09-06-2020, 01:42 PM
Hi again,
OK an update, I followed The Dead's suggestion and removed the HDD (we'll call it the LL HDD) and plugged in the power cable and switched on, it booted. There was no OS, no HDD, so I shut down and plugged in an external HDD (We'll call this one LM HDD) with a Live version of Linux Mint on it, I plugged in the power cable and switched on and it booted, "Ah" I thought ( This may imply knowledge but believe me there wasn't any!). I shut down and switched off the power cable, then I switched it on again, and it didn't boot! so I switched it off again, and switched it on again, and again it didn't boot, so I booted it up, and once it was up and running I shut it down again, I switched off the power, once again I switched on the power and it didn't boot.
I switched off the power, disconnected LM HDD and refitted LL HDD, I swiched on the power and it booted!
Does this imply that Linux lite in some way affects the boot sequence, I know that the initial switch on with the LM HDD booted but once it had been shut down it didn't do it again. So had in some way reset the boot sequence? When I refitted the LL HDD we were back to square one with the machine auto booting.
Any thoughts on it anyone?
Beers
mog
OK an update, I followed The Dead's suggestion and removed the HDD (we'll call it the LL HDD) and plugged in the power cable and switched on, it booted. There was no OS, no HDD, so I shut down and plugged in an external HDD (We'll call this one LM HDD) with a Live version of Linux Mint on it, I plugged in the power cable and switched on and it booted, "Ah" I thought ( This may imply knowledge but believe me there wasn't any!). I shut down and switched off the power cable, then I switched it on again, and it didn't boot! so I switched it off again, and switched it on again, and again it didn't boot, so I booted it up, and once it was up and running I shut it down again, I switched off the power, once again I switched on the power and it didn't boot.
I switched off the power, disconnected LM HDD and refitted LL HDD, I swiched on the power and it booted!
Does this imply that Linux lite in some way affects the boot sequence, I know that the initial switch on with the LM HDD booted but once it had been shut down it didn't do it again. So had in some way reset the boot sequence? When I refitted the LL HDD we were back to square one with the machine auto booting.
Any thoughts on it anyone?
Beers
mog