Install 17.4.1 to Acer Aspire laptop won’t boot

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  • January 13, 2020 at 10:21 am #31663
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      I installed Helen Keller 17.4.1 64-bit to an Acer Aspire SSD laptop, all went well but it will not boot, looking for the necessary boot file. I booted it from the install USB and tried to repair the boot but it requires a password that I do not have. The old system root password for luddite [root] no longer works nor does the password given at install time. I looked down BitJam but found nothing appropriate. Thanks in anticipation.

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      January 14, 2020 at 3:20 am #31675
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        Running ‘live’ from USB pendrive, try passwords ‘demo’ or ‘root’.

        Linux (& BSD) since 1999

        January 17, 2020 at 7:00 am #31791
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          Problem solved – not a problem just lack of knowledge. grub must install to the ESP partition not the MBR.

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