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Re: Root & Boot Trouble

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Hi again.
I wrote fail word:
"It said Root is placed so far away"
"It said BOOT is placed so far away"

On Thu, 22 Jul 2021 at 12:36, Gunnar Gervin <dofeelok@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all.
> In bottom of this email is the Boot Repair Report in /etc/fstab.
>
> Description of happenings when I tried to install LMDE4 after I had Debian
> i386 32bit Buster (only) on my old Macbook from 2007:
> 1. Burned an ISO image of lmde4 4.19 (4,8GB) on a dvd.
> 2. Pressed option key & pressed Power on button, dvd image came up,
> pressed it.
> 3. At the end of the installation process, I was told to put Root in a
> partition of minimum 30GB.
> I pressed on Boot Repair, it was a program in Cinnamon. The Boot repair
> claimed that the Boot system was placed far from the start of the sda
> (harddisk); that the boot installer might not see it. It said that if
> it wouldn't mount hda it might not know where to mount it.
> I opened "Disks", it looked like Gnome Disk Utility when I opened it.
> Opened "Modify Flags" in "Disks", hatched "Boot" and "esp" on sda.
> Tried mount hda2 (it suggested mnt/hda2). (Should I've used Default
> instead?
> But it seemed not to give the correct option).
> Made a partition of 30GB at start (left side), called hda1, hatched Boot &
> Esp.
> Looked for "Root" in Flags. Saw Bios-grub option in Flags but it
> disappeared, never saw it again. Tried find help in Linux Mint but their
> communication system had become more difficult, or the machine couldn't
> cope in "live" mode only, I was too tired, &/or it was a typo in the
> "Nickserv" instruction they gave me.
> Sent a help email to Boot Repair email, but no answer yet. Please help.
> Like I said before, this culture of tech is mostly internal; basic
> knowledge, talent, or telepathy seem required, as well as dedication,
> energy & time in abundance.
> BR,
> geg.
> PS
> to boot.repair
> At the end of the partitioning (, after I did my best -whatever that is-
> to mount
> sda1 in Gnome Disk Utility), I couldn't see any way to e.g. Flag Root
> (hint- hint) in Gparted, or partition Root to anything close to the
> Installing program's satisfaction.
> Attached is the Boot Repair program's report of what's wrong. It said Root
> is placed so far away from the start of sda(hdd) that the Installer may not
> see it(?).
> I give up; I'm in way over my head.
> Best regards,
>
> # UNCONFIGURED FSTAB FOR BASE SYSTEM
>
> overlay / overlay rw 0 0
>
> tmpfs /tmp tmpfs nosuid,nodev 0 0
>
> /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 EXT2 nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0
>
> /dev/sda3 /mnt/sda3 EXT2
> nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show,noauto,x-udisks-auth 0 0
>
> /dev/sda2 none swap sw,x-udisks-auth,noauto 0 0
>

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Root & Boot Trouble Gunnar Gervin <dofeelok@gmail.com> - 2021-07-22 11:40 +0200
  Re: Root & Boot Trouble Gunnar Gervin <dofeelok@gmail.com> - 2021-07-22 11:50 +0200
  Re: Root & Boot Trouble Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-07-22 13:20 +0200
    Re: Root & Boot Trouble Gunnar Gervin <dofeelok@gmail.com> - 2021-07-22 21:10 +0200
      Re: Root & Boot Trouble Gunnar Gervin <dofeelok@gmail.com> - 2021-07-22 21:10 +0200

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