From: pinnerite@gmail.com   
      
   On Thu, 21 Aug 2025 17:17:33 -0000 (UTC)   
   alan  wrote:   
      
   > After months without a working system, one with a new motherboard actually   
   >  started up and is currently running off a Mint 22.1 install flash drive.   
   >   
   > It is cloning the contents of a 1TB drive to a 2TB drive. When it is   
   >  finished, the 1TB drive will be removed.   
   >   
   > The problem is that the 1TB Nvme drive was set on an Asus motherboard   
   >  whereas the replacement is a Gigabyte board. When trying to boot from it,   
   >  it gets to the grub menu but comes to a halt after scrolling several lines   
   >  up the screen.   
   >   
   > I don't want to lose the contents by reinstalling. Is there a procedure I   
   >  can take to recover it?   
   >   
   >   
   > --   
   > alan   
      
   I appreciate the comments but this is what I did:   
      
   1) Booted on the Mint 22.1 installation drive.   
   2. Cloned the  contents of the 1TB drive to the 2TB drive.   
   3) Booting from the 2TB drive only got just past the grub menu, as   
   expected.   
   4) Discovered that boot menu access did not work using F8 (per Asus   
   boards) but eventually found F12 did.   
      
   5) Selecting the Mint 22.1 install drive from the boot, and   
   instructions from Google's AI:   
   6)  Open terminal.   
   7)  $ sudo mount /dev/nvme0n1 /mnt   
   8)  $ sudo mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev   
   9)  $ sudo mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc   
   10) $ sudo mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys   
   11) $ sudo chroot /mnt   
   12) $ sudo update-initramfs -u   
      
      //returned possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/(amdgpu/ ... (12   
   items)   
      
   13) $ sudo update-grub   
   14) $ reboot.   
      
   and of course it didn't work.   
      
   I decided that I was out of my depth and decided to reinstall.   
      
   15) Used gparted to shuffle partitions to free up contiguous space.   
   16) The space is now partition 3 when it would normally be partition 1.   
      
   However it installed OK and a started to recover access to the data:   
      
   17) I installed Virtualbox. I have two virtual machines: XP and Win 10.   
   18) After a struggle I got XP to work. Win 10 will take longer.   
   19) More important was to get Sylpheed, Claws-mail and Thunderbird to   
   access existing data.   
      
   As I write, I still have Thunderbird to re-acquire access.   
      
   Believe it or not, it was 18 May since my machine was last working and   
   I had to go back a 16-year old one. That packed up yesterday!   
      
   Thanks for all the suggestions.   
      
   Alan   
      
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