[SOLVED] How to Transfer Files from Windows to Linux on a formerly Dual-Booting configured Machine?

zavmat · 02-12-2019, 06:01 PM

No luck with booting from bios. I don't have any efi boot option on the live usb if that's what you mean. I know that it is not sda6 because it is too large. with all the installations, there wasn't enough disk space to make a partition that large when I installed the last one.

colorpurple21859 · 02-12-2019, 06:25 PM

The only other possible option would be sda5, but that seems small for a linux system. You could mount each partition from the live usb and see what is on them.

zavmat · 02-12-2019, 09:12 PM

what do you make of all this? every time I look at it I feel like there's just more items listed.

Code:

Disk /dev/sda: 698.7 GiB, 750156374016 bytes, 1465149168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: B7850B5C-4716-CC49-9BFC-C316EAA97D14

Device          Start        End   Sectors   Size Type
/dev/sda1        2048     411647    409600   200M EFI System
/dev/sda2      673792  552939512 552265721 263.3G Windows recovery environment
/dev/sda3   552939519 1105205239 552265721 263.3G Microsoft basic data
/dev/sda4  1360289793 1412718592  52428800    25G Microsoft basic data
/dev/sda5  1105205248 1107302399   2097152     1G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda6  1107302400 1360289791 252987392 120.6G Linux LVM

Partition 3 does not start on physical sector boundary.
Partition 4 does not start on physical sector boundary.
Partition table entries are not in disk order.




Disk /dev/mapper/fedora-swap: 5.9 GiB, 6266290176 bytes, 12238848 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/mapper/fedora-home: 64.8 GiB, 69575114752 bytes, 135888896 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/mapper/fedora-root: 50 GiB, 53687091200 bytes, 104857600 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/sdb: 28.7 GiB, 30752636928 bytes, 60063744 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


Disk /dev/sdc: 3.7 GiB, 4004511744 bytes, 7821312 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: 0x7c3f77cf

Device     Boot  Start     End Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sdc1  *         0 3772415 3772416  1.8G  0 Empty
/dev/sdc2       116708  136667   19960  9.8M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
/dev/sdc3       136668  178683   42016 20.5M  0 Empty


Disk /dev/loop0: 1.7 GiB, 1829224448 bytes, 3572704 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/loop1: 6.5 GiB, 6981419008 bytes, 13635584 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/loop2: 32 GiB, 34359738368 bytes, 67108864 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/mapper/live-rw: 6.5 GiB, 6981419008 bytes, 13635584 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/mapper/live-base: 6.5 GiB, 6981419008 bytes, 13635584 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
[root@localhost-live ~]# sudo mkdir /mnt/dev/mapper/live-rw
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/mnt/dev/mapper/live-rw’: No such file or directory

colorpurple21859 · 02-13-2019, 05:22 AM

your fedora system is on sda6 inside the lvm. If you add up the the /dev/mappers/fedora-? sizes they equal your sda6 size. The /dev/sda5 is probably your /boot partition. You will need to mount the /dev/mapper/fedora-root to <some mount point> and then mount /dev/sda5 to <some mount point>/boot mount /dev/sda1 to <some mount point>/boot/efi then chroot and reinstall grub. I don't use lvm partitioning so can't give any real advice.

zavmat · 02-13-2019, 12:00 PM

I want to say thank you both for all the help. Your time and patience is greatly appreciated. I made a mount point called /mnt/test and it says that /mnt/test is not a block device.

Also /etc/fstab says permission denied

colorpurple21859 · 02-13-2019, 12:09 PM

from live usb

Code:

sudo mkdir /mnt/test
sudo mount /dev/mapper/fedora-root /mnt/test
sudo mount /dev/sda5 /mnt/test/boot
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/test/boot/efi
sudo mount --bind /dev /mnt/test/dev
sudo mount --bind /proc /mnt/test/proc
sudo mount --bind /sys /mnt/test/sys
chroot /mnt/test
dnf reinstall grub2-efi shim
exit

unmount everthing cross your fingers and reboot.

zavmat · 02-13-2019, 03:42 PM

It turns out I was mounting /mnt/test onto /dev/mapper/fedora-root instead of the other way around, but in my defence that was the way an article was saying to do it.

This is strange, the dnf encountered an error and /test disappeared.

