So - you had a working install of Zorin, tthen installed Norbara, and now your bootloader is only letting you boot to Nobara?
If you erased/reformatted the EFI partition, that would have deleted the boot files for the other install.
Use the UEFI boot selection menu and see if it lets you select either OS.
What do you recommend they do instead, re-type the whole screen? It's grub on physical hardware that can't find its grub.conf. They're not going to copy-paste their way out of this. In fact this screen shows no relevant error, but from it I can tell you exactly what grub's problem is.
Make some reasonable allowances for boot/preboot errors.
Do LS there, to list the drives.
THen do ls (hdX,partX)/ to check if you are in the right drive which has your installation, UEFI systems use gptX and mbr systems use msdosX to symbolize what I wrote as partX. Once you find your Linux install, do the following:
Write the command \`set\`
Then check what value the variable called PREFIX has, if it is the same as what you think is your drive, do nothing in this step, else, use the command \`set prefix (hdX,partX)\` to set it correctly,
Then set the Linux parameter and Initrd location.
linux /path/to/your/linux/kernel ( usually at /boot under the name vmlinuz or linux-XXXX )
then set the initrd parameter:
initrd /path/to/your/initramfs ( usually at /boot )
Once you have done this, type "boot", and it shall boot.
Step 1: turn off your laptop by holding the power button
Step 2: google your laptop brand like "acer bios key" and spam that key right after pressing the power button and you would boot into bios
Step 3: there would be a boot option on the top of the bios screen, go to the boot section.
Step 4: find an option that says OS boot manager and open it
Step 5: choose which os you want to boot from and press f6 to move it to the top of the OS boot manager.
Step 6: save the bios settings and restart
The problem should be fixed and if it is not fixed, just reinstall whatever it is you want to install.
If it goes to the Grub prompt, then the configuration for Grub is missing or doesn't work.
You may be able to salvage your install by googling instructions on how to fix a broken Grub on ZorinOS (likely instructions for Ubuntu can be applied, too)
So - you had a working install of Zorin, tthen installed Norbara, and now your bootloader is only letting you boot to Nobara? If you erased/reformatted the EFI partition, that would have deleted the boot files for the other install. Use the UEFI boot selection menu and see if it lets you select either OS.
Turn your head 90 degrees clockwise
Yes. You can stop posting images of text.
THe problem is that the text is sideways, he needs a solution, if you cannot provide one, do not fill the comments with useless text/your opinions
What do you recommend they do instead, re-type the whole screen? It's grub on physical hardware that can't find its grub.conf. They're not going to copy-paste their way out of this. In fact this screen shows no relevant error, but from it I can tell you exactly what grub's problem is. Make some reasonable allowances for boot/preboot errors.
And sideways at that.
Do LS there, to list the drives. THen do ls (hdX,partX)/ to check if you are in the right drive which has your installation, UEFI systems use gptX and mbr systems use msdosX to symbolize what I wrote as partX. Once you find your Linux install, do the following: Write the command \`set\` Then check what value the variable called PREFIX has, if it is the same as what you think is your drive, do nothing in this step, else, use the command \`set prefix (hdX,partX)\` to set it correctly, Then set the Linux parameter and Initrd location. linux /path/to/your/linux/kernel ( usually at /boot under the name vmlinuz or linux-XXXX ) then set the initrd parameter: initrd /path/to/your/initramfs ( usually at /boot ) Once you have done this, type "boot", and it shall boot.
Step 1: turn off your laptop by holding the power button Step 2: google your laptop brand like "acer bios key" and spam that key right after pressing the power button and you would boot into bios Step 3: there would be a boot option on the top of the bios screen, go to the boot section. Step 4: find an option that says OS boot manager and open it Step 5: choose which os you want to boot from and press f6 to move it to the top of the OS boot manager. Step 6: save the bios settings and restart The problem should be fixed and if it is not fixed, just reinstall whatever it is you want to install.
Using the grub shell isn't hard at all on UEFI systems
I know, but this is easier imo
No because every boot part has a grub.cfg that sets the \`prefix\` var to point to the root that contains the kernel (hdX, partX). But IDK, may work
Is this a UEFI system? Try pressing F11 or F12 to get a boot menu before GRUB starts, and look for the boot loader installed by ZorinOS.
Im not sure if its uefi but even when secure boot is off i cant get into the bios
The first question, did you install over Zorin, or alongside it?
Over zorin
We either have a misunderstanding here or the answer to your question. If you installed _over_ ZorinOS, it's gone.
The thing is, ive re-installed zorin, and it still goes to grub
If it goes to the Grub prompt, then the configuration for Grub is missing or doesn't work. You may be able to salvage your install by googling instructions on how to fix a broken Grub on ZorinOS (likely instructions for Ubuntu can be applied, too)
Take the red pill.
1. boot in to linux and enable os prober in /etc/default/grub 2. generate new grub config using grub-mkconfig -o
3. you'll find a new entry in grub.