I’ve been trying to preserve home. So that might be the problem? Yea, manjaro wouldn’t install either. The boot loader could not be installed.
On Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 4:24 AM Matthew Gibson via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Have you done a nuke and pave install or are you limping your /home along? > you could have some “could not be installed form of corrupted config file > in your home that might be causing problems. worth a thought. and a stroll > through your home dir. > To > Thanks for the update. Keep up the troubleshooting spirit! > > TTFN > Matthew > > On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 10:23 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > >> 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 <bmi...@gmail.com> 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 >>>>>> <https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Initramfs-Zstd-Too-High> >>>>>> >>>>>> 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~(-: >> --------------------------------------------------- >> 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~(-:
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