Re: Must Reset to Load GRUB 2

[CenturyLink Customer]

I went back into BIOS and disabled IOMMU and that seems to have solved the boot 
problem and another related(?) problem reading USB sticks. The USB sticks would 
take 20-30 seconds to read and then change my Linux Mint desktop to the 
default. I've generated [url=http://paste2.org/yz7tVWvZ]new Boot Repair 
output[/url].


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Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2015 00:13:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: CenturyLink Customer <address@hidden>
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Subject: Must Reset to Load GRUB 2
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I am a Linux newbie and below is the parts list for my new Linux Mint 17.1 
Cinnamon 64-bit machine. When I first power on the machine or restart it the 
BIOS setup screen flashes by and then nothing happens--the screen is black and 
blank. However, if I push the reset switch then setup flashes by and then GRUB 
loads and prompts me to choose between Linux Mint 3.16.0-33-generic, Linux Mint 
3.16.0-33-generic -- recovery mode, previous Linux (i.e. 3.13.0-37-generic), or 
system setup. 

The GRUB 2 version that loads now is version 2.02~beta2-9ubuntu1. I don't 
recall choosing a beta version of GRUB 2 during install. Do you you think the 
Linux loading problem would disappear if I use an older, more stable version of 
GRUB 2 or is there some other problem here? I would just go ahead and roll back 
the GRUB version and see what happens except as I said I am a newbie and I'm 
not sure how to do that and not sure it would help. 

Current system hardware configuration: 
CPU: AMD A10-7800 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard 
BIOS ver.: 3.0.00 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory 
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive 
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive 
Case: Fractal Design Define Mini MicroATX Mini Tower Case 
Power Supply: SeaSonic X Series 400W 
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer 

In my BIOS setup, csm is not available because I have selected "Other OS" under 
"Windows 8 Features". Fast boot is disabled and secure boot is set to "Not 
active". Under "Boot Mode Select", I had "UEFI and Legacy" selected. I tried 
both of the other two options--"Legacy Only" and "UEFI Only". It made no 
difference, I still needed to reset to get to GRUB. My motherboard's BIOS 
features are listed here (PDF) starting on page 45. 

Here is the sudo parted output: 

[CODE]Model: ATA KINGSTON SV300S3 (scsi) 
Disk /dev/sda: 120GB 
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B 
Partition Table: gpt 

Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 
1 1049kB 538MB 537MB fat32 boot 
2 538MB 794MB 256MB ext2 
3 794MB 120GB 119GB 


Model: ATA WDC WD1003FZEX-0 (scsi) 
Disk /dev/sdb: 1000GB 
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B 
Partition Table: msdos 

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 

Error: /dev/mapper/mint--vg-swap_1: unrecognised disk label 

Model: Linux device-mapper (linear) (dm) 
Disk /dev/mapper/mint--vg-root: 103GB 
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B 
Partition Table: loop 

Number Start End Size File system Flags 
1 0.00B 103GB 103GB ext4 

Error: /dev/mapper/sda3_crypt: unrecognised disk label [/CODE] 

When I run: 'ls /sys/firmware' I get: 

[CODE]acpi efi memmap[/CODE] 

Here's the 'sudo efibootmgr -v' output: 

[CODE]BootCurrent: 0000 
Timeout: 1 seconds 
BootOrder: 0000,000B,000C,000A 
Boot0000* ubuntu 
HD(1,800,100000,ebe608f4-57d4-48a6-be88-8341cf460b4a)File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi)
 
Boot000A ubuntu 
HD(1,800,100000,ebe608f4-57d4-48a6-be88-8341cf460b4a)File(\EFI\Ubuntu\grubx64.efi)
 
Boot000B* Hard Drive BIOS(2,0,00)AMGOAMNO........o.K.I.N.G.S.T.O.N. 
.S.V.3.0.0.S.3.7.A.1.2.0.G....................A...........................>..Gd-.;.A..MQ..L.0.5.2.0.B.6.2.7.1.5.E.0.6.4.9.A.
 . . . ......AMBOAMNO........o.W.D.C. 
.W.D.1.0.0.3.F.Z.E.X.-.0.0.M.K.2.A.0....................A...........................>..Gd-.;.A..MQ..L.
 . . . .W. .-.D.C.W.3.C.7.F.V.U.A.E.P.U......AMBO 
Boot000C* CD/DVD Drive BIOS(3,0,00)AMGOAMNO........o.A.S.U.S. . . . 
.D.R.W.-.2.4.B.1.S.T. . . 
.i....................A...........................>..Gd-.;.A..MQ..L.B.E.0.D.L.C.0.0.5.9.6.4.
 . . . . . . . ......AMBO[/CODE] 

Thanks for your consideration. 
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