Suggest this: When you hand over MX Linux to someone, just add one little step: Explain/show them those emergency tools, includuding re-run reconfigure of grub. If a user never had seen those tools, they certainly have no idea what todo. And they may be thankful to get self-empowered.paul1149 wrote: Mon Aug 10, 2020 7:12 am I can guarantee that most if not all of my Linux "children" will have problems with that dialog and would not know to use live media for repair use.
That's a good idea. But many units don't have optical drives these days, and I'm not going to spring for a usb stick for each machine. I probably will ask them to supply one from now on. It's good that people increase their skills and ability to deal with problems, but there is always going to be a large segment of the population that has no interest, aptitude, or time to do so. MS made a fortune catering to those people by making decisions for them, but took it too far, into the realm of self-serving control and manipulation. I would like to see Linux be more accessible to that crowd, without, of course, going anywhere near MS behavior.fehlix wrote: Mon Aug 10, 2020 7:47 am Suggest this: When you hand over MX Linux to someone, just add one little step: Explain/show them those emergency tools, includuding re-run reconfigure of grub. If a user never had seen those tools, they certainly have no idea what todo. And they may be thankful to get self-empowered.
Thank you tonyB, I'm glad you got it ironed out in the end.tonyB wrote: Mon Aug 10, 2020 9:36 am Just some feedback. I installed the new update and later rebooted. I was put in the grub screen. I did not panic tho I live cd the boot repair and alls well. Thanks anyways for this thread even if I forgot about the boot repair I would have been reminded by searching simply grub, and checking the newest entry. I guess I made the mistake by selecting sda1 instead of just sda. Or just both as the update indicated if unsure pick all. haha. oh well no worries.
Yes, the help text meant, if unsure pick all boot-drives, e.g. sda, sdb, not partitions sda1 etc.tonyB wrote: Mon Aug 10, 2020 9:36 am Just some feedback. I installed the new update and later rebooted. I was put in the grub screen. I did not panic tho I live cd the boot repair and alls well. Thanks anyways for this thread even if I forgot about the boot repair I would have been reminded by searching simply grub, and checking the newest entry. I guess I made the mistake by selecting sda1 instead of just sda. Or just both as the update indicated if unsure pick all. haha. oh well no worries.
lol ... my preferred way would be:fehlix wrote: Mon Aug 10, 2020 10:10 am ...Yes, the help text meant, if unsure pick all boot-drives, e.g. sda, sdb, not partitions sda1 etc.
