Boot/SSD/HDD/Directories

[CurlyStooge]

Hello. I want to try and be as clear as possible. I have been running MX23.5 Libretto Plasma on HDD (sda). Normally it boots in to a 5 second GRUB menu and if nothing pressed it loads up in to Plasma. I have concluded that Plasma was a bit much for the old hardware and manybloat/things I don't need. Some crashes, freeze ups and ran hot also was unable to adjust brightness etc. I was however able to use the night /day modes which helped. I also have a 254GB internal ssd (sdb) that I installed Fluxbox on to. I then was able to hold alt/option on start up to access boot loader. Without any external usb or drives plugged it I am shown 3 icon boxes , 2 have the text EFI under and 1 says Windows. I noted which EFI corresponded to Fluxbox or Plasma and it would load into either os distro. My gal is to boot straight into Fluxbox on SSD, and once all set up get rid of Plasma on the HDD and have the EFI boot, Root on SSD and home on HDD, not sure about Swap. Even if I could just use HDD for storage that's ok too. I couldnot figure out how to do it, so I just put all 4 partitions on SSD. ( would using LVM be possible? ). Ok, so ever since I switched over to Linux almost 2 years ago I have continued to fail at setting up the file system correctly, along with mounting causing permission issues, and a mess of files/folders etc. Attempting to fixI messed up, trying to assign UUID's to the correct partition within nano. Now after a reboot it will boot in to the GRUB menu or boot loader too but it won;t load in to the os. only a blank screen with a flashing curser. I am now using a live usb to boot and access my system but don't know how to fix. Please help! The following hopefully will help also. Thanks!

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-29-amd64 [6.1.123-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/antiX/vmlinuz quiet splasht nosplash grubsave video=1280x1024
  Desktop: Fluxbox v: 1.3.7 info: tint2 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.5_fluxbox_x64
    Libretto Jan 12 2025 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Apple product: iMac12,1 v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
    type: 13 v: Mac-942B5BF58194151B serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Apple model: Mac-942B5BF58194151B serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Apple v: 87.0.0.0.0
    date: 06/14/2019
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse serial: <filter>
    charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-2500S bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Sandy Bridge gen: core 2 level: v2
    built: 2010-12 process: Intel 32nm family: 6 model-id: 0x2A (42) stepping: 7 microcode: 0x2F
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB
    L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1678 high: 1868 min/max: 1600/3700 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq
    governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1596 2: 1868 3: 1596 4: 1655 bogomips: 21550
  Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT disabled
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; IBRS_FW; STIBP: disabled; RSB
    filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel
    arch: Gen-6 code: Sandybridge process: Intel 32nm built: 2011 ports: active: none empty: VGA-1
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0102 class-ID: 0380
  Device-2: AMD Whistler [Radeon HD 6730M/6770M/7690M XT] vendor: Apple driver: radeon v: kernel
    alternate: amdgpu arch: TeraScale-2 code: Evergreen process: TSMC 32-40nm built: 2009-15 pcie:
    gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, VGA-2
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:6740 class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: Apple FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in) type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-2:3
    chip-ID: 05ac:850b class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,radeon
    unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: r600 gpu: radeon display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22") s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP model: Apple iMac built: 2010 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 103
    gamma: 1.2 size: 475x267mm (18.7x10.51") diag: 545mm (21.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080
    min: 640x480
  API: OpenGL v: 4.5 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: AMD TURKS (DRM 2.50.0 / 6.1.0-29-amd64 LLVM 15.0.6)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 1-1.3:6 chip-ID: 0dba:5001 class-ID: 0102
  Device-2: AMD Turks HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6500/6600 / 6700M Series] vendor: Apple
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1
    chip-ID: 1002:aa90 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Digidesign Avid Mbox Mini type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-29-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe driver: tg3 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:16b4 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR93xx Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Apple AirPort Extreme
    driver: ath9k v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0
    chip-ID: 168c:0030 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Apple Built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR HCI type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-1.1.1:7
    chip-ID: 05ac:8215 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 1.2 lmp-v: 2.1
    sub-v: 21d0 hci-v: 2.1 rev: 206
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:5 sco-mtu: 64:1 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park
    link-mode: peripheral accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio,
    telephony
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.08 TiB used: 768.92 GiB (36.1%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST31000528AS size: 931.51 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: AP63
    scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Apple model: SSD TS256C size: 233.76 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 0202 scheme: MBR
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Cruzer Glide size: 28.67 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
  ID-4: /dev/sde maj-min: 8:64 type: USB model: USB2.0 Flash Disk size: 1.86 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 5.00 scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
  ID-5: /dev/sdf maj-min: 8:80 type: USB vendor: Samsung model: PSSD T7 size: 931.51 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: SSD serial: <filter> scheme: GPT
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
  Message: No partition data found.
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 1024 MiB used: 304.6 MiB (29.7%) priority: -2
    file: /live/boot-dev/swap-file
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 50.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 1200
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 1920 libs: 934 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm pkgs: 0
    pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Info:
  Processes: 247 Uptime: 1d 5h 8m wakeups: 36 Memory: 3.8 GiB used: 3.31 GiB (87.0%) Init: SysVinit
  v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI

