Linux mint won't boot after instalation

[Varsima]

Hello, I have laptop, Hp probook 6460b. i had installed linux mint before, it worked without any problems. after that i installed windows. now i tried to install mint again, i installed it but it doesn't boot. (BootDevice Not Found). in testing mode from usb stick it is showing that i have installed linux mint, i am not sure what happened here. any solutions?

[motoryzen]

Hello, I have laptop, Hp probook 6460b. i had installed linux mint before, it worked without any problems. after that i installed windows. now i tried to install mint again, i installed it but it doesn't boot. (BootDevice Not Found). in testing mode from usb stick it is showing that i have installed linux mint, i am not sure what happened here. any solutions?

Please boot into the live environment from that installation thumb drive, and post your System Info ( ends up being the same as the results of inxi -Fxxxrz from a terminal window. ) using that command's method or open cinnamon menu, search for " system info" then upon selecting that, click the "Upload" button. give it a good 3 to 12 seconds..it should launch a firefox url that shows your inxi -Fxxxrz results.

Highlight all of those results. copy, come back here. click that </> button.( press that spacebar twice as it will make it easier to aim your paste between the two . | quote| | quote| that show up. ( this makes it easier to scroll read your results and not take up a time of space on the webpage..

This is what that "" Before you post please read how to get help" in pink background and the link is blue font... miss. Step 5 ..is about. This will tell us much about your installation ( none of which is personally identifiable information) and save on much speculation. It's why this site's head moderators/management created that section above talking about how to get help.

[Varsima]

Thats my system info. Thanks for replying next time i will keep in mind your advice.

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System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-41-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.4.8
    tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: Mutter dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 21 Vanessa base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP ProBook 6460b v: A0001C02
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 161D v: KBC Version 97.4E serial: <superuser required>
    BIOS: Hewlett-Packard v: 68SCE Ver. F.67 date: 02/13/2018
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 34.6 Wh (100.0%) condition: 34.6/34.6 Wh (100.0%) volts: 12.3 min: 10.8
    model: Hewlett-Packard Primary serial: <filter> status: N/A
CPU:
  Info: dual core model: Intel Core i5-2520M bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Sandy Bridge rev: 7
    cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 512 KiB L3: 3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 923 high: 1107 min/max: 800/3200 cores: 1: 878 2: 861 3: 1107 4: 847
    bogomips: 19956
  Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: i915 v: kernel ports: active: LVDS-1
    empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3, VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:0126
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
    gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96
  Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: Seiko Epson res: 1366x768 dpi: 112 diag: 355mm (14")
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 3000 (SNB GT2) v: 3.3 Mesa 22.0.1 compat-v: 3.1
    direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1c20
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-41-generic running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 82579V Gigabit Network vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: e1000e v: kernel
    port: 4060 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1503
  IF: enp0s25 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie:
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 24:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:0085
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: HP Broadcom 2070 Bluetooth Combo type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 2-1.6:5
    chip-ID: 03f0:231d
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 1.2 lmp-v: 2.1
    sub-v: 4203
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 163.89 GiB used: 4.3 MiB (0.0%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST9160412AS size: 149.05 GiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s
    serial: <filter>
  ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Silicon Motion model: 1000 size: 14.84 GiB serial: <filter>
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 3.85 GiB used: 19.3 MiB (0.5%) fs: overlay source: ERR-102
  ID-2: /var/log size: 12.26 GiB used: 4.3 MiB (0.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb3
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 58.0 C mobo: 0.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: apt: 2078
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
    1: deb cdrom:[Linux Mint 21 _Vanessa_ - Release amd64 20220726]/ jammy main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com vanessa main upstream import backport
    2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
Info:
  Processes: 230 Uptime: 2m Memory: 7.7 GiB used: 1 GiB (13.0%) Init: systemd v: 249 runlevel: 5
  Compilers: gcc: 11.2.0 alt: 11 Client: Unknown python3.10 client inxi: 3.3.13

[motoryzen]

ok.
1. That part about

Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found

Has me very curious and concerned.

2. A. Did you select " something else" when you installed LM 21 during the install wizard?
B. Or did you select to " install along side Linux Mint.

3. Did you have to select the " compatibility mode" when you got just past your machine finish its P.O.S.T with that black background in which the top/first option is the regular Linux Mint installation?


Also when you finished the installation..do you remember seeing the message after selecting ( Restart Now) button of " Remove installation media then press enter to reboot" ?

If not..i'm almost willing to bet you accidentally pulled the installation thumb drive out too soon as your machine was in the powering down portion of the reboot. This CAN cause that message. I've used to encounter is often in LM 19 and older version days years ago and although ( unless you used a usb to sata cable adapter connected to a ssd you prepped as the installation drive to install LM with... which WILL - I confirmed this this last night with LM 21 beta - not show that message for me) the recent versions are supposed to have resolved this.... try this.

