It was a month ago, so if you ask me on details, I might still remember, but better act on information that can be given as of now. Due to the lack of time, I did not ask for help here.
I have cloned my SATA SSD drive to a bigger NVMe drive.
The original SATA drive boots fine.
The new NVMe drive will boot only via the SATA Grub loader where I must select the NVMe booting drive.
Some outputs of helpful commands follow:
# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 477 GiB, 512110190592 bytes, 1000215216 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 1207A335-32CA-4B6C-A508-29A0E85597C4
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/nvme0n1p1 2048 194559 192512 94M EFI System
/dev/nvme0n1p2 194560 488396799 488202240 232,8G Linux filesystem
Disk /dev/sda: 232,9 GiB, 250059350016 bytes, 488397168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 1207A335-32CA-4B6C-A508-29A0E85597C4
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sda1 2048 194559 192512 94M EFI System
/dev/sda2 194560 488396799 488202240 232,8G Linux filesystem
I found a possibly useful script called bootinfoscript
on SourceForge, it contains way too much information, but that is the point, right(?)
# ./bootinfoscript
Boot Info Script 0.61 [1 April 2012]
============================= Boot Info Summary: ===============================
=> No boot loader is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda.
sda1: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: vfat
Boot sector type: FAT32
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files: /efi/BOOT/fbx64.efi /efi/ubuntu/fwupx64.efi
/efi/ubuntu/grubx64.efi /efi/ubuntu/mmx64.efi
/efi/ubuntu/shimx64.efi
sda2: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Linux Mint 19 Tara
Boot files: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab
============================ Drive/Partition Info: =============================
Drive: sda _____________________________________________________________________
Disk /dev/sda: 232,9 GiB, 250059350016 bytes, 488397168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Partition Boot Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors Id System
/dev/sda1 1 488,397,167 488,397,167 ee GPT
GUID Partition Table detected.
Partition Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors System
/dev/sda1 2,048 194,559 192,512 EFI System partition
/dev/sda2 194,560 488,396,799 488,202,240 Data partition (Linux)
"blkid" output: ________________________________________________________________
Device UUID TYPE LABEL
/dev/nvme0n1
/dev/nvme0n1p1 4966-E925 vfat
/dev/nvme0n1p2 f1fc7345-be7a-4c6b-9559-fc6e2d445bfa ext4
/dev/sda1 7C00-9D19 vfat
/dev/sda2 b235cea3-ea5b-4571-a252-b75b9cb3f5f0 ext4
================================ Mount points: =================================
Device Mount_Point Type Options
/dev/fuse /run/user/1000/doc fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1000,group_id=1000)
/dev/nvme0n1p1 /boot/efi vfat (rw,relatime,fmask=0077,dmask=0077,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/nvme0n1p2 / ext4 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered)
=========================== sda2/boot/grub/grub.cfg: ===========================
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
set have_grubenv=true
load_env
fi
if [ "${next_entry}" ] ; then
set default="${next_entry}"
set next_entry=
save_env next_entry
set boot_once=true
else
set default="0"
fi
if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then
menuentry_id_option="--id"
else
menuentry_id_option=""
fi
export menuentry_id_option
if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi
function savedefault {
if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
saved_entry="${chosen}"
save_env saved_entry
fi
}
function recordfail {
set recordfail=1
if [ -n "${have_grubenv}" ]; then if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
function load_video {
if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
insmod all_video
else
insmod efi_gop
insmod efi_uga
insmod ieee1275_fb
insmod vbe
insmod vga
insmod video_bochs
insmod video_cirrus
fi
}
if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then
font=unicode
else
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,gpt2'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2 b235cea3-ea5b-4571-a252-b75b9cb3f5f0
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root b235cea3-ea5b-4571-a252-b75b9cb3f5f0
fi
font="/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2"
