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Old 02-03-2020, 06:09 AM   #1
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Smile Can’t boot into bootable USB anymore


Good day.

I tried installing Linux Mankato alongside Widows 10 and it was taking a long time to create its partition so I cancelled it and carried on with work on windows. Later on the day I tried booting with the usb I used that day that I got some funny stuff, it Said

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Entering rescue mode
Grub rescue>

And on the right side of the screen it had

Error: unknown files

Anyone who knows what’s going on and help me
 
Old 02-03-2020, 06:22 AM   #2
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If I had to guess, you formatted the the usb. Grub rescue indicates the grub boot loader can't find the grub files on the usb needed to get the grub menu.
 
Old 02-03-2020, 06:40 AM   #3
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I just tried creating the bootable usb again with RUFUS and I got the same error
 
Old 02-03-2020, 06:50 AM   #4
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Would this 'work on windows' have been anything dealing with the usb? After creating the 'bootable' usb again, do you get the same error at the same point in the installation or do you get it now when you boot? Do you have another computer on which to test it to see if it boots? Did you verify the download of the iso file you used before using rufus to put it on the usb? Could you post a link to the download page where you got this particular version of Linux?
 
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go into windows disk management and see if it allows you to delete the volume that you was attempting to installing linux to.
 
Old 02-03-2020, 07:08 AM   #6
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Ok to test the ISO i booting with it on a VM and it works just fine. After making the same bootable drive bootable again with the same ISO and i still get the same error at the same point, I actually get that error while trying to boot from the USB, before Linux actually runs.
I will now try to use a different USB.
 
Old 02-03-2020, 08:54 AM   #7
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strange behaviors deserves strange solutions.

Does that thing, app you're using wipe the usb stick before creating it again?

Have to tried using windows partition manager to wipe it then create a new partition to write to?
 
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Can you do a screen shot of volume layout in windows disk management?
 
Unread 02-03-2020, 10:15 AM   #9
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Does that thing, app you're using wipe the usb stick before creating it again?
Rufus wipes the mbr and recreates partitions before coping files to it. At op use the dd mode in rufus to put iso on to the usb. Sometimes that will make a difference.
 
Unread 02-04-2020, 01:34 AM   #10
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Yes, I created a new partition.

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Did you remake the iso using rufus dd mode? The dd option comes up after selecting the iso and pressing start.
 
Unread 02-04-2020, 07:34 AM   #12
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Thank you very much to everyone who’s was willing to help, I got it to work. I honestly don’t know what worked because I changed a lot of things at once including some settings in my bios. I think it’s the DD option in Rufus or changing one of the options in Rufus (I forgot what it was) to CPT.

I can’t thank you all enough really
 
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Reading your post earlier, I did an online search for 'Linux Mankato' and came up with no results? Did you by any chance mean Manjaro? Precision is important when dealing with computers. A suggestion for the future, make changes one at a time and RECORD what you do.

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I honestly don’t know what worked
That's a feeling I'm familiar with, no idea what happened but it works!
 
Unread 02-05-2020, 02:24 AM   #14
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Talking

I meant Manjaro that was just a typo.
i will defiantly write what I do in future.
 
  


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