from grub it gives me the boot otions. I then select mint and it goes to the splash screen and stops.... it is as if it is waiting for input . How do I load w/o the splash screen? On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 3:02 PM, Michael wrote: > forgot to mention that nothing but widows boots if the eternal is plugged > in and I do not ress F12 > > On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Michael wrote: > >> and I did something which prevents mint from booting now. >> >> On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 2:53 PM, Michael wrote: >> >>> nothing but windows (with F12) will boot without the external drive >>> plugged in because grub is installed on the external. >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 2:51 PM, Todd Millecam wrote: >>> >>>> super grub should work on a bootable usb too: >>>> http://www.supergrubdisk.org/wizard-step-put-super-grub2-dis >>>> k-into-an-usb-pendrive/ >>>> >>>> On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 11:49 AM, Michael wrote: >>>> >>>>> no cd drive.... this would be SOOOO much easier if it did! >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 2:48 PM, Todd Millecam >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> get a super grub cd and have it repair and reinstall grub. >>>>>> >>>>>> Grub has two parts, it's bootsector/EFI area and it's configs. The >>>>>> configs exist on a regular drive partition and handle all the multi-boot >>>>>> stuff. The bootsector / EFI stuff really only knows how to point to >>>>>> drives. >>>>>> You could probably type in something along the lines of: >>>>>> root (hd0) >>>>>> chainloader +1 >>>>>> boot >>>>>> >>>>>> and have it get you into windows, because that's all you're missing >>>>>> is the conf file telling grub that's a valid boot directive. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 11:44 AM, Michael wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> what it does is opens a "minimal BASH-like line editing" thing with: >>>>>>> grub> >>>>>>> being the first line when I don't have the external drive plugged >>>>>>> in. I typed in 'ls' and the response (when the thumb drive is inserted) was: >>>>>>> (hd0) (hd0,msdos) (hd1) (hd1,gpt4) (hd1,gpt3) (hd1,gpt2) >>>>>>> (hd1,gpt1) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> without the thumb drive it is: >>>>>>> (hd0) (hd1) (hd1,gpt4) (hd1,gpt3) (hd1,gpt2) (hd1,gpt1) error: >>>>>>> failure\ >>>>>>> reading sector 0x3aefff0 from `hd0' >>>>>>> error: failure reading sector 0x3aeff80 from `hd0' >>>>>>> error: failure reading sector 0x0 from `hd0' >>>>>>> >>>>>>> So how can I install grub where it belongs in hd0? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 2:01 PM, Todd Millecam >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Check your bios boot order and ensure the proper hard drive is set >>>>>>>> first. It's the same as hitting f12 and selecting one, only in your bios >>>>>>>> settings you can set the default. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 10:17 AM, Michael wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Okay..... I can still boot into windows. I have to press f12 and >>>>>>>>> load it from that menu but it will load. Any way I can restore the laptop >>>>>>>>> to the way it was when I first got it and then I'll put 17.3 on. Any >>>>>>>>> comments on what I can do? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Michael wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I messed up. I installed mint18 on my external drive but mint18 >>>>>>>>>> is not quite ready for prime time so I figured I would put mint 17.3 on. >>>>>>>>>> Well, durring installation I told it to put grub on the external drive. now >>>>>>>>>> I can't boot unless the external drive is plugged in. I need the port the >>>>>>>>>> external is plugged into because that is the only USB port it will boot >>>>>>>>>> from and I need that port for the thumb drive. So my question is how do I >>>>>>>>>> install grub to sda1...... >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Mint won't boot now! How do I RESTORE WINDOWS SO i CAN DO THIS >>>>>>>>>> AGAIN? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Todd Millecam >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Todd Millecam >>>>>> >>>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Todd Millecam >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: