Hello guys, i found zorin os lite about a week ago and noticed that is pretty good with old CPUs so i wanted to install it on my grandpa’s PC and everything seemed to be good until the CPU couldn’t boot into the OS.
I did make the usb stick using BalenaEtcher and booted pretty fine into the installer. As the guide says, i choose the language, keyboard, update option and then the first option that says “Erase Disk and Install Zorin”. Everything installed pretty fine but once i saw the screen that says “Disconnect the usb and then press ENTER” i did it and the CPU rebooted but never booted into the OS, i checked on my BIOS and it is in Legacy Mode, also checked if the usb stick was fine and ran " Check installation medium for defects " and everything was pretty good
I need help because i really want to fix this PC for my grandpa.
Welcome.
Please try Aravisian’s instructions here.
Remember to either hold left shift or tap esc repeatedly (you may have to try one method and then the next if the first doesn’t work).
Sorry for taking to long to answer, pressing shift repeatedly or esc while booting up the machine, ends with the same result as the video shows…
Also the machien boots the usb stick with zorin os lite 15.3 pretty fine and installs the system fine. The problem is after the installation process, i eject the usb and reboot the machine and it doesn’t work
This looks like a Graphics Drivers issue. The USB Stick uses The Ubiquity Default settings, including 'nomodeset.'
What you might try as a first step is boot up using your Working USB copy. Once booted and you have access to the drive, you can mount your HDD and installed partition of Zorin (use terminal mnt / command or use Gnome-Disks...), then edit your /etc/default/grub file on the line:
Shut down, remove the USB and test booting up the machine. IF you are able to boot, then you can at least manage your installed graphics drivers and upgrade the kernel.
zorin@zorin:~$ sudo fsck /dev/sda1
fsck from util-linux 2.31.1
e2fsck 1.44.1 (24-Mar-2018)
ext2fs_open2: Bad magic number in super-block
fsck.ext2: Superblock invalid, trying backup blocks...
fsck.ext2: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sda1
The superblock could not be read or does not describe a valid ext2/ext3/ext4
filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2/ext3/ext4
filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
e2fsck -b 8193
or
e2fsck -b 32768
It's weird because also tried a new fresh install hard drive and same results, should i install using something else option? how much space should i leave for each partition? thank you for your help
I used the first option “Erase Disk and Install Zorin”. So the default partition table. I’m asking if should i use the Something Else option and manually create every partition
Ok, so by your answer and method- we are agreed that there should be only one partition on your hdd,right?
You See, non-gpt UEFI systems can only have a maximum number of Four Bootable partitions. UEFI systems can have more than four partitions, but only four partitions can be Bootable.
To use the Something Else method:
Select “Something Else” and a gparted instance will pop up.
Select the partition you wish to install Zorin on by clicking it in the window.
Then click the (-) Button on the lower left to Delete The Partition.
Now, that partition will show in the Main Part of the Window as Free Space. Select it as you had in the step above and click the (+) button to Add the Partition. A Format PopOver window will come up.
In that, you can leave everything as it is- But Important: Select your Mount point - I always select it as
/
Select to format and let it run - then follow the prompts.
Another question: On your previous installs, did you select “connect to the Net and Install Updates as you install”? If so- Don’t do that this time. Try not connecting to network and not updating or installing additional software as you go.
Thank you so much for your time. I appreciate it. The first time i installed Zorin OS Lite 15.3 i checked the first 2 options, update and install drivers, hardware, wifi, etc… The second time i checked only Install Drivers without checking update. The third time i un-checked everything and it didn’t work. Now i also unchecked everything and manually partitioned the hard disk
I followed a guide for correct partitioning ubuntu… I’m installing with these partitions:
I tried creating every partition manually and it didn't work... Weird because i did mount every partition fine except /boot, always got error.
I also tried your method @Aravisian and it worked for mounting boot using
$ sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
I edited grub using
$ cd /etc/default/
$ sudo nano grub
Saved and i did unmount the drive and restarted the pc but now i got an error message that says No bootable media found - Insert a bootable media and press any Key
Once again did a fresh install, formatted the hard drive creating a new partition table msdos and installed using something else option with only one partition as root '/' without checking any of the updates and hardware options. Then before rebooting the system, i mounted /dev/sda1 using mount. I edited grub using sudo nano /etc/default/grub changed to nomodeset and saved it. Then i used
Is this an external HDD?
I am not picking on you- I am just confused and trying to help you out.
MS DOS cannot be accessed with Windows- Did you hook the HDD up to another computer?
I still have no idea how you used MS-DOS to partition the drive if Windows is not on the drive and the drive was not hooked up to another computer.
These details can help troubleshoot.