PCLinuxOS doesn't boot after Mint install

[uncleV]

+1

old-polack picked more elegant way that I didn't know it works though it sounds logical.

[Fargo]

Fargo:

menuentry "linux-0 (on /dev/sda2)" {
   insmod part_msdos
   insmod ext2
   set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
   search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e8cfb9ee-c8dc-4bd2-9e3f-b0d9acc086a4
   linux /boot/grub BOOT_IMAGE=linux-0 root=UUID=d09d5441-297b-411f-a697-50186377c521
   initrd (hd0,1)/boot/initrd.img
}

Remove the part in blue completely from this and the next two entries, and edit the menuentry to read PCLinuxOS, so it reads like this.

menuentry "PClinuxOS (on /dev/sda2)" {
   insmod part_msdos
   insmod ext2
   set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
   search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e8cfb9ee-c8dc-4bd2-9e3f-b0d9acc086a4
   linux /boot/grub BOOT_IMAGE=linux-0 root=UUID=d09d5441-297b-411f-a697-50186377c521
   initrd /boot/initrd.img
}

Save the file and boot into PCLinuxOS. You can do the same with the next two entries, once you know it works.

menuentry "linux-nonfb (on /dev/sda2)" { to menuentry "PCLinuxOS-nonfb (on /dev/sda2)" {

menuentry "failsafe (on /dev/sda2)" { to menuentry "PCLinuxOS failsafe (on /dev/sda2)" {

I thought this worked at first,  Plymouth opened and I saw the bull, but then it drops me back to command line.  IT says "UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY: RUN fsck MANUALLY.  ie (without -a or -p options)

Live root password for maintenance or type control-D to continue."


Control D just reboots, password gets me command line.  Do I just type fsck once I am at root promt?

[Old-Polack]

Fargo:

menuentry "linux-0 (on /dev/sda2)" {
   insmod part_msdos
   insmod ext2
   set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
   search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e8cfb9ee-c8dc-4bd2-9e3f-b0d9acc086a4
   linux /boot/grub BOOT_IMAGE=linux-0 root=UUID=d09d5441-297b-411f-a697-50186377c521
   initrd (hd0,1)/boot/initrd.img
}

Remove the part in blue completely from this and the next two entries, and edit the menuentry to read PCLinuxOS, so it reads like this.

menuentry "PClinuxOS (on /dev/sda2)" {
   insmod part_msdos
   insmod ext2
   set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
   search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e8cfb9ee-c8dc-4bd2-9e3f-b0d9acc086a4
   linux /boot/grub BOOT_IMAGE=linux-0 root=UUID=d09d5441-297b-411f-a697-50186377c521
   initrd /boot/initrd.img
}

Save the file and boot into PCLinuxOS. You can do the same with the next two entries, once you know it works.

menuentry "linux-nonfb (on /dev/sda2)" { to menuentry "PCLinuxOS-nonfb (on /dev/sda2)" {

menuentry "failsafe (on /dev/sda2)" { to menuentry "PCLinuxOS failsafe (on /dev/sda2)" {

I thought this worked at first,  Plymouth opened and I saw the bull, but then it drops me back to command line.  IT says "UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY: RUN fsck MANUALLY.  ie (without -a or -p options)

Live root password for maintenance or type control-D to continue."


Control D just reboots, password gets me command line.  Do I just type fsck once I am at root promt?

fsck -f /dev/<whatever>

Replace <whatever> with the correct partition designation.

[Fargo]

That did it.  It booted up just fine.  Now I need to do it with the other two entries.  Thanks for the help.  I was nervous about this whole deal but that turned out to be an easy fix.