Can't boot O.S

jail bill gates from hel · 11-03-2020, 06:36 PM

Hi

I have linux mint 19 distro and when I try boot the O.S I get this error message
https://ibb.co/Y3hXXfq
So any ideas please?

Thanks

jail bill gates from hel · 11-03-2020, 06:46 PM

Sorry forgot to enter help
https://ibb.co/m98NH0Q

frankbell · 11-03-2020, 07:50 PM

Try booting to a live CD/USB stick of something and running update-grub.

This article will tell you more: https://itsfoss.com/update-grub/

colorpurple21859 · 11-03-2020, 08:18 PM

has it worked before now, and if so what was done when it stopped working?

ondoho · 11-04-2020, 01:20 AM

The screenshots provided show an initramfs prompt, nothing more.
Unfortuantely, no info about what the problem could be. Searching the last error message lists a few things you can try, but I'm not sure it has anything to do with the boot failure.

jail bill gates from hel · 11-04-2020, 06:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frankbell

Try booting to a live CD/USB stick of something and running update-grub.

This article will tell you more: https://itsfoss.com/update-grub/

I booted from CD and input the code mentioned in the artical; but there was an error. please see this photo attached

frankbell · 11-04-2020, 07:11 PM

A web search for failed to get canonical path of /cow will turn up articles, forum threads, and even Youtube videos.

I have not heard of this error before, but apparently it is not unprecedented. You might check out some of those items at the link.

jail bill gates from hel · 11-05-2020, 03:05 AM

I think the problem hear is you lot are using ubuntu and I am using mint!

colorpurple21859 · 11-05-2020, 06:03 AM

Is tpm enabled in the bios? maybe disable it, if it is.

yancek · 11-05-2020, 06:18 AM

The error " failed to get canonical path of cow" is very common and means that you are attempting to install Grub to a 'live' environment, the install DVD or USB which will never work. You need to use chroot to get into the install system to install Grub. The link below discusses re-installing Grub and has a section on using chroot (Section 2.2.5).

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Installing

ondoho · 11-06-2020, 12:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jail bill gates from hel

I think the problem hear is you lot are using ubuntu and I am using mint!

Mint is based on Ubuntu; in most cases Ubuntu-specific solutions apply, and this really does not look like it isn't one of those cases.
But of course you're always free to apply the search phrases presented here to mint, and mint only.

BTW, they have a very active forum --- aaaaand of course you double-posted, which is often frowned upon.
In any case, those two threads combined, it seems like you have enough material to chew on for a while. Roll up those nerd sleeves and get down to it!