"demo@mx1:~
$ sudo blkid
/dev/sdb4: LABEL="SWAP" UUID="9196cdaa-1c68-405e-b6d7-23ea79b7d286" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="712a1ccf-04"
/dev/sdb2: LABEL="rootMX23" UUID="a43c2e63-e862-419e-87a1-1ddee75d1f3b" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="712a1ccf-02"
/dev/sdb3: LABEL="HOME" UUID="3e0a674d-d172-4de4-8ce9-19127cc5d564" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="712a1ccf-03"
/dev/sdb1: LABEL_FATBOOT="EFI-SYSTEM" LABEL="EFI-SYSTEM" UUID="C15A-9F24" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="712a1ccf-01"
/dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/sde1: LABEL_FATBOOT="2 GB USB" LABEL="2 GB USB" UUID="9248-2C04" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="3daff683-01"
/dev/sdc2: LABEL_FATBOOT="MX-UEFI" LABEL="MX-UEFI" UUID="5E77-4D91" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="3aa27cc8-02"
/dev/sdc1: LABEL="MXFlux" UUID="69055cf4-43e9-4597-bc60-b57f64bbd0c1" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="3aa27cc8-01"
/dev/sda4: LABEL="swapMX" UUID="86ac71ae-d508-4b8d-988f-218c1ac80e19" TYPE="swap" PARTLABEL="swap" PARTUUID="72f3d121-c97c-4e63-815c-b27edb209754"
/dev/sda2: LABEL="rootMX23" UUID="1d69a8c6-99ca-48ee-baf5-f68dea1eed07" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTLABEL="root" PARTUUID="44917c74-f965-43c3-9ef2-6630f24099e2"
/dev/sda3: LABEL="homeMX" UUID="e9de0567-4f33-4a2c-8169-637110f82465" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTLABEL="home" PARTUUID="870375bf-b784-4256-9472-f561b46d7d72"
/dev/sda1: LABEL_FATBOOT="EFI-SYSTEM" LABEL="EFI-SYSTEM" UUID="C63F-00DB" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTLABEL="boot" PARTUUID="68a95713-2c26-47d7-bf57-5f26d51357e2"

"

