Linux Mint 19 will not always boot for me on a Lenovo
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Distribution: Mint 20, Kali, Peppermint, Ubuntu, MakuluFlash, Fedora 32, Windows 12 Lite, MakuluLinux
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Linux Mint 19 will not always boot for me on a Lenovo
Linux Mint 19 will not always boot for me on a Lenovo. I have dual boot and when I switch on if I allow it to start up from the menu it hangs on the Mint Icon and the 5 dots do not show any action.
When I boot up and see the boot menu I click enter it works.
On all my other laptops desktops, etc it works OK.
I do not expect a solution, but would be surprised if one is forthcoming.
Thanks everyone for your kind help with my questions.
Distribution: Mint 20, Kali, Peppermint, Ubuntu, MakuluFlash, Fedora 32, Windows 12 Lite, MakuluLinux
Posts: 821
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Originally Posted by Ztcoracat
Open your terminal and run this cmd:
Code:
sudo update-grub
That's it.
You mentioned that you are in a dual boot. What's your other os?
Do you think it is safe to do this as I have a lot on this machine and even backup of files is hard as I have no USB large enough to do it in one go.
Windows 10 sorry have some programs there that you cannot get in Mint.
I am running one on another machine like this EaseUS Partitoning Tool which is running an error check on my
new 1 Terrabyte sd card. It has found two errors so far and fixed them.
It now is doing a surface scan which has done 4.8% so far in two hours.
Do you think it is safe to do this as I have a lot on this machine and even backup of files is hard as I have no USB large enough to do it in one go.
Windows 10 sorry have some programs there that you cannot get in Mint.
I am running one on another machine like this EaseUS Partitoning Tool which is running an error check on my
new 1 Terrabyte sd card. It has found two errors so far and fixed them.
It now is doing a surface scan which has done 4.8% so far in two hours.
Yeah, it's safe to update your distro's bootloader.
Check those log files like frankbell suggested.
If you are still having trouble booting let us know:-
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Linux Mint 19 will not always boot for me on a Lenovo