fi
if loadfont $font ; then
set gfxmode=800x600
load_video
insmod gfxterm
set locale_dir=$prefix/locale
set lang=en_US
insmod gettext
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ] ; then
set timeout=30
else
if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then
set timeout_style=hidden
set timeout=10
# Fallback hidden-timeout code in case the timeout_style feature is
# unavailable.
elif sleep --interruptible 10 ; then
set timeout=0
fi
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
function gfxmode {
set gfxpayload="${1}"
if [ "${1}" = "keep" ]; then
set vt_handoff=vt.handoff=1
else
set vt_handoff=
fi
}
if [ "${recordfail}" != 1 ]; then
if [ -e ${prefix}/gfxblacklist.txt ]; then
if hwmatch ${prefix}/gfxblacklist.txt 3; then
if [ ${match} = 0 ]; then
set linux_gfx_mode=keep
else
set linux_gfx_mode=text
fi
else
set linux_gfx_mode=text
fi
else
set linux_gfx_mode=keep
fi
else
set linux_gfx_mode=text
fi
export linux_gfx_mode
menuentry 'Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-b235cea3-ea5b-4571-a252-b75b9cb3f5f0' {
recordfail
load_video
gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode
insmod gzio
if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,gpt2'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2 b235cea3-ea5b-4571-a252-b75b9cb3f5f0
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root b235cea3-ea5b-4571-a252-b75b9cb3f5f0
fi
linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-39-generic root=UUID=b235cea3-ea5b-4571-a252-b75b9cb3f5f0 ro quiet splash fsck.mode=force fsck.repair=yes $vt_handoff
initrd /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-39-generic
}
submenu 'Advanced options for Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-b235cea3-ea5b-4571-a252-b75b9cb3f5f0' {
menuentry 'Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon, with Linux 4.15.0-39-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-4.15.0-39-generic-advanced-b235cea3-ea5b-4571-a252-b75b9cb3f5f0' {
recordfail
load_video
gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode
insmod gzio
if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,gpt2'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2 b235cea3-ea5b-4571-a252-b75b9cb3f5f0
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root b235cea3-ea5b-4571-a252-b75b9cb3f5f0
fi
echo 'Loading Linux 4.15.0-39-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-39-generic root=UUID=b235cea3-ea5b-4571-a252-b75b9cb3f5f0 ro quiet splash fsck.mode=force fsck.repair=yes $vt_handoff
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-39-generic
}
menuentry 'Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon, with Linux 4.15.0-39-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-4.15.0-39-generic-recovery-b235cea3-ea5b-4571-a252-b75b9cb3f5f0' {
recordfail
load_video
insmod gzio
if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,gpt2'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt2 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt2 b235cea3-ea5b-4571-a252-b75b9cb3f5f0
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root b235cea3-ea5b-4571-a252-b75b9cb3f5f0
fi
echo 'Loading Linux 4.15.0-39-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-39-generic root=UUID=b235cea3-ea5b-4571-a252-b75b9cb3f5f0 ro recovery nomodeset
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-39-generic
}
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry 'Linux Mint 19 Tara (19) (on /dev/nvme0n1p2)' --class linuxmint --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-simple-f1fc7345-be7a-4c6b-9559-fc6e2d445bfa' {
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root f1fc7345-be7a-4c6b-9559-fc6e2d445bfa
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root f1fc7345-be7a-4c6b-9559-fc6e2d445bfa
fi
linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-39-generic root=UUID=f1fc7345-be7a-4c6b-9559-fc6e2d445bfa ro quiet splash fsck.mode=force fsck.repair=yes $vt_handoff
initrd /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-39-generic
}
submenu 'Advanced options for Linux Mint 19 Tara (19) (on /dev/nvme0n1p2)' $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-advanced-f1fc7345-be7a-4c6b-9559-fc6e2d445bfa' {
menuentry 'Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon (on /dev/nvme0n1p2)' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-39-generic--f1fc7345-be7a-4c6b-9559-fc6e2d445bfa' {
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root f1fc7345-be7a-4c6b-9559-fc6e2d445bfa
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root f1fc7345-be7a-4c6b-9559-fc6e2d445bfa
fi
linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-39-generic root=UUID=f1fc7345-be7a-4c6b-9559-fc6e2d445bfa ro quiet splash fsck.mode=force fsck.repair=yes $vt_handoff
initrd /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-39-generic
}
menuentry 'Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon, with Linux 4.15.0-39-generic (on /dev/nvme0n1p2)' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-39-generic--f1fc7345-be7a-4c6b-9559-fc6e2d445bfa' {
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root f1fc7345-be7a-4c6b-9559-fc6e2d445bfa
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root f1fc7345-be7a-4c6b-9559-fc6e2d445bfa
fi
linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-39-generic root=UUID=f1fc7345-be7a-4c6b-9559-fc6e2d445bfa ro quiet splash fsck.mode=force fsck.repair=yes $vt_handoff
initrd /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-39-generic
}
menuentry 'Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon, with Linux 4.15.0-39-generic (recovery mode) (on /dev/nvme0n1p2)' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-39-generic-root=UUID=f1fc7345-be7a-4c6b-9559-fc6e2d445bfa ro recovery nomodeset-f1fc7345-be7a-4c6b-9559-fc6e2d445bfa' {
insmod part_gpt
insmod ext2
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root f1fc7345-be7a-4c6b-9559-fc6e2d445bfa
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root f1fc7345-be7a-4c6b-9559-fc6e2d445bfa
fi
linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-39-generic root=UUID=f1fc7345-be7a-4c6b-9559-fc6e2d445bfa ro recovery nomodeset
initrd /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-39-generic
}
}
set timeout_style=menu
if [ "${timeout}" = 0 ]; then
set timeout=10
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###
menuentry 'System setup' $menuentry_id_option 'uefi-firmware' {
fwsetup
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then
source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg
elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
=============================== sda2/etc/fstab: ================================
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# / was on /dev/sda2 during installation
UUID=b235cea3-ea5b-4571-a252-b75b9cb3f5f0 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /boot/efi was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=7C00-9D19 /boot/efi vfat umask=0077 0 1
# the swap file was created during installation
#/swapfile none swap sw 0 0
# RAM disk
none /ramdisk tmpfs size=2G,mode=0777 0 0
# auto-mount of windows drive
#/dev/disk/by-uuid/9CDAC383DAC357E2 /mnt/9CDAC383DAC357E2 auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show,ro 0 0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
=================== sda2: Location of files loaded by Grub: ====================
GiB - GB File Fragment(s)
=============================== StdErr Messages: ===============================
cat: /tmp/BootInfo-Pd0sZIg3/Tmp_Log: No such file or directory
I don't know what to do with it, I've tried too many things to even remember them.
I hope the above information would be helpful, otherwise, I am stuck.
The current behavior of the NVMe drive - if I try to boot directly from it, it automatically reboots.
I just do it like this for now:
I do recall one more detail: I used GParted to change the partition UUIDs on the new drive and edited fstab
accordingly.
I believe the problem arises from both drives having the same disk UUID, am I right?
If so, how shall I proceed now?
What I've tried:
# tune2fs /dev/nvme0n1 -U random
tune2fs 1.44.1 (24-Mar-2018)
tune2fs: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/nvme0n1
Found a gpt partition table in /dev/nvme0n1
So, I suppose changing the whole disk UUID is done in a different way?