/dev/sdc1 on /live/boot-dev type ext4 (rw,noatime)
/live/boot-dev/antiX/linuxfs on /live/linux type squashfs (ro,relatime,errors=continue)
tmpfs on /live/aufs-ram type tmpfs (rw,noatime,size=3101696k,inode64)
overlay on / type overlay (rw,relatime,lowerdir=/live/linux,upperdir=/live/aufs-ram/upper,workdir=/live/aufs-ram/work)
tmpfs on /media type tmpfs (rw,noatime,size=10240k,inode64)
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,size=398628k,mode=755,inode64)
tmpfs on /live type tmpfs (rw,noatime,size=102400k,mode=755,inode64)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,noatime,inode64)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
devtmpfs on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,relatime,size=1981776k,nr_inodes=495444,mode=755,inode64)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=600,ptmxmode=000)
overlay on /live/aufs type overlay (rw,relatime,lowerdir=/live/linux,upperdir=/live/aufs-ram/upper,workdir=/live/aufs-ram/work)
/dev/sdc1 on /root/Live-usb-storage type ext4 (rw,noatime)
/dev/sdc1 on /home/demo/Live-usb-storage type ext4 (rw,noatime)
tmpfs on /etc/live/config type tmpfs (rw,noatime,size=102400k,mode=755,inode64)
tmpfs on /etc/live/bin type tmpfs (rw,noatime,size=102400k,mode=755,inode64)
tmpfs on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=5120k,inode64)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw,relatime)
pstore on /sys/fs/pstore type pstore (rw,relatime)
efivarfs on /sys/firmware/efi/efivars type efivarfs (rw,relatime)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=797240k,inode64)
rpc_pipefs on /run/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw,relatime)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (rw,relatime,size=12k,mode=755,inode64)
systemd on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,release_agent=/run/cgmanager/agents/cgm-release-agent.systemd,name=systemd)
tmpfs on /run/user/1000 type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=398624k,mode=700,uid=1000,gid=1000,inode64)
gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/1000/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1000,group_id=1000)
portal on /run/user/1000/doc type fuse.portal (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1000,group_id=1000)

$ ls -l
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jan 11 21:30 bin -> usr/bin
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 120 Mar 29 17:07 boot
drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4100 Mar 29 10:12 dev
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1080 Mar 29 17:06 etc
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 60 Mar 29 10:11 home
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 Mar 29 16:59 initrd.img -> boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-32-amd64
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 Mar 29 16:59 initrd.img.old -> boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-29-amd64
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jan 11 21:30 lib -> usr/lib
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 11 21:30 lib64 -> usr/lib64
drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 380 Mar 29 10:11 live
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 40 Mar 29 10:11 media
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3 Jan 7 14:21 mnt
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 60 Jan 11 21:46 opt
dr-xr-xr-x 259 root root 0 Mar 29 10:11 proc
drwx------ 1 root root 100 Mar 29 10:11 root
drwxr-xr-x 30 root root 1160 Mar 29 17:26 run
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Jan 11 21:30 sbin -> usr/sbin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3 Jan 7 14:21 srv
dr-xr-xr-x 13 root root 0 Mar 29 10:11 sys
drwxrwxrwt 6 root root 280 Mar 29 17:25 tmp
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 220 Jan 11 21:49 usr
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 160 Jan 7 14:21 var
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Mar 29 16:59 vmlinuz -> boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-32-amd64
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Mar 29 16:59 vmlinuz.old -> boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-29-amd64

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$ ls -l
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jan 11 21:30 bin -> usr/bin
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 120 Mar 29 17:07 boot
drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4100 Mar 29 10:12 dev
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1080 Mar 29 17:06 etc
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 60 Mar 29 10:11 home
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 Mar 29 16:59 initrd.img -> boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-32-amd64
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 Mar 29 16:59 initrd.img.old -> boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-29-amd64
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jan 11 21:30 lib -> usr/lib
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 11 21:30 lib64 -> usr/lib64
drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 380 Mar 29 10:11 live
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 40 Mar 29 10:11 media
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3 Jan 7 14:21 mnt
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 60 Jan 11 21:46 opt
dr-xr-xr-x 259 root root 0 Mar 29 10:11 proc
drwx------ 1 root root 100 Mar 29 10:11 root
drwxr-xr-x 30 root root 1160 Mar 29 17:26 run
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Jan 11 21:30 sbin -> usr/sbin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3 Jan 7 14:21 srv
dr-xr-xr-x 13 root root 0 Mar 29 10:11 sys
drwxrwxrwt 6 root root 280 Mar 29 17:25 tmp
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 220 Jan 11 21:49 usr
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 160 Jan 7 14:21 var
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Mar 29 16:59 vmlinuz -> boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-32-amd64
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Mar 29 16:59 vmlinuz.old -> boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-29-amd64

