recovery issue[SOLVED]

[camdy]

hey guys,

i'm getting at startup so (while the mint icon load screen) key:continue,S to skip,M for manual recovery

and sometimes i have had the PC turn off while on the desktop.

I'm still using mint 17.3 cinnamon

[WharfRat]

That can happen due to a nonexistent partition entry in /etc/fstab.

Did you make any additions/changes to that file

[camdy]

i did move the hdd on to another pc as i was having issues with that pc and moved it back to this PC.also notice when i plugged in my headphones and a different mouse it froze each time

[WharfRat]

i did move the hdd on to another pc as i was having issues with that pc and moved it back to this PC.also notice when i plugged in my headphones and a different mouse it froze each time

Moving the HDD to another computer should not cause that problem unless you are referencing a partition on a second HDD that no longer exists on the alternate computer.

Freezing when plugging in headphones and a different mouse is a whole other problem.

If you are able to boot paste back grep -v ^# /etc/fstab

[camdy]

should say this is from the terminal on the desktop

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UUID=c5391234-70cc-4b0d-bb13-e83f9e8f28d6 /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1
UUID=b993c4d9-4235-4129-9daf-2dec5774ce1e none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/disk/by-label/Linux\134x20Mint\134x2019\134x20Cinnamon\134x2064-bit /mnt/Linux\134x20Mint\134x2019\134x20Cinnamon\134x2064-bit auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show,ro 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ASUS_DRW-2014L1T /mnt/ata-ASUS_DRW-2014L1T auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0

as nothing happened from the terminal on the boot screen when i press M for manual recovery.

wondering if it could be a mounting error??

[WharfRat]

These last two lines

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/dev/disk/by-label/Linux\134x20Mint\134x2019\134x20Cinnamon\134x2064-bit /mnt/Linux\134x20Mint\134x2019\134x20Cinnamon\134x2064-bit auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show,ro 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ASUS_DRW-2014L1T /mnt/ata-ASUS_DRW-2014L1T auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0

are mounting partitions to /mnt so I would comment them out and see if that cures it.

[camdy]

alright so how do i remove those two lines?

[trytip]

the easiest way to do so is boot a live mint usb open the file manager as root (or administrator) then go to /etc/fstab

[MrEen]

alright so how do i remove those two lines?

gksudo xed /etc/fstab in the terminal will open the file for editing (you can substitue xed with your preferred text editor.)

Wharfrat said to comment them for now, so just put a # at the front of those 2 lines, save the file, then reboot.

EDIT: Dammit! Why isn't this forum telling me there've been posts since I started a reply?

[WharfRat]

I'm not sure xed was available with mint 17.3

It's probably gksudo gedit /etc/fstab

[camdy]

yup no xed in 17.3 but having said that gedit worked and thank yous for your help