Boot from that installation thumb drive one more time. Select the regular ( not the compatibility mode), when you boot into that live desktop and double left click to launch that " install linux mint" icon..and go through the prompts.. when you reach it the part where it gives you many installation/partitioning options...select " Erase (whatever it says) and install Linux Mint"

- let's simplify this -

Don't select "something else" or " install along side"..just a fresh ..clean start. Then at the end of the install wizard where it gives the choices of " Restart now" or " Continue testing"....select to continue testing.

Then power that machine off using the cinnamon menu at bottom left, select the Light switch button and power it off..or via terminal command of ... shutdown now

Either way then you'll know beyond the shadow of a doubt when it's safe to unplug that install thumb drive. Unplug it, power the pc back on ( worst case you may need to revist your uefi/bios to select that Linux Mint 21 targeting-installed Seagate 160GB sata gen 2 ST9160412AS as the first boot device.

Now as long as that hdd isn't faulty/defect/has bad sectors...it should find and boot up Linux Mint 21.

[kato181]

Post the results of the following commands.

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lsblk -f

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sudo efibootmgr

Try this link, assuming you are dual booting with windows.
viewtopic.php?f=46&t=378531

[Varsima]

I am sorry for late answers. i installed normally, i erased everything and install mint. it restarted, i saw message "Please remove instalation media and press enter" i did that and it didn't boot. i had some progress, i enabled UEFI boot in bios, when i did that it was stuck at HP logo, i went in boot option and i selected EFI boot, there was option Ubuntu and selected that, linux mint turned on but everytime i restart, i have to go in EFI boot and select from there. i think i have to fix this from bios but i am not sure how. i have searched but didn't find fix yet. if you guys know anything about this. and i am not installing mint alongside the windows. i am only installing linux mint.

[Varsima]

This is "lsbls -f":

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lsblk -f
NAME FSTYPE FSVER LABEL UUID                                 FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
sda                                                                         
├─sda1
│                                                                           
├─sda2
│    vfat   FAT32       63F6-6A45                             505,7M     1% /boot/efi
├─sda3
│    ext4   1.0         3922c5aa-9ef2-41fa-96a8-902f3ad5977e    128G     7% /
└─sda4
                                                                            
sr0

This is "sudo efibootmgr":

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BootCurrent: 0000
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 0000,0001
Boot0000* Notebook Hard Drive
Boot0001* Notebook Upgrade Bay
Boot0002* Notebook Ethernet
Boot0003* Notebook Ethernet
Boot0004* ubuntu
Boot0005* ubuntu
Boot0006* ubuntu
Boot0007* ubuntu
Boot0008* ubuntu
Boot0009* ubuntu
Boot000A* ubuntu
Boot000B* ubuntu
Boot000C* ubuntu
Boot000D* ubuntu
Boot000E* ubuntu
Boot000F* ubuntu
Boot0010* ubuntu
Boot0011* ubuntu
Boot0012* ubuntu
Boot0013* ubuntu
Boot0014* ubuntu
Boot0015* ubuntu
Boot0016* ubuntu
Boot0017* ubuntu
Boot0018* ubuntu
Boot0019* ubuntu
Boot001A* ubuntu
Boot001B* ubuntu
Boot001C* ubuntu
Boot001D* ubuntu
Boot001E* ubuntu
Boot001F* ubuntu
Boot0020* ubuntu
Boot0021* ubuntu
Boot0022* ubuntu
Boot0023* ubuntu
Boot0024* ubuntu
Boot0025* ubuntu

[motoryzen]

I'm wondering if you'll need to disable secure boot.

[Varsima]

There is no secure boot option in bios.

[AndyMH]

With UEFI boot enabled, go into BIOS and look at the BIOS boot list, move the entry for 'ubuntu' to the top of the boot list. Don't know why efibootmgr is reporting so many entries for ubuntu?

[Varsima]

I fixed it. From bios i turned off "TMP option". i am not sure why that was problem. but it got fixed.

[motoryzen]

I fixed it. From bios i turned off "TMP option". i am not sure why that was problem. but it got fixed.

*looks in the mirror...facepalms*

I don't know why I forgot to suggestion that item. Duh. Happy you resolve the issue Though!! Strange problem you encountered

Please mark your subject line of this topic as ( Solved) so others will know you no longer need help resolving it. Cheers Varsima

[mikeflan]

I guess it should be said that TPM is Trusted Platform Module. Whatever that is.
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-u ... orm-module

[kato181]

TPM is required to be enabled so that winwoes11 will install.

[Varsima]

I guess it should be said that TPM is Trusted Platform Module. Whatever that is.
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-u ... orm-module

Yes, TPM. but when i enable it, Mint doesn't boot up. is it necessary to have TPM enabled?

[AndyMH]

I believe once win has been installed it can be disabled and win will still boot.

[kato181]

I have TPM enabled on my desktop and it runs fines with LM20.3. I had TPM enabled on my winwoes machine, so when I updated it to win11I disabled TPM and damn ...winwoes refused to boot, instead it thew up a msg saying that TPM was not enabled. So I removed the upgrade and went back to win10 and everything boots as it should.
Only use win10 for playing my games, nothing else. Everything I now do I use LM.