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dev/sdc1 on /live/boot-dev type ext4 (rw,noatime)
/live/boot-dev/antiX/linuxfs on /live/linux type squashfs (ro,relatime,errors=continue)
tmpfs on /live/aufs-ram type tmpfs (rw,noatime,size=3101696k,inode64)
overlay on / type overlay (rw,relatime,lowerdir=/live/linux,upperdir=/live/aufs-ram/upper,workdir=/live/aufs-ram/work)
tmpfs on /media type tmpfs (rw,noatime,size=10240k,inode64)
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,size=398628k,mode=755,inode64)
tmpfs on /live type tmpfs (rw,noatime,size=102400k,mode=755,inode64)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,noatime,inode64)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
devtmpfs on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,relatime,size=1981776k,nr_inodes=495444,mode=755,inode64)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=600,ptmxmode=000)
overlay on /live/aufs type overlay (rw,relatime,lowerdir=/live/linux,upperdir=/live/aufs-ram/upper,workdir=/live/aufs-ram/work)
/dev/sdc1 on /root/Live-usb-storage type ext4 (rw,noatime)
/dev/sdc1 on /home/demo/Live-usb-storage type ext4 (rw,noatime)
tmpfs on /etc/live/config type tmpfs (rw,noatime,size=102400k,mode=755,inode64)
tmpfs on /etc/live/bin type tmpfs (rw,noatime,size=102400k,mode=755,inode64)
tmpfs on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=5120k,inode64)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw,relatime)
pstore on /sys/fs/pstore type pstore (rw,relatime)
efivarfs on /sys/firmware/efi/efivars type efivarfs (rw,relatime)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=797240k,inode64)
rpc_pipefs on /run/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw,relatime)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (rw,relatime,size=12k,mode=755,inode64)
systemd on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,release_agent=/run/cgmanager/agents/cgm-release-agent.systemd,name=systemd)
tmpfs on /run/user/1000 type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=398624k,mode=700,uid=1000,gid=1000,inode64)
gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/1000/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1000,group_id=1000)
portal on /run/user/1000/doc type fuse.portal (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1000,group_id=1000)

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"demo@mx1:~
$ sudo blkid
/dev/sdb4: LABEL="SWAP" UUID="9196cdaa-1c68-405e-b6d7-23ea79b7d286" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="712a1ccf-04"
/dev/sdb2: LABEL="rootMX23" UUID="a43c2e63-e862-419e-87a1-1ddee75d1f3b" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="712a1ccf-02"
/dev/sdb3: LABEL="HOME" UUID="3e0a674d-d172-4de4-8ce9-19127cc5d564" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="712a1ccf-03"
/dev/sdb1: LABEL_FATBOOT="EFI-SYSTEM" LABEL="EFI-SYSTEM" UUID="C15A-9F24" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="712a1ccf-01"
/dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/sde1: LABEL_FATBOOT="2 GB USB" LABEL="2 GB USB" UUID="9248-2C04" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="3daff683-01"
/dev/sdc2: LABEL_FATBOOT="MX-UEFI" LABEL="MX-UEFI" UUID="5E77-4D91" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="3aa27cc8-02"
/dev/sdc1: LABEL="MXFlux" UUID="69055cf4-43e9-4597-bc60-b57f64bbd0c1" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="3aa27cc8-01"
/dev/sda4: LABEL="swapMX" UUID="86ac71ae-d508-4b8d-988f-218c1ac80e19" TYPE="swap" PARTLABEL="swap" PARTUUID="72f3d121-c97c-4e63-815c-b27edb209754"
/dev/sda2: LABEL="rootMX23" UUID="1d69a8c6-99ca-48ee-baf5-f68dea1eed07" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTLABEL="root" PARTUUID="44917c74-f965-43c3-9ef2-6630f24099e2"
/dev/sda3: LABEL="homeMX" UUID="e9de0567-4f33-4a2c-8169-637110f82465" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTLABEL="home" PARTUUID="870375bf-b784-4256-9472-f561b46d7d72"
/dev/sda1: LABEL_FATBOOT="EFI-SYSTEM" LABEL="EFI-SYSTEM" UUID="C63F-00DB" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTLABEL="boot" PARTUUID="68a95713-2c26-47d7-bf57-5f26d51357e2"

