Suddenly cannot boot
I have a T440p flashed with SeaBIOS and running T12/Ecne with Cinnamon Desktop.
I wonder if the latter has anything to do with this because I often switch between two sessions/profiles (private and work). Sometimes the computer behaves a little strange when shifting between the two (mainly a few seconds waiting time and some graphics/lines on screen).
Suddenly I cannot boot the OS. When starting the computer I get an error: `loading initial ramdisk`. I cannot find useful information about this issue.
I have tried to let the computer cool, to take out and reinstate the sdd and the ram. No change. When I take out the sdd and boot from a usb start-up disk it works.
I suppose some file(s) on the sdd is damaged.
Any ideas on how to fix this?
You can check the disk itself and its filesystems from the live system. An easy way is through GNOME Disks that you can get on the live system: install the package named "gnome-disk-utility", as you would normally do, for instance using the "Synaptic Package Manager". After launching GNOME Disks, select the disk in the left-hand pane and test it (click on "SMART Data & Self-Tests..." in the burger menu and on the "Start Self-test" button) or click on any of its partitions and on the button with gears below, to check/repair its filesystem.
I don't know why, but I tried to take the sdd out and plug it in via usb. It also does not work (I am sure it has before).
Apparently it's all fine?
Is there a way to update seabios from a live system?
- or from within SeaBios?