[SOLVED] Can't boot MX-23 after clean install on SSD

[jsluk]

Hi all,
I am typing from my MX21 USB flash drive with snapshot dated late Aug. 2023. Using Gparted, all the partitions looked fine but just no boot. Don't know enough about the GRUB thing but could the update / fresh install messed up GRUB. Here is my system info:

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[CODE]Snapshot created on: 20230826_1255
System:    Kernel: 5.10.0-23-amd64 [5.10.179-3] x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/antiX/vmlinuz quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.18.1 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.18.0 vt: 7 
           dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21.3_x64 Wildflower August 26  2023 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: P8Z77-V DELUXE v: Rev 1.xx serial: <filter> 
           UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2104 date: 08/13/2013 
Battery:   Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Marathon Mouse/Performance Plus M705 
           serial: <filter> charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: Discharging 
CPU:       Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-3570K bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Ivy Bridge 
           family: 6 model-id: 3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 17 cache: L2: 6 MiB 
           flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 bogomips: 27281 
           Speed: 1731 MHz min/max: 1600/3800 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1731 2: 1714 3: 1745 
           4: 1775 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion 
           Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT disabled 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations 
           Type: retbleed status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 
           mitigation: Retpolines, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected 
           Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: AMD Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590] 
           vendor: Sapphire Limited driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:67df 
           class-ID: 0300 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver: 
           loaded: amdgpu,ati unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 677x381mm (26.7x15.0") 
           s-diag: 777mm (30.6") 
           Monitor-1: DisplayPort-1 res: 2560x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 93 size: 698x393mm (27.5x15.5") 
           diag: 801mm (31.5") 
           OpenGL: 
           renderer: Radeon RX 570 Series (POLARIS10 DRM 3.40.0 5.10.0-23-amd64 LLVM 11.0.1) 
           v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK 
           driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1e20 class-ID: 0403 
           Device-2: AMD Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590] 
           vendor: Sapphire Limited driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1 
           chip-ID: 1002:aaf0 class-ID: 0403 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.0-23-amd64 running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Intel 82579V Gigabit Network vendor: ASUSTeK P8P67 Deluxe driver: e1000e 
           v: kernel port: f040 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1503 class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Intel Wireless 7265 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl port: e000 
           bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:095a class-ID: 0280 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
           Device-3: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
           vendor: ASUSTeK P8 series driver: r8169 v: kernel port: b000 bus-ID: 0c:00.0 
           chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth1 state: down mac: <filter> 
Bluetooth: Device-1: ASUSTek BCM20702A0 type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 7-1.1:3 
           chip-ID: 0b05:17b5 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter> 
           Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.0 
           sub-v: 220e hci-v: 4.0 rev: 15bc 
           Info: acl-mtu: 1021:8 sco-mtu: 64:1 link-policy: rswitch sniff link-mode: slave accept 
           service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 3.35 TiB used: 15.33 GiB (0.4%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB 
           block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> 
           rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT 
           ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital model: WD740GD-00FLC0 
           size: 69.25 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 1.5 Gb/s type: N/A 
           serial: <filter> rev: 8F33 scheme: GPT 
           ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Western Digital model: WD740GD-00FLC0 
           size: 69.25 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 1.5 Gb/s type: N/A 
           serial: <filter> rev: 8F33 scheme: GPT 
           ID-4: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Western Digital model: WD30EFRX-68AX9N0 
           size: 2.73 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: N/A 
           serial: <filter> rev: 0A80 scheme: GPT 
           ID-5: /dev/sde maj-min: 8:64 type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Cruzer Glide 
           size: 29.25 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? 
Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
           ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 4 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sdb4 
           maj-min: 8:20 
           ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 6.89 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -3 
           dev: /dev/sdc3 maj-min: 8:35 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8 C mobo: 27.8 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 36.0 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 798 
Repos:     Packages: 1953 note: see --pkg apt: 1944 lib: 932 flatpak: 9 
           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://mirror.steadfast.net/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://mirror.steadfast.net/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free
           3: deb-src http://mirror.steadfast.net/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
           4: deb http://mirror.steadfast.net/debian bullseye-backports main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/librewolf.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] http://deb.librewolf.net bullseye main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb https://mirror.us.oneandone.net/linux/distributions/mx/packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/onlyoffice.list 
           1: deb https://download.onlyoffice.com/repo/debian squeeze main
Info:      Processes: 277 Uptime: 20m wakeups: 4 Memory: 15.56 GiB used: 2.34 GiB (15.0%) 
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: N/A 
           alt: 10 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.1.4-release inxi: 3.3.06 
Boot Mode: UEFI

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Appreciate all the help from the experts. Best regards.

[Charlie Brown]

... but could the update / fresh install messed up GRUB...

