I went back into BIOS and disabled IOMMU and that seems to have solved the boot problem and another related(?) problem reading USB sticks. The USB sticks would take 20-30 seconds to read and then change my Linux Mint desktop to the default. I've generated [url=http://paste2.org/yz7tVWvZ]new Boot Repair output[/url].
----- Original Message ----- Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2015 00:13:52 -0400 (EDT) From: CenturyLink Customer <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Must Reset to Load GRUB 2 Message-ID: <1626652661.3096411.1430021631775.javamail.r...@md01.quartz.synacor.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" I am a Linux newbie and below is the parts list for my new Linux Mint 17.1 Cinnamon 64-bit machine. When I first power on the machine or restart it the BIOS setup screen flashes by and then nothing happens--the screen is black and blank. However, if I push the reset switch then setup flashes by and then GRUB loads and prompts me to choose between Linux Mint 3.16.0-33-generic, Linux Mint 3.16.0-33-generic -- recovery mode, previous Linux (i.e. 3.13.0-37-generic), or system setup. The GRUB 2 version that loads now is version 2.02~beta2-9ubuntu1. I don't recall choosing a beta version of GRUB 2 during install. Do you you think the Linux loading problem would disappear if I use an older, more stable version of GRUB 2 or is there some other problem here? I would just go ahead and roll back the GRUB version and see what happens except as I said I am a newbie and I'm not sure how to do that and not sure it would help. Current system hardware configuration: CPU: AMD A10-7800 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard BIOS ver.: 3.0.00 Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive Case: Fractal Design Define Mini MicroATX Mini Tower Case Power Supply: SeaSonic X Series 400W Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer In my BIOS setup, csm is not available because I have selected "Other OS" under "Windows 8 Features". Fast boot is disabled and secure boot is set to "Not active". Under "Boot Mode Select", I had "UEFI and Legacy" selected. I tried both of the other two options--"Legacy Only" and "UEFI Only". It made no difference, I still needed to reset to get to GRUB. My motherboard's BIOS features are listed here (PDF) starting on page 45. Here is the sudo parted output: [CODE]Model: ATA KINGSTON SV300S3 (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 120GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: gpt Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 1 1049kB 538MB 537MB fat32 boot 2 538MB 794MB 256MB ext2 3 794MB 120GB 119GB Model: ATA WDC WD1003FZEX-0 (scsi) Disk /dev/sdb: 1000GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags Error: /dev/mapper/mint--vg-swap_1: unrecognised disk label Model: Linux device-mapper (linear) (dm) Disk /dev/mapper/mint--vg-root: 103GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: loop Number Start End Size File system Flags 1 0.00B 103GB 103GB ext4 Error: /dev/mapper/sda3_crypt: unrecognised disk label [/CODE] When I run: 'ls /sys/firmware' I get: [CODE]acpi efi memmap[/CODE] Here's the 'sudo efibootmgr -v' output: [CODE]BootCurrent: 0000 Timeout: 1 seconds BootOrder: 0000,000B,000C,000A Boot0000* ubuntu HD(1,800,100000,ebe608f4-57d4-48a6-be88-8341cf460b4a)File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi) Boot000A ubuntu HD(1,800,100000,ebe608f4-57d4-48a6-be88-8341cf460b4a)File(\EFI\Ubuntu\grubx64.efi) Boot000B* Hard Drive BIOS(2,0,00)AMGOAMNO........o.K.I.N.G.S.T.O.N. .S.V.3.0.0.S.3.7.A.1.2.0.G....................A...........................>..Gd-.;.A..MQ..L.0.5.2.0.B.6.2.7.1.5.E.0.6.4.9.A. . . . ......AMBOAMNO........o.W.D.C. .W.D.1.0.0.3.F.Z.E.X.-.0.0.M.K.2.A.0....................A...........................>..Gd-.;.A..MQ..L. . . . .W. .-.D.C.W.3.C.7.F.V.U.A.E.P.U......AMBO Boot000C* CD/DVD Drive BIOS(3,0,00)AMGOAMNO........o.A.S.U.S. . . . .D.R.W.-.2.4.B.1.S.T. . . .i....................A...........................>..Gd-.;.A..MQ..L.B.E.0.D.L.C.0.0.5.9.6.4. . . . . . . . ......AMBO[/CODE] Thanks for your consideration. -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ Help-grub mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-grub
