On 11/23/2020 01:29 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 22 Nov 2020 18:27:53 -0700, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > >>> I would confirm that you are really booted from the new disk and not >>> the old one. It is possible that the MBR from the new disk was used >>> to boot, but if /etc/fstab says /boot is mounted from /dev/sda1 then >>> that does seem wrong. I almost always put an empty file in the root >>> of each partition named for the disk/partition just so I can be sure >>> what's actually mounted. Is /etc/fstab identical on both disks? >>> What does fstab say about where / is mounted from? >> >> You are absolutely correct. I was booting the whole time the Western >> Digital (old drive). :-/ My mistake, once I removed the WD drive the >> new M.2 SSD doesn't even boot. > > Check the settings in your BIOS/firmware to make sure it detects the > drive and is set to boot from it.
I'm back. Yes, BIOS recognized the system, I have one SATA disk connected to it and it is booting OK. But disconnected it so I don't mess something up. >> I think the easiest way would be to re-install the Getnoo from scratch > > And if it still doesn't work because of a firmware issue, you still have > a non-booting system but with no OS installed either. It's better to try > and diagnose the problem rather than throwing everything away in the hope > that the problem goes with it. I booted from Gontoo bootable USB and running: blkid showing: blkid /dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs" /dev/nvme0n1p1: UUID="5db43d49-810a-4806-955e-d59c4d35ec23" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext2" PARTUUID="743a7887-c02e-4855-8cb7-865247682bff" /dev/nvme0n1p2: UUID="0c23b340-b5c6-437d-bde9-c5539e64677a" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="696091c3-ed27-4a4a-b371-8fd59e2b7a4d" /dev/nvme0n1p3: UUID="77e449db-7dca-410d-9e70-50165c6ccbb8" TYPE="swap" PARTUUID="b2871b7b-5bd0-4db3-90a5-50545b129a97" Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 1.84 TiB, 2000398934016 bytes, 3907029168 sectors Disk model: Force MP600 Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: gpt Disk identifier: FE896335-0C8D-487E-9391-ED43A85D3292 Device Start End Sectors Size Type /dev/nvme0n1p1 2048 1050623 1048576 512M Linux filesystem /dev/nvme0n1p2 1050624 1971752959 1970702336 939.7G Linux filesystem /dev/nvme0n1p3 3840102400 3907028991 66926592 31.9G Linux swap Shouldn't: /dev/nvme0n1p1 be "Bios Boot" Do I need to change it with "fdisk" When trying to mount /boot mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt/gentoo/boot livecd ~ # ll /mnt/gentoo/boot/ total 16 drwx------ 2 root root 16384 Nov 22 22:26 lost+found There is nothing there. I'm not sure if there is a point of fixing it at this point. It might take less time to reinstall gentoo.
