Zorin OS Installation Issue

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mamiemando Posted messages 33537 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   -

Hello,

Following an issue with Windows 10 that I can no longer launch on my computer, I have decided to turn to Linux, particularly Zorin.

Unfortunately, when I try to proceed with the installation, I get this error message:

 Partitions 2, 4 have been written, but we have been unable to inform the kernel of the change, probably because they are in use. As a result, the old partitions will remain in use. You should reboot now before making further changes.

I have done some research before coming to this forum, which has not been conclusive. I am attaching a Boot-info here so you have more information.

 boot-info-4ppa203                                                                                      [20230615_1639] ============================== Boot Info Summary ===============================  => No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda.  => Syslinux MBR (5.00 and higher) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb. sda1: __________________________________________________________________________     File system:       vfat     Boot sector type:  FAT32     Boot sector info:  No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.     Operating System:       Boot files:         sda2: __________________________________________________________________________     File system:       Boot sector type:  Unknown     Boot sector info:  sdb1: __________________________________________________________________________     File system:       vfat     Boot sector type:  SYSLINUX 6.04     Boot sector info:  Syslinux looks at sector 58762 of /dev/sdb1 for its                   second stage. The integrity check of Syslinux failed.                   No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.     Operating System:       Boot files:       /boot/grub/grub.cfg /syslinux.cfg                   /efi/boot/bootia32.efi /efi/boot/bootx64.efi                   /efi/boot/grubx64.efi /efi/boot/mmx64.efi /ldlinux.sys ================================ 0 OS detected ================================= ================================ Host/Hardware ================================= CPU architecture: 64-bit Video: Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series Integrated Graphics Controller from Intel Corporation Live-session OS is Zorin 64-bit (Zorin OS 16.2, focal, x86_64) ===================================== UEFI ===================================== BIOS/UEFI firmware: E502NA.303(5.12) from American Megatrends Inc. The firmware is EFI-compatible, and is set in EFI-mode for this live session. SecureBoot enabled. BootCurrent: 0001 Timeout: 1 seconds BootOrder: 0000,0001 Boot0000* Windows Boot Manager    HD(2,GPT,b38c7a91-27e4-4df6-ae6e-5f14cd5201b3,0xfa000,0x32000)/File(\EFI\MICROSOFT\BOOT\BOOTMGFW.EFI)WINDOWS.........x...B.C.D.O.B.J.E.C.T.=.{.9.d.e.a.8.6.2.c.-.5.c.d.d.-.4.e.7.0.-.a.c.c.1.-.f.3.2.b.3.4.4.d.4.7.9.5.}.................... Boot0001* UEFI: SanDisk, Partition 1   PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x15,0x0)/USB(10,0)/HD(1,MBR,0x294648,0x800,0xe537800)..BO ============================= Drive/Partition Info ============================= Disks info: ____________________________________________________________________ sda   : is-GPT,   no-BIOSboot,   has---ESP,    not-usb,   not-mmc, no-os,   no-wind,   2048 sectors * 512 bytes Partitions info (1/3): _________________________________________________________ sda1   : no-os,   64, nopakmgr,   no-docgrub,   nogrub,   nogrubinstall,   no-grubenv,   nouupdategrub,   not-far sda4   : no-os,   64, nopakmgr,   no-docgrub,   nogrub,   nogrubinstall,   no-grubenv,   nouupdategrub,   not-far Partitions info (2/3): _________________________________________________________ sda1   : is---ESP,   part-has-no-fstab,   no-nt,   no-winload,   no-recov-nor-hid,   no-bmgr,   notwinboot sda4   : isnotESP,   part-has-no-fstab,   no-nt,   no-winload,   no-recov-nor-hid,   no-bmgr,   notwinboot Partitions info (3/3): _________________________________________________________ sda1   : not--sepboot,   no---boot,   part-has-no-fstab,   not-sep-usr,   no---usr,   part-has-no-fstab,   no--grub.d,   sda sda4   : not--sepboot,   no---boot,   part-has-no-fstab,   not-sep-usr,   no---usr,   part-has-no-fstab,   no--grub.d,   sda fdisk -l (filtered): ___________________________________________________________ Disk sda: 223.58 GiB, 240057409536 bytes, 468862128 sectors Disk identifier: D029E77E-CD98-47B8-82ED-4C1877F4E29E         Start       End   Sectors   Size Type sda1     2048   1050623   1048576   512M EFI System sda2  1050624 468860927 467810304 223.1G Linux filesystem Disk sdb: 114.62 GiB, 123060879360 bytes, 240353280 sectors Disk identifier: 0x00294648       Boot Start       End   Sectors   Size Id Type sdb1  *     2048 240353279 240351232 114.6G  c W95 FAT32 (LBA) parted -lm (filtered): _________________________________________________________ sda:240GB:scsi:512:4096:gpt:ATA KINGSTON SUV5002:; 1:1049kB:538MB:537MB:fat32:EFI System Partition:boot, esp; 2:538MB:240GB:240GB:::; sdb:123GB:scsi:512:512:msdos:SanDisk Ultra:; 1:1049kB:123GB:123GB:fat32::boot, lba; blkid (filtered): ______________________________________________________________ NAME   FSTYPE   UUID                                         PARTUUID                                   LABEL       PARTLABEL sda                                                                                                  ├─sda1 vfat     5FCA-859E                                      d31c788b-33e0-44e6-a85e-b9427479688b         EFI System Partition └─sda4 ntfs     9A5059AE505991BD                                                              sdb                                                                                                  └─sdb1 vfat     16FD-196B                                      00294648-01                                 ZORIN OS 16  Mount points (filtered): _______________________________________________________              Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda1     511M   0% /mnt/boot-sav/sda1 /dev/sdb1   111.7G   3% /cdrom Mount options (filtered): ______________________________________________________ ====================== sdb1/boot/grub/grub.cfg (filtered) ====================== Try or Install Zorin OS Try or Install Zorin OS (safe graphics) Try or Install Zorin OS (modern NVIDIA drivers) UEFI Firmware Settings Power Off ========================= sdb1/syslinux.cfg (filtered) ========================= DEFAULT loadconfig LABEL loadconfig   CONFIG /isolinux/isolinux.cfg   APPEND /isolinux/ ==================== sdb1: Location of files loaded by Grub ====================              GiB - GB              File                                  Fragment(s)              ?? = ??              boot/grub/grub.cfg                          1 ================== sdb1: Location of files loaded by Syslinux ==================              GiB - GB              File                                  Fragment(s)              ?? = ??              syslinux.cfg                                1              ?? = ??              ldlinux.sys                                 1 ======================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc ========================= Unknown BootLoader on sda2 mount -t ntfs-3g -o remove_hiberfile /dev/sda4 /mnt/boot-sav/sda4  mount -t ntfs-3g -o remove_hiberfile /dev/sda4 /mnt/boot-sav/sda4  Suggested repair: ______________________________________________________________ The default repair of the Boot-Repair utility would not act on the boot.

Thank you in advance
Best regards

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mamiemando Posted messages 33537 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   7 927
 

Hello,

Can you clarify the following points?

  • How do you proceed to install ZorinOS? I have the impression that you created an installation CD and booted from it (/dev/sdb)
  • Do you want to only have Linux on your PC or are you looking to do a dual boot Windows / ZorinOS? This will affect the partitioning.
    • If you want to do a simple Windows / Linux boot, you need to:
      1. back up the Windows documents that you care about,
      2. delete the Windows partitions /dev/sda (and hence the files they contain)
      3. create the necessary partitions when installing ZorinOS (typically, a 4GB swap partition, a 25GB / partition in ext4, and the rest for /home in ext4)
    • If you want to do a dual boot, you need to shrink the Windows partitions so that they do not occupy the entire hard drive. Then during installation, we create the Zorin OS partitions in the vacant space.
  • When does the error message at the beginning appear? When trying to install ZorinOS? I have the impression that you are attempting to install ZorinOS... on the CD ROM (/dev/sdb)!

Good luck

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