Hi Mark I get this when i boot into the USB.
GNU GRUB version 2.02 beta 2.36 version u3
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Thanks for replying( the laptop started talking assumed it was you? I could not understand I am very hard of hearing from an accident long time ago
in the Royal Navy.
Not sure what you mean by “the laptop started talking” … but it certainly wasn’t me.
Anyway we can have a go at reinstalling the Peppermint bootloader…
Boot to the Peppermint 8 64bit LiveUSB … from the GRUB screen choose “Try Peppermint” … when you end up at the desktop, open a terminal by hitting Ctrl+Alt+T … then run the following commands in sequence:
sudo mount /dev/sda5 /mnt
then:
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot/efi
then:
for i in /dev /dev/pts /proc /sys /run; do sudo mount -B $i /mnt$i; done
then:
sudo chroot /mnt
then:
grub-install /dev/sda
then:
update-grub
Now hit Ctrl+D to exit the chroot environment.
Now reboot to test.
Hi Mark, I followed your instructions to the letter but on reboot I still end up in Windows. The terminal reported everything as correct after each command?
I think its me taking the flash drive out at the wrong time when commencing the reboot? I’m rebooting from the whisper menu logout screen, after typing exit into the terminal prompt.
Is Ubuntu now listed in the UEFI boot selection screen ?
Is there anything in the BIOS about locking the EFI partition ?
Thanks for replying so quickly Mark. I accessed the Uefi firmware settings and copied this:(cannot find Ubuntu or see anything locking EFI. F12 Boot is disabled in another window?)
Insyde H20 Setup Utilities
Boot Mode UEFI
Secure Boot Enabled
Boot 5. USB HDD
Apology’s Mark, 5. USB HDD twice is a typing error by me. It,s only listed once in the EUFI/BIOS window. re: the previous post.
Yours norman liddle.
Are you interested in deleting the Linux partitions, and the Linux EFI entry, and attempting another install ?
Let me know and I’ll post instructions.
I’m sure this is the best way to go.Thanks for your time regarding this problem. Your’s norman liddle.
Okay, can you boot to the LiveUSB and run:
sudo mkdir /mnt/efi
then
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/efi
then post the output from
sudo ls /mnt/efi/EFI
peppermint@peppermint ~ $ sudo mkdir /mnt/efi
peppermint@peppermint ~ $ sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/efi
peppermint@peppermint ~ $ sudo ls /mnt/efi/EFI
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Mark is this OK. I still cannot get my head around booting into the trial version of peppermint 8 then posting this. Yours, Norman Liddle
Can you boot to the LiveUSB and post the output from
efibootmgr -v
again.
peppermint@peppermint ~ $ efibootmgr -v
BootCurrent: 0002
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 2001,0001,2002,2003
Boot0000* ubuntu HD(1,GPT,b59d2b94-1a6a-466a-968f-dfe8b4f0022b,0x800,0x32000)/File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi)
Boot0001* Windows Boot Manager HD(1,GPT,b59d2b94-1a6a-466a-968f-dfe8b4f0022b,0x800,0x32000)/File(\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi)WINDOWS…x…B.C.D.O.B.J.E.C.T.=.{.9.d.e.a.8.6.2.c.-.5.c.d.d.-.4.e.7.0.-.a.c.c.1.-.f.3.2.b.3.4.4.d.4.7.9.5.}…
Boot0002* USB HDD: SanDisk Cruzer Micro PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1d,0x0)/USB(0,0)/USB(3,0)/HD(1,MBR,0x14,0x800,0x77f27f)RC
Boot0003* Unknown Device: HD(1,GPT,b59d2b94-1a6a-466a-968f-dfe8b4f0022b,0x800,0x32000)/File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi)RC
Boot0005* Unknown Device: HD(1,GPT,b59d2b94-1a6a-466a-968f-dfe8b4f0022b,0x800,0x32000)/File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi)RC
Boot0009* Unknown Device: HD(1,GPT,b59d2b94-1a6a-466a-968f-dfe8b4f0022b,0x800,0x32000)/File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi)RC
Boot2001* EFI USB Device RC
Boot2002* EFI DVD/CDROM RC
Boot2003* EFI Network RC
peppermint@peppermint ~ $
Thanks Mark hope this is what you want. Yours Norman.
