Multi-Multi Booting from the Ground Up

[wizardfromoz]

In your opinion, is laptop 1 fixable or should I put my missiles at ready and nuke it?

Eminently fixable

 

[Jeffrey Lapinski]

Sounds good! I will get the output you requested.

 

[CptCharis]

I just added a 3rd distro early this morning. I am currently running Ubuntu mate, LM19 cinnamon, and KDE Neon. So far so good! I will post my partitions later this evening.

Very nice job, but all this distros have GUI environments that make job easier.
I would like to include Arch in this multi boot project which is a little bit tricky .
I found already relevant articles and videos and firstly I installed Arch with persistent in a USB.
I will continue with external HDD at first convenience bcz I'm on board and don't have time.

 

[Jeffrey Lapinski]

I’ve never installed Arch but it is something I definitely want to try some day.

 

[Jeffrey Lapinski]

I would like to include Arch in this multi boot project which is a little bit tricky .

This will be my next project once I get the multiboot thing done!

 

[wizardfromoz]

Arch is on my radar, Capta, but as I have discussed elsewhere with Jeffrey, I have a few other commitments to fulfill first, before I could embark on the big learning curve associated with Arch.

Cheers

Wizard

 

[Jeffrey Lapinski]

Not sure how much time you have @wizardfromoz , but I can work on straightening out laptop 1 if it works for you.

 

[wizardfromoz]

Revisit #40 for data I need to start

I have commitments this morning so will be in and out.

Also take a look at this brief depiction of "nano" so it does not give you a surprise when you enter its shell.

https://www.linux.org/threads/lfcs-editing-and-creating-files-with-nano-and-touch.12476/

Cheers

Wiz

 

[Jeffrey Lapinski]

Code:
sudo blkid

jlap4@jlap4-X705UDR:~$ sudo blkid
[sudo] password for jlap4:
/dev/sda1: UUID="1701-0DA1" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="ba8296c3-63e4-4c72-8743-abbfa54015dc"
/dev/sda2: LABEL="UBMTE" UUID="36c483d6-1f9b-4211-8ff5-932ba96a4315" TYPE="ext4" PARTLABEL="Ubuntu MATE 18.04" PARTUUID="19c9717f-9d8f-4904-940f-1b25ece566da"
/dev/sda3: LABEL="TMSFT" UUID="c693e556-5f8e-45ad-8236-be7b75079c82" TYPE="ext4" PARTLABEL="TIMESHIFT" PARTUUID="025a85df-e818-4188-83d4-bb0915a4b31e"
/dev/sda4: LABEL="DATA" UUID="c9caf545-b911-4745-b552-50025a074e3f" TYPE="ext4" PARTLABEL="DATA" PARTUUID="3a87ebd2-141f-4fa1-9a1d-4e0e23f3eab2"
/dev/sda5: UUID="6653-756E" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="eb52760a-9489-437e-ac04-9539c446de7a"
/dev/sda6: UUID="36f3fe99-d4d2-4850-9851-83afcd8a4d4e" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="24c3eb0a-08df-4864-8dd2-c5611bd68350"
/dev/sda7: UUID="c93d0750-8cc4-4aa6-8772-6b96b1673da5" TYPE="swap" PARTUUID="3b2a1bf6-ac97-468f-83d0-36f299a1ed5e"
/dev/sdb1: UUID="6956-2D32" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="5769fed5-58ad-4fe9-9df2-3ccc04dd34f1"
/dev/sdb2: LABEL="LM19Cin" UUID="cf096c91-f5a3-48f9-8001-5152d4a38893" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="f2ac89e1-697f-4695-8eb4-1c76c0cbd8a2"
/dev/sdb3: UUID="1052f091-bb81-4e03-9e3b-2ed44ff42a0f" TYPE="swap" PARTUUID="7d23ca49-83aa-485d-8d16-ad200b4377d9"
/dev/sdb4: UUID="E33D-A097" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="cf75f1da-1872-45e6-919d-5a2a9af73f4d"
/dev/sdb5: LABEL="NEON" UUID="8c74b568-e82c-4fc3-a751-3c507300324d" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="b75c1e4b-340d-46c0-82e8-77ceae9968c6"
/dev/sdb6: UUID="8768d2f0-c8df-41e0-b61e-6702df572ef3" TYPE="swap" PARTUUID="28f0ceff-9ed6-45a3-8e23-28a827221648"
jlap4@jlap4-X705UDR:~$

 

[Jeffrey Lapinski]

Also take a look at this brief depiction of "nano" so it does not give you a surprise when you enter its sh

Thanks for the link! I have a tiny bit of experience w/ Nano but not much.

 

[wizardfromoz]

Ta for that output

What's on partition 6 of the HDD or have you snuck Xubuntu on already?

And what's the leader of the pack currently, ie top of your Grub Menu?

Wiz

 

[Jeffrey Lapinski]

I was getting ready to install Xubuntu the other day when you caught me! I quit the installer so perhaps it started the install process?

1st up is neon GNU/Linux

 

[Jeffrey Lapinski]

What's on partition 6 of the HDD or have you snuck Xubuntu on already?

But speaking of Xubuntu, I put it on laptop #2 and I like it!

 

[Jeffrey Lapinski]

@wizardfromoz I will be heading off line for the evening soon. Any instructions you leave for me I will be able to work on during the daytime tomorrow!

 

[wizardfromoz]

Had internet probs, seem resolved now touch wood.

Starting work now, might take a while.

Wiz

 

[Jeffrey Lapinski]

Take your time! I won’t be able to do anything until later in the day.

 

[wizardfromoz]

Before we start this exercise, you want to have GParted on any and every Distro that will allow it to be installed.

On most Debian-based Distros, if it cannot be found, it is in the Repos,

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install gparted

In the case of KDE Neon, it is likely using KDE's Partition Editor, which is not as good. Do the same with the GParted install. If KDE Neon has Partition Editor as an icon on a launch bar or Panel, just right-click and remove it from there but do not remove the app. Replace it with GParted.

Once GParted is installed on all 3 Distros, go to Terminal in each one (Konsole in KDE) and type in and enter

apt-cache policy e2fsprogs

and report back the output for each.

Wiz

 

[Jeffrey Lapinski]

Got it. All 3 have GParted. I’ll get you the output shortly.

 

[Jeffrey Lapinski]

From Ubuntu 18.04 MATE

jlap4@jlap4-X705UDR:~$ apt-cache policy e2fsprogs
e2fsprogs:
  Installed: 1.44.1-1
  Candidate: 1.44.1-1
  Version table:
 *** 1.44.1-1 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
jlap4@jlap4-X705UDR:~$

 

[Jeffrey Lapinski]

From LM 19

jlap4@jlap4-X705UDR:~$ apt-cache policy e2fsprogs
e2fsprogs:
  Installed: 1.44.1-1
  Candidate: 1.44.1-1
  Version table:
 *** 1.44.1-1 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
jlap4@jlap4-X705UDR:~$