mint not booting from hdd only usb

salvador · 09-24-2016, 10:04 PM

I have installed Mint Cinnamon onto my laptop from a usb stick, and it won't boot from hdd. Only the usb. I have changed my bios back to boot the HDD first but to no avail. I tried installing a second time from the menu (intstall linux to hdd....) and it tells me I already have a copy installed. It will only boot with the USB present. What am I missing?

Keruskerfuerst · 09-25-2016, 10:20 AM

Please post your fstab and install target of grub2 (/boot/grub2/grub.cfg).

vincix · 09-25-2016, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by salvador

I have installed Mint Cinnamon onto my laptop from a usb stick, and it won't boot from hdd. Only the usb. I have changed my bios back to boot the HDD first but to no avail. I tried installing a second time from the menu (intstall linux to hdd....) and it tells me I already have a copy installed. It will only boot with the USB present. What am I missing?

What happens when you set your bios to boot on the hdd? You haven't told us that.

My guess is that the root, home and swap partitions are installed on the main hdd and the boot loader (grub2) is installed on the usb stick. When you install it, you need to pay attention to the location where grub2 will be installed. You could try reinstalling the os again and then making sure that you choose the corect location or you could boot the system as it is in rescue mode and reinstall grub2 on your hdd.

http://howtoubuntu.org/how-to-repair...ubuntu-live-cd

salvador · 10-01-2016, 07:08 PM

I found a small FAT32 partition using Gparted. I deleted all the partitions and installed it again. All working now.

Jjanel · 10-01-2016, 11:02 PM

Welcome to LQ! (I'm a semi-Newbie [tho Unix old-timer] Sounds like you are already experienced)
This is a great 'success' story. I wonder if that "small FAT32 partition" was the one marked bootable...

Anyway, 'best wishes'! I'm looking forward to learning from your next 'Linux puzzle' here.

p.s. You can mark this thread as "Solved" (Thread Tools at top), so helpers don't have to look to see if you still need help, and searchers can see the possible solution here...