Okay, boot to the LiveUSB and run:
sudo efibootmgr -Bb 0000
then
sudo mkdir /mnt/efi
then
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/efi
then:
sudo rm -rvf /mnt/efi/EFI/ubuntu
now post the output from:
sudo ls /mnt/efi/EFI
and
sudo efibootmgr -v
then confirm you can still reboot to Windows.
peppermint@peppermint ~ $ sudo efibootmgr -Bb 0000
efibootmgr: Could not delete Boot0000: No such file or directory
efibootmgr: Could not delete boot variable: No such file or directory
peppermint@peppermint ~ $ sudo mkdir /mnt/efi
peppermint@peppermint ~ $ sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/efi
peppermint@peppermint ~ $ sudo rm -rvf /mnt/efi/EFI/ubuntu
removed directory ‘/mnt/efi/EFI/ubuntu/fw’
removed ‘/mnt/efi/EFI/ubuntu/fwupx64.efi’
removed ‘/mnt/efi/EFI/ubuntu/grubx64.efi’
removed ‘/mnt/efi/EFI/ubuntu/grub.cfg’
removed ‘/mnt/efi/EFI/ubuntu/shimx64.efi’
removed ‘/mnt/efi/EFI/ubuntu/mmx64.efi’
removed directory ‘/mnt/efi/EFI/ubuntu’
peppermint@peppermint ~ $ sudo ls /mnt/efi/EFI
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peppermint@peppermint ~ $ sudo efibootmgr -v
BootCurrent: 0002
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 2001,0001,2002,2003
Boot0001* Windows Boot Manager HD(1,GPT,b59d2b94-1a6a-466a-968f-dfe8b4f0022b,0x800,0x32000)/File(\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi)WINDOWS…x…B.C.D.O.B.J.E.C.T.=.{.9.d.e.a.8.6.2.c.-.5.c.d.d.-.4.e.7.0.-.a.c.c.1.-.f.3.2.b.3.4.4.d.4.7.9.5.}…
Boot0002* USB HDD: SanDisk Cruzer Micro PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1d,0x0)/USB(0,0)/USB(3,0)/HD(1,MBR,0x14,0x800,0x77f27f)RC
Boot0003* Unknown Device: HD(1,GPT,b59d2b94-1a6a-466a-968f-dfe8b4f0022b,0x800,0x32000)/File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi)RC
Boot0005* Unknown Device: HD(1,GPT,b59d2b94-1a6a-466a-968f-dfe8b4f0022b,0x800,0x32000)/File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi)RC
Boot0009* Unknown Device: HD(1,GPT,b59d2b94-1a6a-466a-968f-dfe8b4f0022b,0x800,0x32000)/File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi)RC
Boot2001* EFI USB Device RC
Boot2002* EFI DVD/CDROM RC
Boot2003* EFI Network RC
peppermint@peppermint ~ $
Mark,I made a mistake the first attempt at this , the terminal did report after the fist command but I lost it re 0000? Yours, Norman
Hi Mark, removed the usb drive and booted into windows OK. Yours sincerely, Norman.
reboot to the LiveUSB and run:
sudo efibootmgr -Bb 0003
then
sudo efibootmgr -Bb 0005
then
sudo efibootmgr -Bb 0009
then post the output from:
sudo efibootmgr -v
peppermint@peppermint ~ $ sudo efibootmgr -Bb 003
BootCurrent: 0002
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 2001,0001,2002,2003
Boot0001* Windows Boot Manager
Boot0002* USB HDD: SanDisk Cruzer Micro
Boot0005* Unknown Device:
Boot0009* Unknown Device:
Boot2001* EFI USB Device
Boot2002* EFI DVD/CDROM
Boot2003* EFI Network
peppermint@peppermint ~ $ sudo efibootmgr -Bb 0005
BootCurrent: 0002
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 2001,0001,2002,2003
Boot0001* Windows Boot Manager
Boot0002* USB HDD: SanDisk Cruzer Micro
Boot0009* Unknown Device:
Boot2001* EFI USB Device
Boot2002* EFI DVD/CDROM
Boot2003* EFI Network
peppermint@peppermint ~ $ sudo -Bb 0009
sudo: invalid option – ‘B’
usage: sudo -h | -K | -k | -V
usage: sudo -v [-AknS] [-g group] [-h host] [-p prompt] [-u user]
usage: sudo -l [-AknS] [-g group] [-h host] [-p prompt] [-U user] [-u user] [command]
