Cant boot [SOLVED]

[TomPisciotta]

HELP!
I've did a clean install of Mint 19 Mate on my Lenovo All-In_one desktop, model number 10110. Previously had Mint 18.3 and worked fine.

It has a 1T Seagate HD
1G2030 CPU
4g ram

It will boot the first time after installation. After that if I power down it will not reboot. Gives a read_Error.

It will not restore using Timeshift.

I've installed 3x now and it does it each time. Any ideas?

[JeremyB]

Post results from terminal for

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inxi -Fxxxz

[Flemur]

Previously had Mint 18.3 and worked fine.
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Any ideas?

See if you can get 18.3 to run again.

[TomPisciotta]

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System:    Host: mint Kernel: 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64 bits: 64 gcc: 7.3.0
           Desktop: MATE 1.20.1 (Gtk 3.22.30-1ubuntu1) info: mate-panel dm: lightdm
           Distro: Linux Mint 19 Tara
Machine:   Device: desktop System: LENOVO product: 10110 v: Lenovo C540 serial: N/A
           Mobo: LENOVO model: INVALID v: Win8 STD MM DPK IPG serial: N/A
           UEFI [Legacy]: LENOVO v: I0KT25AUS date: 01/22/2013
           Chassis: type: 13 serial: N/A
CPU:       Dual core Intel Pentium G2030 (-MCP-) 
           arch: Ivy Bridge rev.9 cache: 3072 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 11973
           clock speeds: min/max: 1600/3000 MHz 1: 1609 MHz 2: 1896 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
           bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0152
           Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.6 )
           drivers: modesetting (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1920x1080@60.00hz
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ivybridge Desktop
           version: 4.2 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5 (compat-v: 3.0) Direct Render: Yes
Audio:     Card-1 Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Def. Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1c20
           Card-2 Z-Star Micro
           driver: USB Audio usb-ID: 002-006 chip-ID: 0ac8:c450
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.15.0-20-generic
Network:   Card-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter
           driver: ath9k bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:0032
           IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCIE Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 2000
           bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
           IF: enp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>

[TomPisciotta]

Won't reinstall keeps crashing halfway through

[Tomgin5]

Offhand. Try reseating your HDD, Make certain all of your cards are fully plugged in. Note your inxi -Fxzd does not include your HDD info.

[TomPisciotta]

Offhand. Try reseating your HDD, Make certain all of your cards are fully plugged in. Note your inxi -Fxzd does not include your HDD info.

Installed a new 2T HD Installs 19 but won't book. Keeps giving Grub Recover. Tried all the suggestions I found for Grub recover. None helped.

[Tomgin5]

I seem to recall somewhere sometime that LM does not really care to use anything over 1TB in the boot drive. I could be wrong. My big system running 19 uses a 240 GB SSD for the boot drive and a 2 TB for a data drive or archive. Try using a smaller SSD as a boot drive ( formatted with your 19) and the 2 TB ( assumed to be SATA as drive #2. Your inxi -Fxzd table dumps when it gets to the HDD. It does not recognize it (IE the 1tb limit exceeded).

[catweazel]

I could be wrong.

You are.

[lsemmens]

I just did and inxi -Fxd on my server and it showed my 2TB slave drive, no problems.

[catweazel]

Gives a read_Error.

Can you be more specific?

[kc1di]

is secure boot turn off? I would say it's a grub problem and you may need to reinstall grub and uefi files.

[kukamuumuka]

The results for the next commands are?

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sudo parted -l

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[ -d /sys/firmware/efi ] && echo "EFI mode" || echo "Legacy Bios mode"

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inxi -po

[TomPisciotta]

After a LOT of troubleshooting I found the problem. It wasn't a software problem at all. There was a hairline crack in the motherboard!!! with vibration it would cause temporary opens in the circuits. Trashed the computer and rebuilt my old Optiplex.

FYI LM HAS NO TROUBLE WITH THE 2T HD in this machine.