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franky44

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Registered: 2020-05-30

Posts: 28

No Boot Loader

I had to reinstall Q4OS. I was trying out FreeBSD (hears a collective gasp in the forum). It didn't work out very well. When I reinstalled Q4OS, I got an error upon start up No Boot Loader. I wish it would have gone to the grub screen instead. I press F12 to get to the boot options screen. I choose the drive, and it boots like a champ. If I don't do that, I keep getting the same message. I looked at the drive in Gparted. It said that the drive boots from /dev/sda1 / I wonder if it should boot from dev/sda / instead.

If I have to reinstall Q4 again, I don't care. This is not the computer I use for everyday purposes. I don't have hard drives, I had 3 SSDs in the case.
Here is what fdisk has to say about the drives.

Disk /dev/sda: 465.8 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors
Disk model: CT500MX500SSD1 
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xb8f82171

Device     Boot Start       End   Sectors   Size Id Type
/dev/sda1        2048 976768064 976766017 465.8G 83 Linu

Disk /dev/sdc: 232.9 GiB, 250059350016 bytes, 488397168 sectors
Disk model: Crucial_CT250MX2
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes

Disk /dev/sdb: 256.2 GiB, 275064201216 bytes, 537234768 sectors
Disk model: Crucial_CT275MX3
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 60DDB940-E42C-11EA-889E-B8AC6FCCD45D

Device     Start       End   Sectors   Size Type
/dev/sdb1   2048 537233407 537231360 256.2G Linux
franky@elf2:~$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 465.8 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors
Disk model: CT500MX500SSD1 
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xb8f82171

Device     Boot Start       End   Sectors   Size Id Type
/dev/sda1        2048 976768064 976766017 465.8G 83 Linux

Disk /dev/sdc: 232.9 GiB, 250059350016 bytes, 488397168 sectors
Disk model: Crucial_CT250MX2
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes

Disk /dev/sdb: 256.2 GiB, 275064201216 bytes, 537234768 sectors
Disk model: Crucial_CT275MX3
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 60DDB940-E42C-11EA-889E-B8AC6FCCD45D

Device     Start       End   Sectors   Size Type
/dev/sdb1   2048 537233407 537231360 256.2G Linux filesystem

What should I do?

Dai_trying

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From: UK

Registered: 2015-12-14

Posts: 2,989

Re: No Boot Loader

If this is a BIOS system you should be able to set the boot order in the BIOS settings, or if you are using UEFI you can use "efibootmgr" to view/edit the UEFI boot order.

franky44

Member

Registered: 2020-05-30

Posts: 28

Re: No Boot Loader

Good idea. I'm going to try that. Thanks

franky44

Member

Registered: 2020-05-30

Posts: 28

Re: No Boot Loader

It Worked. I had to put the drive in the correct order. Now it boots like a champ. Thanks very much.

Dai_trying

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From: UK

Registered: 2015-12-14

Posts: 2,989

Re: No Boot Loader

You're welcome