Code:

[root@localhost-live bootinfoscript-master]# sudo mount /dev/sda5 /mnt/test/boot
[root@localhost-live bootinfoscript-master]# sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/test/boot/efi
[root@localhost-live bootinfoscript-master]# sudo mount --bind /dev /mnt/test/dev
[root@localhost-live bootinfoscript-master]# sudo mount --bind /proc /mnt/test/proc
[root@localhost-live bootinfoscript-master]# sudo mount --bind /sys /mnt/test/sys
[root@localhost-live bootinfoscript-master]# chroot /mnt/test
[root@localhost-live /]# dnf reistall grub2-efi shim
No such command: reistall. Please use /usr/bin/dnf --help
It could be a DNF plugin command, try: "dnf install 'dnf-command(reistall)'"
[root@localhost-live /]# dnf reinstall grub2-efi shim
Fedora Modular 29 - x86_64                      0.0  B/s |   0  B     00:01    
Error: Failed to synchronize cache for repo 'fedora-modular'
[root@localhost-live /]# chroot /mnt/test
chroot: cannot change root directory to '/mnt/test': No such file or directory
[root@localhost-live /]# dnf reinstall grub2-efi shim
Fedora Modular 29 - x86_64                      0.0  B/s |   0  B     00:00    
Error: Failed to synchronize cache for repo 'fedora-modular'
[root@localhost-live /]# sudo mount /dev/mapper/fedora-root /mnt/test
mount: /mnt/test: mount point does not exist.
[root@localhost-live /]# ls
bin   dev  home  lib64       media  opt   root  sbin  sys  usr
boot  etc  lib   lost+found  mnt    proc  run   srv   tmp  var
[root@localhost-live /]# ls home
[root@localhost-live /]# cd home
[root@localhost-live home]# ls
[root@localhost-live home]# cd /
[root@localhost-live /]# ls
bin   dev  home  lib64       media  opt   root  sbin  sys  usr
boot  etc  lib   lost+found  mnt    proc  run   srv   tmp  var
[root@localhost-live /]# ls mnt
ntfs

Is that what chroot is supposed to do? Isolate the file in chroot jail?

I'll redo it now

colorpurple21859 · 02-13-2019, 03:52 PM

You need to be connect to internet after booting into live usb
I add one more line to fix this

Quote:

Error: Failed to synchronize cache for repo

Code:

sudo mkdir /mnt/test
sudo mount /dev/mapper/fedora-root /mnt/test
sudo mount /dev/sda5 /mnt/test/boot
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/test/boot/efi
sudo mount --bind /dev /mnt/test/dev
sudo mount --bind /proc /mnt/test/proc
sudo mount --bind /sys /mnt/test/sys
sudo cp /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/test/etc/resolv.conf
chroot /mnt/test
dnf reinstall grub2-efi shim
exit

you may have to mount /dev/sda5 and /dev/sda1 after chrooting into your fedora install
mount /dev/sda5 /boot
mount /dev/sda1 /boot/efi

zavmat · 02-13-2019, 04:09 PM

Still failed to synchronize cache for repo 'fedora-modular'

also

Code:

cp: '/etc/resolv.conf' and '/mnt/test/etc/resolv.conf' are the same file

and

Code:

mount: /boot: /dev/sda5 already mounted on /boot.

If I ls mnt/test nothing shows up in the directory.

colorpurple21859 · 02-13-2019, 05:51 PM

did you connect to internet with live usb?

zavmat · 02-13-2019, 05:52 PM

Yes sir

zavmat · 02-13-2019, 06:32 PM

I rebooted, remounted as /mnt/maps (vs /mnt/test) crossed my fingers and it worked! When you say unmount everything, what do you mean exactly?

Code:

#  sudo umount /dev/mapper/fedora-root
# sudo umount /dev/sda5 /mnt/maps/boot

etc.?

colorpurple21859 · 02-13-2019, 06:59 PM

umount /mnt/maps/dev
umount /mnt/maps/proc
umount /mnt/maps/sys
umount /mnt/maps/boot/efi
umount /mnt/maps/boot
umount /mnt/maps

zavmat · 02-13-2019, 07:19 PM

It says no mount point specified for all so should I just go ahead and reboot?

zavmat · 02-13-2019, 07:25 PM

and do I need to go into the bios?