Can't boot 3 out of 5 Linux distros

carutad · 2020-09-27 16:53:10

Hello

I have installed on an PC with a pentium 4 the latest BL 32 bits version. Now I can't boot 3 out of 5 distros (BL, MX, Manjaro, Ubuntu, antiX in that order).
There are no particular error messages except for Manjaro (kernel panic! + some more text); something I already had in the past and was finally solved.
BL and antiX (on USB key) are booting fine. There is no way to start the others.
BL occupies a logical drive on the HD; is that OK with that set up?

I really like BL interface and the fact you can install the applications you really need directly from the menu.
Anyway, I did not spend much time looking around. I need first to sort my problem!

I would prefer using the CL instead of re-installing everything if possible.

Do you have any suggestions?

Thanks for your help.

sleekmason · 2020-09-27 17:05:18

Have you tried

sudo update-grub

in a terminal?
*edit - Assuming you have installed grub to the mbr when installing Bunsenlabs?

You can also add an entry for each installation specifically, in

/etc/grub.d/40_custom

like this:

menuentry 'NewDistro' {
    set root=(hd0,5)
    linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda5 ro quiet
    initrd /initrd.img
}

This tells grub to put an entry to boot the installation on sda5.
You will need to change the drive letters as needed, and then update-grub to activate. Then reboot.
A new entry for "NewDistro" should now be at the bottom of the list.

Last edited by sleekmason (2020-09-27 17:22:39)

carutad · 2020-09-28 08:19:25

Thanks for your quick answer.
I haven't tried anything but read a lot...was waiting for a starting point.

Grub is installed to the MBR. I will investigate the custom option, 40_custom as you suggested it or custom.cfg.

I did not find a way to upload images from a local computer. I guess it's not possible.

damo · 2020-09-28 12:55:54

carutad wrote:

...
I did not find a way to upload images from a local computer. I guess it's not possible.

You need to use an online image host, and link to the image. Instructions/suggestions here.

There is also an option in Menu > BL Utilities > Screenshots.

phuturism · 2020-09-28 13:02:43

damo wrote:

carutad wrote:
...
I did not find a way to upload images from a local computer. I guess it's not possible.
You need to use an online image host, and link to the image. Instructions/suggestions here.
There is also an option in Menu > BL Utilities > Screenshots.

The BL Utilities anonymous Imgur upload works great! Just started using this and configured the "upload to account" option too.

Thread hijack - could I add that as a keybind? I see it seems to depend on some python stuff in the background.

Last edited by phuturism (2020-09-28 13:14:11)

damo · 2020-09-28 19:01:21

phuturism wrote:

...
The BL Utilities anonymous Imgur upload works great! Just started using this and configured the "upload to account" option too.
Thread hijack - could I add that as a keybind? I see it seems to depend on some python stuff in the background.

Set a keybind to whichever command you want:

bl-imgur-upload --help

I use a thunar r-click custom action to upload an image, and put the BBCode on the clipboard:

bl-imgur-upload --auto-upload --file %f

johnraff · 2020-09-29 02:12:42

damo wrote:

I use a thunar r-click custom action to upload an image, and put the BBCode on the clipboard:
bl-imgur-upload --auto-upload --file %f

In fact BL already ships that very Thunar right-click option, labelled "Upload Image".

damo · 2020-09-29 02:29:18

johnraff wrote:

In fact BL already ships that very Thunar right-click option, labelled "Upload Image".

Hell, we're good!

phuturism · 2020-09-29 02:33:32

thanks Damo and JR

carutad · 2020-10-01 16:21:46

Hello

This is what worked for me and these steps have been executed within the Bunsenlabs OS.
- Use Gparted to create 5 unique labels for my partitions
- In a custom.cfg file, add 5 different menu entries and copy (as root) custom.cfg to /boot/grub
Make sure to change the name of your OS and, above all, the label name you set with Gparted.

menuentry "Bunsenlabs Lithium" {
    insmod msdos
    insmod ext4
    search --no-floppy --label --set=bunsenlabs
    configfile /boot/grub/grub.cfg
}

- Disable os-prober by editing (as root) /etc/default/grub and adding the following line:

GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=true

Then run

sudo update-grub

The above steps brought 2 OS back to life. MX is still not booting.

While booting MX, I noticed an endless message in the console:

mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically

And that went for ever!

A quick search revealed a RAID issue. Strange enough, I just have one HD...
Anyway, I had to go through the chroot process. Make sure you mount the right partition.
The problem was resolved by removing the mdadm package:

sudo apt remove mdadm

Et voilà, job done.

References:
custom.cfg stuff
chroot stuff

#1 2020-09-27 16:53:10

Can't boot 3 out of 5 Linux distros

#2 2020-09-27 17:05:18

Re: Can't boot 3 out of 5 Linux distros

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