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error issue

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I don't see much activity in this forum. Is it dead? or just not a lot of newbies to ask questions?

I don't really use Mint myself right now... but booting up a computer that's been sitting around for a while. I set up Mint for my wife a while back... the computer has been sitting so long, I just want to get in long enough to see if there were any files of importance on it.
But I have not messed with Mint since I set this up and know little, well maybe nothing...

I believe it said it was Mint 19 when booting. I got an error though and don't know what to do next..... I'll use () where [] are found... and I don't know if there's a space between one number and the c9aa because it's on the next line...

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(    0.051423)   ACPI Error: Needed type (Reference), found (integer) 0000000088b9 c9aa (20170831/exresop-103)
(    0.051463)   ACPI exception: AE_AML_OPERAND_TYPE, While resolving operands for (store) (20170831/dswexec-461)
(    0.051513)   ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed \_PR.CPUO._PDC, AE_AML_OPERAND_TYPE (20170831/psparse-550)

BusyBox v1.27.2 (Ubuntu 1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.
Is there a way to boot all the way to the system/OS so I can see if there's anything worth saving off the laptop, without reformatting the drive?
And keep in mind, I have no idea what I'm doing... but can follow step by step instructions. :)
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Re: error issue

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millipede wrote: ⤴Sun Apr 11, 2021 4:45 pmI don't see much activity in this forum. Is it dead? or just not a lot of newbies to ask questions?
I just did a quick count an there were more than three dozen threads with new posts today on the newbie section. That sounds "alive" to me.
millipede wrote: ⤴Sun Apr 11, 2021 4:45 pm I got an error though and don't know what to do next.....
Since you just want to see what is on the computer, if you have the installation usb/dvd available that you used to install Mint, you can boot to a live session of Mint and navigate to the home directory on the hard drive using the File Manager app to see what files are there.

If you do not have the installation media, you will want to determine the issue so the error can be fixed. Normally, one needs to repair the file system so Mint will boot. (That is different than reformatting the drive.) See this thread [SOLVED]: BusyBox built-in shell (ash) Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands (fsck doesn't work?) for information.

If you have additional questions or concerns, just post again in this thread.
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millipede wrote: I don't see much activity in this forum.
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Re: error issue

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What SMG said, boot a live session and review the internal drive's files from there.

Have a USB drive handy, so you can copy out anything of importance. You can do that from the live session also.
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Re: error issue

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I just did a quick count an there were more than three dozen threads with new posts today on the newbie section. That sounds "alive" to me.
I think I didn't scroll far, maybe just saw the dates on pinned posts... weird, I know I didn't see much new... oh well.

So, I don't know if I should have done this... and honestly, it doesn't matter...
I went to the link mentioned and saw the directions to fix that person's problem... with fsck... silly me tried the info that person was suggested... after that didn't do anything a few times... I took a closer look and saw how to type it in based on which file was called up in the error... so, I typed in what they had said and put in the file mentioned on mine instead... hit enter...
That was over 24 hours ago... it's still doing something. one file at a time or something, I'm not sure.
I didn't think it would be going this long. It's going through a LOT of files and, perhaps, the laptop is just SLOW... it is older.
I'm not worried about it. I'll let it keep doing whatever it's doing.
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millipede wrote: ⤴Tue Apr 13, 2021 5:37 pmSo, I don't know if I should have done this...
I put it there as an option to consider.

If it looks like it is still doing something, then just let it run. :)
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I respectfully disagree. fsck should take only minutes. 24 hours sounds like a loop, on a hard drive which might be failing.
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linux-rox wrote: ⤴Tue Apr 13, 2021 6:14 pm I respectfully disagree. fsck should take only minutes. 24 hours sounds like a loop, on a hard drive which might be failing.
If it is a loop, would we be able to verify that if millipede takes a photo of the screen and posts it?

Is there a way to safely stop it?
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I have a feeling it's not a loop... It's going through files, one at a time... taking 10 to 25 seconds a file...
I can't say for sure about it looping but the numbers are going up... the hdd failing is a possibility... it's an older laptop.

Here's a screenshot showing what it's doing...
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Good luck.
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millipede wrote: ... so I can see if there's anything worth saving off the laptop ...
If this is your goal, consider booting to a live session via USB/DVD and investigate from there.
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