usage: sudo [-AbEHknPS] [-r role] [-t type] [-C num] [-g group] [-h host] [-p prompt]
[-u user] [VAR=value] [-i|-s] []
usage: sudo -e [-AknS] [-r role] [-t type] [-C num] [-g group] [-h host] [-p prompt]
[-u user] file …
peppermint@peppermint ~ $ sudo efibootmgr -v
BootCurrent: 0002
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 2001,0001,2002,2003
Boot0001* Windows Boot Manager HD(1,GPT,b59d2b94-1a6a-466a-968f-dfe8b4f0022b,0x800,0x32000)/File(\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi)WINDOWS…x…B.C.D.O.B.J.E.C.T.=.{.9.d.e.a.8.6.2.c.-.5.c.d.d.-.4.e.7.0.-.a.c.c.1.-.f.3.2.b.3.4.4.d.4.7.9.5.}…
Boot0002* USB HDD: SanDisk Cruzer Micro PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1d,0x0)/USB(0,0)/USB(3,0)/HD(1,MBR,0x14,0x800,0x77f27f)RCT
Boot0009* Unknown Device: HD(1,GPT,b59d2b94-1a6a-466a-968f-dfe8b4f0022b,0x800,0x32000)/File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi)RC
Boot2001* EFI USB Device RC
Boot2002* EFI DVD/CDROM RC
Boot2003* EFI Network RC
peppermint@peppermint ~ $
Thanks Mark,Norman.
reboot to the LiveUSB and run:
sudo efibootmgr -Bb 0009
then post the output from:
sudo efibootmgr -v
and
sudo fdisk -l
and
sudo blkid
also run:
sudo mkdir /mnt/efi
then
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/efi
then
cd /mnt/efi/EFI
then
sudo rm -rvf ubuntu
then post the output from
sudo ls /mnt/efi/EFI
peppermint@peppermint ~ $ sudo efibootmgr -Bb 0009
BootCurrent: 0002
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 2001,0001,2002,2003
Boot0001* Windows Boot Manager
Boot0002* USB HDD: SanDisk Cruzer Micro
Boot2001* EFI USB Device
Boot2002* EFI DVD/CDROM
Boot2003* EFI Network
peppermint@peppermint ~ $ sudo efibootmgr -v
BootCurrent: 0002
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 2001,0001,2002,2003
Boot0001* Windows Boot Manager HD(1,GPT,b59d2b94-1a6a-466a-968f-dfe8b4f0022b,0x800,0x32000)/File(\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi)WINDOWS…x…B.C.D.O.B.J.E.C.T.=.{.9.d.e.a.8.6.2.c.-.5.c.d.d.-.4.e.7.0.-.a.c.c.1.-.f.3.2.b.3.4.4.d.4.7.9.5.}…
Boot0002* USB HDD: SanDisk Cruzer Micro PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1d,0x0)/USB(0,0)/USB(3,0)/HD(1,MBR,0x14,0x800,0x77f27f)RC
Boot2001* EFI USB Device RC
Boot2002* EFI DVD/CDROM RC
Boot2003* EFI Network RC
peppermint@peppermint ~ $ peppermint@peppermint ~ $ sudo mkdir /mnt/efi
peppermint@peppermint ~ $ sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/efi
peppermint@peppermint ~ $ cd /mnt/efi/EFI
peppermint@peppermint /mnt/efi/EFI $ sudo rm -rvf ubuntu
peppermint@peppermint /mnt/efi/EFI $ sudo ls /mnt/efi/EFI
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peppermint@peppermint /mnt/efi/EFI $
Thanks again Mark for your time. Norman
Okay, boot to the LiveUSB and fire up:-
Menu > System Tools > GParted
In the main pane, right-click on the /dev/sda6 partition and select “Swapoff”
Now right-click the /dev/sda6 partition again and select “Delete”
Now right-click on the /dev/sda5 partition and select “Delete”
When you’re 100% sure you’ve marked ONLY the /dev/sda5 and /dev/sda6 partitions for deletion click the “Apply” button.
Once GParted finishes applying those changes, close Gparted.
With Gparted closed, double-click the “Install Peppermint” icon on the desktop … and work your way through the installation, allowing Peppermint to be installed in the free space.