[DukeComposed]

My gal is to boot straight into Fluxbox on SSD

Now after a reboot it will boot in to the GRUB menu or boot loader too but it won;t load in to the os. only a blank screen with a flashing curser.

That suggests GRUB isn't installed correctly. The easiest thing to do is reinstall Fluxbox on the SSD. If you want to try to repair this, you just need to think about how GRUB works: you pick your partition, edit the GRUB config, build your initramfs, update the GRUB config on disk, and then install the GRUB bootloader. It's a little more complicated for a UEFI install, but not much.

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$ sudo blkid
/dev/sdb2: LABEL="rootMX23" UUID="a43c2e63-e862-419e-87a1-1ddee75d1f3b" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="712a1ccf-02"
/dev/sdb1: LABEL_FATBOOT="EFI-SYSTEM" LABEL="EFI-SYSTEM" UUID="C15A-9F24" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="712a1ccf-01"

So sdb1 is the EFI partition and sdb2 is the Fluxbox root partition. That means sdb2 needs to be the place where the update-initramfs, grub-update, and grub-install commands must be run -- from inside a chroot. You can mount and chroot sdb2 by hand or you can run Chroot Rescue Scan. MX Boot Repair is also going to be helpful.

[CurlyStooge]

@DukeComposed Well thank you for responding. You were/are the only one. Over 100 people viewed my question. These forums are much like social networks. I am just not cool enough. I wanted though to say that I appreciate you and again thanks. I'll just run the live version I guess, and start fresh every time or just never let my pc sleep or turn off. Yay.

[JimMX7]

I prefer to use windows partition manager to setup my drives, mostly because it is clear and easy to use and i'm very familiar with it. But i found these links that may help you?

https://www.wikihow.com/Linux-How-to-Mount-Drive

https://www.linux.org/threads/proper-se ... dia.34521/

Hope something in those helps shed some light on your issue.

[Eadwine Rose]

@DukeComposed Well thank you for responding. You were/are the only one. Over 100 people viewed my question. These forums are much like social networks. I am just not cool enough. I wanted though to say that I appreciate you and again thanks. I'll just run the live version I guess, and start fresh every time or just never let my pc sleep or turn off. Yay.

It has nothing to do with being cool. That is what is in your mind. It has to do with people looking, having little time, so will respond later. Or just don't know the answer.

[operadude]

@CurlyStooge @Eadwine Rose

Yeah, you might have to wait a bit, but I have never been let-down by The Forum

(Coming-up on 6 years now).

Can't give you stats, but I find that someone (and often Developers/Professionals) will get back to you within a day or two.

BTW, you can also PM someone who has responded, esp. if you aren't getting any feedback, or are really stuck. I'm not giving this as official Forum policy; just my (hopefully helpful) experience....

Signed,

Forum FanBoy

[Eadwine Rose]

I would not advise sending PMs after they have responded on the forums, no. I, personally, will send them right back to the forum. PMs are not for personal help.

[j2mcgreg]

@CurlyStooge wrote:

Well thank you for responding. You were/are the only one. Over 100 people viewed my question. These forums are much like social networks. I am just not cool enough. I wanted though to say that I appreciate you and again thanks. I'll just run the live version I guess, and start fresh every time or just never let my pc sleep or turn off. Yay.

You need to take into account that many of us lack the familiarity with Apple hardware / bioses to comfortably offer advice.