I spoke too soon. It boot into busybox this morning. So it is looking like it is the hard drive after all. One mor operating system to try before I buy the new hard drive. I was told arch works best so (while not arch) manjaro is what I will try. I tried to install arch but it failed while I was installing it. On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 5:12 AM Michael wrote: > okay, here is a little update. I installed 20.3 and ran it like two days > with no busybox error. I then update the operating system (not > dist-upgrade) and the next boot gave the hardware splashscreen and then it > went black. So I can live with the computer but can't update it. Oh well. > It will only be for a year! > > On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 6:30 PM Matthew Gibson via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > >> eh. Just pointed you in the right direction. Good luck in your >> distro-hop. >> >> Matthew >> >> On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 3:28 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss < >> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: >> >>> Thanks so much for taking the time out of your day to teach me how I >>> should have looked into the error and you solved my problem. So I’ll >>> distro hop till I find something that doesn’t panic. >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 5:21 PM Matthew Gibson via PLUG-discuss < >>> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: >>> >>>> Salutations. >>>> Taking a peek at a quick internet search for the keywords "initramfs >>>> zstd compression" and perusing the listings with the knowledge that Michael >>>> is using Mint21 (I'm assuming it's similarly labeled following it's parent >>>> of Ubuntu) it seems likely that there is an issue with the compression >>>> being run on that particular hardware. Then I found this article by >>>> Phoronix which gives added weight to the theory that it is a compression >>>> problem: Ubuntu Rethinking Its Initramfs Compression Strategy - >>>> Phoronix >>>> >>>> It's likely that Mint22 or even Ubuntu21.xx LTS will not have the same >>>> problem. That's just my theory though. Use at your own discretion. >>>> >>>> As for this little jewel of disdain ridden text: "Who ever needed init >>>> system support before systemd?" Literally anyone who wasn't familiar with >>>> the technology and didn't RTFM. >>>> >>>> Just the thoughts of a Gentoo-Juvenile-now-Fedora-Adult. >>>> Michael, Hope you find a solution you like for your woes. >>>> Steve, Stay Sassy friend. >>>> >>>> TTFN >>>> Matthew >>>> >>>> On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 1:13 AM Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss < >>>> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Tue, 2022-08-16 at 19:47 +0000, T Zack Crawford via PLUG-discuss >>>>> wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > You could go to a distro which has something other than systemd for >>>>> init, >>>>> >>>>> Yes yes yes yes, YES!!! >>>>> >>>>> > but recognize you will be missing some features (which could >>>>> probably be done >>>>> > with something else), the daemon services will be written and >>>>> managed differently, >>>>> >>>>> s/differently/better/ in the case of the runit init system. >>>>> >>>>> > and there are a lot fewer people available for support. >>>>> >>>>> Who ever needed init system support before systemd? >>>>> >>>>> > Unfortunately, a bit of FLOSSware is written with the assumption >>>>> you're using >>>>> > systemd. >>>>> >>>>> Who needs Gnome and the Snap packager anyway? >>>>> >>>>> > I tried Artix for a hot minute but decided ultimately it wasn't for >>>>> me because >>>>> > either a) I am dependent on the distributers to maintain their >>>>> repositories which >>>>> > are often missing packages for configuring daemon services or b) I >>>>> would be >>>>> > compiling packages for myself and writing my own init scripts. >>>>> >>>>> Try Void Linux. All major software, and even some minor software, is >>>>> supported. Void >>>>> uses the Runit init system. With runit, writing your own init scripts >>>>> (called run >>>>> scripts) is trivial --- easier than writing a systemd Unit File. >>>>> >>>>> Note that the s6 init system is a little more complicated and >>>>> featureful, but what I >>>>> said about runit is true of s6 too. >>>>> >>>>> SteveT >>>>> A happy Void and Runit user for 7 years >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> https://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: >>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: