If you have good backups, it should not take long to restore system.
I can reinstall in 10 minutes. I export list of installed apps & use that to restore them & rsync /home from backup into system....
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If you have good backups, it should not take long to restore system.
I can reinstall in 10 minutes. I export list of installed apps & use that to restore them & rsync /home from backup into system....
I have installed nothing from Brother. And do not think I installed anything with my Kubuntu.
It all just worked as soon as it saw printer.
This shows a lot of info....
What version, flavor of Ubuntu?
My Brother Laser printed just works in 22.04 & 24.04.
In 22.04 I would get 3 printers and only one really worked.
...
It sees an empty drive.
sda 0B
You can see if smartstatus says anything about drive.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Smartmontools
In Disks alias gnome-disks you can click...
Was this intentional on your part? Install is also in BIOS boot mode.
Microsoft has required UEFI/gpt since 2012, so almost all hardware is UEFI. And old (very old) BIOS install was allowed only...
This has an extra space which is not obvious
lsblk -e 7 -o name,fstype,size,fsused,label,partlabel,mountpoint ,uuid,partuuid
remove space before ,uuid
Make sure all drives are connected and in...
The site you are posting to is a banned word on this site.
Normally with Ubuntu, Boot-Repair posts to pastebin, but since Mint I guess it uses something else?
Moved to Mint sub-forum since not...
Is this also you?
I prefer a forum like this for issues requiring back & forth or more complex issues. AskUbuntu is one question & one answer....
It was in 2012 that Microsoft required vendors to install Windows 8 in UEFI boot mode to gpt partitioned drive.
Most Windows 7 installs were to MBR(msdos) partition drives in BIOS boot mode.
...
Post link to summary report, so we can see issue.
You can chroot into your system. And reinstall grub or make other repairs.
UEFI chroot, must include ESP - efi system partition...
My Dell Laptop had major issues & I had to return it for new motherboard. (Twice)
First time both Windows & Ubuntu kept working.
But second time I think Dell forgot to put the old Product key back...
Does not grub entry get added when installing?
Or if installed does not os-prober find other installs?
sudo os-prober
examples from cavfan...
Grub uses the same driver as UEFI/BIOS since system is not yet mounted.
Often issue then is a setting in UEFI/BIOS for USB support or keyboard/mouse settings.
HP - escape + F9 for UEFI boot menu,...
Still no grub in sda's MBR??
Installer should have put grub into MBR with a BIOS install.
Do you have Internet connected when running Boot-Repair?
Are you running Boot-Repair from Xubuntu live...
Many brands of AC1200. If router it is compatible with every Internet Wi-Fi device.
Or is this an USB adapter to connect to your router.
Best to use Ubuntu live installer and see if it works in...
How new of an HP?
Is this the latest UEFI firmware for your system?
There is a bug somewhere. Not sure if Boot-Repair, grub, kernel or modprobe.
Note sure if older systems had efivars in...
You are not showing grub installed to MBR of sda?
With gpt you have to have bios_grub partition, and you have it. So did you get an error message on grub install?
If drive was gpt, was Windows...
While I would expect Ubuntu to install on that system, perhaps a lighter weight flavor?
https://ubuntu.com/download/flavours
Light weight flavors:
Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Ubuntu MATE, Budgie
Flavors of...
Have not seen it.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/CustomMenus
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Displays
But grub is both a boot loader and a boot manager/menu.
You can use rEFInd...
I had to return my Dell for a new motherboard. I think they did not update UEFI with old Microsoft product key.
My Kubuntu install worked without issue, but Windows would not boot. Tried every...
Do you have good backups? Both Window & Ubuntu?
Can you not do Something Else and choose (change) the existing / (root) partition for new /?
And if separate /home, also choose that during...
I am not having any issue with Kubuntu 24.04
fred@z170-noble:~$ grub-install --version
grub-install (GRUB) 2.12-1ubuntu7
fred@z170-noble:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available. ...
I do not like dd as we see too many users specify wrong device & destroy data on drive they really want to keep. And of course those users never have backups.
Many have suggested all of these:...
Have you updated UEFI and SSD firmware to latest available?
Even new models may have an update.
New systems typically need new kernel & driers that are only in newer distributions.
So testing...
You have grub, but if only one install, menu should not normally appear.
If abnormal shutdown or some issue menu may appear so you can use recovery mode to make repairs.
Or you can change grub...