mint%2018.2%20%5fSonya%5f%20-%20Release%20amd64%2020170628_dists_xenial_main_binary-amd64_Packages back to /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/Linux%20Mint%2018.2%20%5fSonya%5f%20-%20Release%20amd64%2020170628_dists_xenial_main_binary-amd64_Packages.bz2 failed - pkgAcqIndex::StageDownloadDone (17: File exists)
W: Symlinking final file /var/lib/apt/lists/Linux%20Mint%2018.2%20%5fSonya%5f%20-%20Release%20amd64%2020170628_dists_xenial_non-free_binary-amd64_Packages back to /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/Linux%20Mint%2018.2%20%5fSonya%5f%20-%20Release%20amd64%2020170628_dists_xenial_non-free_binary-amd64_Packages.bz2 failed - pkgAcqIndex::StageDownloadDone (17: File exists)
W: Symlinking final file /var/lib/apt/lists/Linux%20Mint%2018.2%20%5fSonya%5f%20-%20Release%20amd64%2020170628_dists_xenial_contrib_binary-amd64_Packages back to /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/Linux%20Mint%2018.2%20%5fSonya%5f%20-%20Release%20amd64%2020170628_dists_xenial_contrib_binary-amd64_Packages.lzma failed - pkgAcqIndex::StageDownloadDone (17: File exists)
E: Failed to fetch cdrom://Linux Mint 18.2 _Sonya_ - Release amd64 20170628/dists/xenial/contrib/binary-i386/Packages  Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
W: --force-yes is deprecated, use one of the options starting with --allow instead.
Any help would be great, I just a screen saying nothing is bootable after restarting. Just to add I have removed win 10, this laptop only needs to boot Linux.
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Re: Can't boot on Acer Spin 1

Post by fabien85 »

There have been several reports on this forum of problems with Acer computer.
Here it seems that linux has troubles with understanding your "hard drive". I put quotes because it's in fact an eMMC flash drive (see e.g. https://www.howtogeek.com/196541/emmc-v ... -is-equal/). I have no direct experience with these drives (though install is supposed to work also for them).

I can see in your boot-info report traces of installation attempts in both legacy and UEFI mode. Seems a bit of a mess at the moment, so I suggest to start back everything from scratch (i.e. erase everything and start over, assuming you have no important data on the computer). For that boot-repair the live USB was booted in UEFI mode, so I'm going to assume it's how you can boot the live USB the most simply and we are going to make a UEFI install.

Instructions :
- boot the live USB
- make sure you are booted in UEFI mode : open a terminal (menu > administration > terminal) and issue the following command

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[ -d /sys/firmware/efi ] && echo "Currently in UEFI mode" || echo "Currently in Legacy mode" 
- erase the internal drive to start from scratch :
* open gparted (menu > administration > gparted)
* select the internal drive in the right menu, not the live USB
* Device > Create Partition Table, select gpt and hit apply
* you should now see grey unallocated space for the whole 32GB of your drive.
* Create an EFI System Partition (ESP) : Partition > New. For size put 100-200 MiB, starting at the start of the disk, file system : fat32. Click Add, then the arrow "Apply all operations". Then select that new partition, Partition > Manage flags, check boot and esp.
- quit gparted, launch the installer, go with the default. If there is a field "Device for bootloader installation", select /dev/mmcblk0p1 I think (with a normal internal drive that would be /dev/sda1, with eMMC I have few experience as I said).
- after the install is finished, dont reboot yet. Open a terminal and issue

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sudo efibootmgr -v
and note down the output somewhere.
- shutdown, unplug the live USB and reboot.
If that fails, report here the output of the previous efibootmgr command.
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Re: Can't boot on Acer Spin 1

Post by austin.texas »

When you tried to install Grub, were you installing to /dev/sda (wrong location) or /dev/sda1 (correct location) ?
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