It just reinstalls a fresh grub (unless you uncheck grub installation)

What happens when you start pc? No grub? Just a blank screen or a blinking cursor on a blank screen etc..?

[jsluk]

I think that I copied the wrong system information. I believed that the one posted originally is the info for the USB Snap Shot. I am able to use the file manager and point to the MX23 boot folder. I use terminal and here is the info from the command inxi -Fxxxmprz:

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jsluk@MX-22:/media/jsluk/rootMX23/boot
$ inxi -Fxxxmprz
System:    Kernel: 5.10.0-23-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 Desktop: Xfce 4.18.1 
           tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.18.0 vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 
           Distro: MX-21.3_x64 Wildflower August 26  2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: P8Z77-V DELUXE v: Rev 1.xx serial: <filter> 
           UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2104 date: 08/13/2013 
Battery:   Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Marathon Mouse/Performance Plus M705 
           serial: <filter> charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes 
           status: Discharging 
Memory:    RAM: total: 15.56 GiB used: 2.77 GiB (17.8%) 
           RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
CPU:       Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-3570K bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Ivy Bridge rev: 9 
           cache: L2: 6 MiB 
           flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 bogomips: 27281 
           Speed: 1669 MHz min/max: 1600/3800 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1669 2: 1691 3: 1784 
           4: 1806 
Graphics:  Device-1: AMD Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590] 
           vendor: Sapphire Limited driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:67df 
           class-ID: 0300 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver: 
           loaded: amdgpu,ati unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 2560x1440~60Hz 
           s-dpi: 96 
           OpenGL: 
           renderer: Radeon RX 570 Series (POLARIS10 DRM 3.40.0 5.10.0-23-amd64 LLVM 11.0.1) 
           v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK 
           driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1e20 class-ID: 0403 
           Device-2: AMD Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590] 
           vendor: Sapphire Limited driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1 
           chip-ID: 1002:aaf0 class-ID: 0403 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.0-23-amd64 running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Intel 82579V Gigabit Network vendor: ASUSTeK P8P67 Deluxe driver: e1000e 
           v: kernel port: f040 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1503 class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Intel Wireless 7265 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: e000 bus-ID: 07:00.0 
           chip-ID: 8086:095a class-ID: 0280 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
           Device-3: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
           vendor: ASUSTeK P8 series driver: r8169 v: kernel port: b000 bus-ID: 0c:00.0 
           chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth1 state: down mac: <filter> 
Bluetooth: Device-1: ASUSTek BCM20702A0 type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 7-1.1:3 
           chip-ID: 0b05:17b5 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter> 
           Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.0 
           sub-v: 220e hci-v: 4.0 rev: 15bc 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 3.35 TiB used: 45.94 GiB (1.3%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB 
           speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT 
           ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Western Digital model: WD740GD-00FLC0 size: 69.25 GiB 
           speed: 1.5 Gb/s type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 8F33 scheme: GPT 
           ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Western Digital model: WD740GD-00FLC0 size: 69.25 GiB 
           speed: 1.5 Gb/s type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 8F33 scheme: GPT 
           ID-4: /dev/sdd vendor: Western Digital model: WD30EFRX-68AX9N0 size: 2.73 TiB 
           speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 0A80 scheme: GPT 
           ID-5: /dev/sde type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Cruzer Glide size: 29.25 GiB 
           type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR 
Partition: ID-1: /live/boot-dev size: 28.67 GiB used: 15.33 GiB (53.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sde1 
           ID-2: /media/jsluk/rootMX23 size: 457.13 GiB used: 30.61 GiB (6.7%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/sda2 
Swap:      ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 4 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 
           dev: /dev/sdb4 
           ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 6.89 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -3 
           dev: /dev/sdc3 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8 C mobo: 27.8 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 35.0 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 799 
Repos:     Packages: 1953 note: see --pkg apt: 1944 flatpak: 9 
           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://mirror.steadfast.net/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://mirror.steadfast.net/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free
           3: deb-src http://mirror.steadfast.net/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
           4: deb http://mirror.steadfast.net/debian bullseye-backports main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/librewolf.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] http://deb.librewolf.net bullseye main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb https://mirror.us.oneandone.net/linux/distributions/mx/packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/onlyoffice.list 
           1: deb https://download.onlyoffice.com/repo/debian squeeze main
Info:      Processes: 283 Uptime: 34m wakeups: 4 Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 
           Compilers: gcc: N/A alt: 10 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 running-in: xfce4-terminal 
           inxi: 3.3.06 

Hope this is the proper sys info to start getting help. Thanks

[Charlie Brown]

:)

Thank you but this still (and normally) shows:

Distro: MX-21.3
... mx/packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main ...

That qsi is ok, enough in the meantime...


Just, did you uncheck the grub installation and what happens when booting?


Sometimes one can forget to take the usb stick out and it keeps booting the live usb instead of the disk.

