Hi everyone,

I have a finely tuned Fedora 40 image that I cloned using Clonezilla (see: https://sh.itjust.works/post/25762756)

I wanted to deploy it on my old Acer Aspire 5737z but it won’t boot. It’s just displaying a — on a black screen for hours.

I’m not so knowledgeable but I guess it means I would have to reinstall the GRUB or whatever.

I’ve booted into my Fedora Live USB and tried the lsblk command people were talking about on the web (I don’t understand the terminal). Here’s the result.

I think the SDA disk is the one I would like to boot from.

Can anyone help me understand what I have to do 😇🙏

  • bigsailboatEnglish
    101·
    1 month ago

    Hey there!

    It sounds like you’re on the right track! The black screen with a dash usually means the bootloader (GRUB in this case) might need some love. So, you’ll likely need to reinstall GRUB on your old Acer.

    Here’s a simple way to do it from your Fedora Live USB:

    1. Open a terminal (if it’s not already).
    2. Run lsblk to confirm that your old Acer’s drive is /dev/sda.
    3. Mount the Fedora partition with something like:
      sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
      (Make sure /dev/sda1 is the correct partition; adjust if needed).
    4. Install GRUB by running:
      sudo grub2-install --boot-directory=/mnt/boot /dev/sda
    5. Then create a new GRUB config with:
      sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /mnt/boot/grub2/grub.cfg
    6. Reboot and fingers crossed, it should work!

    It sounds a bit like magic (or some weird old ritual), but it should help your Acer find its way. Give it a shot! If it doesn’t work, let us know exactly what you see. We’ve got your back!