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Old 10-02-2020, 03:43 AM   #1
Wingers1
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Ubantu / mint won't boot up

Good morning

Linux will no longer boot up ? It's been working fine for a year or more and was used daily.

On power-up, I press "ESC" for the boot menu and select the drive that Lunux is installed on. I run mint and ubanto.

The mint icon appears and the 5 little lights below it but after a short while the icon is lost ?

any thoughts or remedies most welcome.

Thanks

Wingers1
 
Old 10-02-2020, 05:49 AM   #2
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Whats ubanto/ubantu?

Seriously, what machine is it - laptop/desktop?
What version of Mint?
Why do you press ESC - when I boot Mint it just boots up.
Do you have boot manager like grub?
Can you boot a live Mint?
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Old 10-02-2020, 08:12 PM   #3
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I would suggest booting to a Live CD of something. If you can successfully do so, then point smartmontools at the hard drive and run some diagnostics.
 
Old 10-07-2020, 08:04 AM   #4
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Go here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair create and post a boot-info summary.
 
  


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