[jsluk]

I see what you mean. I guess that I don't know how to get the MX23 system info. When I look at the SSD where it is installed, it is labeled MX23 with folders root, boot, home, ...
Any ideas how I should proceed?

[Charlie Brown]

Ok, at least you can post the outputs of:

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lsblk -f

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sudo parted -l

And tell us what happens after you press the power button.

[j2mcgreg]

Is this a dual boot situation?

[jsluk]

Is this a dual boot situation?

More than dual, I have Windows 10 Pro, and 3 other Linux distributions on separate SSD.

[jsluk]

Ok, at least you can post the outputs of:

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lsblk -f

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sudo parted -l

And tell us what happens after you press the power button.

Before I post the requested codes, I don't know how to insure that I am posting the correct information from the SSD and not the flash drive USB. When I hit the power button, I hit F8 to bring up the boot loader. It sees the drive that has MX23 but when I select it, I get the dreaded "grub> prompt" as described previously. Then I am stuck because I don't know what to do next,

[jsluk]

Ok, at least you can post the outputs of:

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lsblk -f

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sudo parted -l

And tell us what happens after you press the power button.

Charlie Brown, here it is.

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jsluk@MX-22:/media/jsluk/rootMX23/mnt
$ lsblk -f
NAME   FSTYPE   FSVER LABEL      UUID                                 FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINT
loop0  squashfs 4.0                                                         0   100% /live/linux
sda                                                                                  
├─sda1 vfat     FAT32 EFI-SYSTEM 2E29-3F8C                                           
└─sda2 ext4     1.0   rootMX23   928801df-ad49-4baa-86c1-9d01a1e7de58  403.2G     7% /media/jsluk/ro
sdb                                                                                  
├─sdb1 vfat     FAT32            3513-69F0                                           
├─sdb2 vfat     FAT32            3513-6A94                                           
├─sdb3 ext4     1.0              070686b7-dc3b-4139-9687-0131eeb4856b                
└─sdb4 swap     1                336108cd-71a7-4a49-8535-58876f6e7836                [SWAP]
sdc                                                                                  
├─sdc1 vfat     FAT32            9C74-1D38                                           
├─sdc2 ext4     1.0              bb32dc27-d63b-4050-93b6-810a56bb14d3                
└─sdc3 swap     1                a22479fa-f43b-48c3-a31f-46499a0051ee                [SWAP]
sdd                                                                                  
├─sdd1                                                                               
└─sdd2 ntfs           WD Red 3TB 96C0E142C0E128E7                                    
sde                                                                                  
├─sde1 ext4     1.0   Live-usb   f62ba6dc-04e6-4216-9569-0c47ca0ca408   13.3G    53% /live/boot-dev
└─sde2 vfat     FAT32 LIVE-UEFI  0BA3-7C2B         

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jsluk@MX-22:/media/jsluk/rootMX23/mnt
$ sudo parted -l

We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System
Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:

    #1) Respect the privacy of others.
    #2) Think before you type.
    #3) With great power comes great responsibility.

[sudo] password for jsluk: 
Model: ATA Samsung SSD 860 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 500GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags: 

Number  Start   End    Size   File system  Name     Flags
 1      1049kB  269MB  268MB  fat32        primary  boot, esp
 2      269MB   500GB  500GB  ext4         primary


Model: ATA WDC WD740GD-00FL (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 74.4GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags: 

Number  Start   End     Size    File system     Name      Flags
 1      2097kB  1074MB  1072MB  fat32                     boot, esp
 2      1074MB  5369MB  4295MB  fat32           recovery  msftdata
 3      5369MB  70.1GB  64.7GB  ext4
 4      70.1GB  74.4GB  4295MB  linux-swap(v1)            swap


Model: ATA WDC WD740GD-00FL (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdc: 74.4GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags: 

Number  Start   End     Size    File system     Name  Flags
 1      2097kB  317MB   315MB   fat32                 boot, esp
 2      317MB   66.9GB  66.6GB  ext4            root
 3      66.9GB  74.3GB  7403MB  linux-swap(v1)        swap


Model: ATA WDC WD30EFRX-68A (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdd: 3001GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags: 

Number  Start   End     Size    File system  Name                          Flags
 1      17.4kB  134MB   134MB                Microsoft reserved partition  msftres
 2      135MB   3001GB  3000GB  ntfs         Basic data partition          msftdata


Model: SanDisk Cruzer Glide (scsi)
Disk /dev/sde: 31.4GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags: 

Number  Start   End     Size    Type     File system  Flags
 1      1049kB  31.4GB  31.4GB  primary  ext4         boot
 2      31.4GB  31.4GB  51.4MB  primary  fat32        esp


jsluk@MX-22:/media/jsluk/rootMX23/mnt
$