@ajaxStardust wrote: Mon Sep 19, 2022 9:18 am
Thank you! :D
I appreciate that as I truly only know (aka.
only remember) the basic stuff (grep, find, pico, etc.) without referencing and going down some rabbit hole, so such guidance is greatly appreciated. Y'all might empathize with the notion when working on something really advanced.
Will read the advisories above after some much needed sleep, prior to any operations.
I don't know if it's necessary to report, given what's said here …
asqwerth wrote: Mon Sep 19, 2022 2:41 am
No further update/fix is going to help you if you keep your pre-MX21.2 install, since it was not a buggy update. … So either you install afresh the new MX21.2, or you follow fehlix's instructions to sort out the grub on your current MX installation.
… while it probably only reiterates, I'd like to mention that everything about the system is running just fine (outside of needing to have the USB stick to boot). neither `apt update` nor apt `full-upgrade` reports no available package updatesI have every bit of confidence that I can fix the existing installation. I just didn't feel like messing with it that day.
OK, as there seem to be nothing hangin anymore, the remaining bit would be to reinstall GRUB's boot loader int MBR and GRUB's modules into /boot/grub/i386_pc.
To be on the safe side before we do this,
do make a backup of the existing grub directory this way:
On the SSHed terminal do
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sudo cp -a /boot/grub /boot/grub.old
Now, in case something really goes wrong, you could revert to the old back up like this:
When booted into the MX LiveUSB and mount /boot partition
to rename the directory with the mounted directory of the boot partition
grub to grub.bad
and
grub.old to grub
So grub.old is just a fallback to allow you to boot into using LiveUSB Boot Rescue menus.
Let's install the GRUB boot loader to the MBR and modules:
Within the SSH'd-terminal do run:
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sudo grub-install --recheck /dev/sda
If that was succeful, do also run
Please post the output of the commands, just in case.
If all was 0k, it should now boot into without the need of the MX LiveUSB.
