After install cannot boot [Solved]

[j2mcgreg]

@heydave

When you created the USB install drive, did you specify that the install utility use GPT partitioning or did you just accept the defaults?

[heydave]

I just accepted the defaults. I am just a user in over my head. That's why I like MX, it takes care of those things for me.

[Charlie Brown]

MBR:

/dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: USB 3.2Gen1 size: 232.88 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR

But according to devs ( @fehlix ) that doesn't matter.

[MXRobo]

Everyone – first my apologies for even entering this post which is several layers over my head, and additional apologies if this has already been addressed, but I'd feel remise if I didn't inquire.

Heydave said that the touchpad does not work, surely this isn't something as simple as "Tap touchpad to click" needs to be checked/enabled in Mouse and Touchpad>Devices - > - > Touchpad?

Maybe wishing for a simple solution.

[Charlie Brown]

Meanwhile, you can remove the solved mark clicking the check-mark icon on post #61 :)

[Charlie Brown]

... "Tap touchpad to click" needs to be checked/enabled..?

That one is to be able to use it to click, like using the buttons.

[MXRobo]

I know, I just thought maybe....

[heydave]

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 It will not boot from the MX23 stick. It WILL boot from the MX21 stick by way of the grub rescue boot option, into MX 23 on the hard drive. This is the 23 as i installed it with the username and such, fully functional.

If I try to boot into MX21 itself on the stick, all seems well, BUT the touchpad does not work, so I cannot use it to install 21.

Also, both the MX21 and MX23 stick operate normally on other computers.

I did try to enable the touchpad in 21 proper, but it simply wont even recognize it is there.

Is there any other way to install MX21 on this particular system. I love MX23 it runs on my older systems.

[razor2021]

Maybe its just me, but I doubt the USB sticks are an issue. And it might be mostly a disk boot corruption causing the BIOS on the laptop to not recognize the boot partition where GRUB sits. Perhaps if possible, use the HP tool to recover the device first back to its original state since none of the current data/MX21/MX23 is needed anyway with the first installation @heydave used when he selected the "whole disk" option and got the "Hard Disk 3F0 Error"?

If the OP wants to try to recover back to original state, he might want to try using the HP Cloud Recovery Tool (if supported). To do this, you have to use another laptop with Windows and access to Microsoft Store, and download the hp cloud recovery tool and follow instructions to put onto a USB stick. Then use the USB stick to recover the first HP laptop back to its factory state.

To check if your laptop is supported --> go here http://support.hp.cloud-recovery.s3-web ... zonaws.com

The HP cloud restore might/should reformat the boot disk properly to its factory settings. I have not used it, but it seems a more viable approach.

That said, if laptop was recovered, I would then update the BIOS afterwards (with secureboot disabled) and upgrade from the current F.03 Rev.A to the latest F.05 Rev.A.

Now, when everything is running Win10/11 in a good state, he might need to disable all the secureboot stuff in the BIOS prior to any linux install. He can then install MX23 using UEFI, since its a newer laptop and not MBR. He would be fully experienced by now with all the steps he's taken so far.

[Charlie Brown]

... any other way to install MX21 on this particular system...?

You can use a mouse , no matter new/very old (maybe borrow from someone just for 10 min.).