I was using Fedora 40 and all of a sudden it stopped working, it takes me to a selection screen where there is fedora 39(i originally installed that version the it was upgraded) i select it it says booting and then a black screen, i had also zorin in another hard drive and the same happens, i tried booting from bare metal with a usb and the same happens but it takes me to a prompt that says boot: and i can write stuff.

  • ghost_laptop@lemmy.mlOP
    2·
    3 months ago

    Ill try this, but i also cannot boot into Mint which is what i have on my usb. Also i didnt installed zorin bur rather just added the harddrive from another pc for use and forgot to format it, ive been using ot for a while like this,l. Do you think this os still my issue?

    • bionicjoey
      12·
      3 months ago

      If you can’t boot from an install media USB it’s probably a hardware issue.

      • Twitches@lemm.ee
        1·
        3 months ago

        Could be ram, could be bad USB stick. I9 processors apparently have an issue if that’s what’s being run

        • ghost_laptop@lemmy.mlOP
          2·
          3 months ago

          I managed to boot from the USB stick while running Mint in compatibility mode. I assume that if i burn and reinstall hopefully everything would be good if the hardware is working. Maybe I could fix it but I have no idea how to know whats wrong.

          • Twitches@lemm.ee
            1·
            3 months ago

            There could be an issue with those things. You could try using a different USB stick to eliminate the stick, different USB port etc maybe try a disc instead of a USB stick if possible