MintPPC

[mintppc]

Can’t you boot in recovery mode and do some updates/upgrades and then reboot?

[Roland]

Can’t you boot in recovery mode and do some updates/upgrades and then reboot?

If that is possible, I have not the slightest idea how to do that... Remember this is not a PC - grub is not used for booting and there is no usual boot menu with special options!

Christian: is it at all possible to boot X5000 in recovery mode?

[Roland]

@mintppc
I found a solution:

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sudo tune2fs -O ^orphan_file /dev/sdx

This command turns off that 'C-12' feature which older versions of e2fsck cannot understand. I had to run the command on Adelie as tune2fs of my older distros/installations do not understand that orphan_file parameter!

After that I was able to boot from the Mint 25 parttion normally. But when I checked the version of e2fsprogs already installed there it WAS the newest one (1.47.2-3). So why couldn't it check the partition while it had that feature 'C-12' switched on? Is it still too old to understand it? I cannot see any other explanation...

[xeno74]

Christian: is it at all possible to boot X5000 in recovery mode?

Yes, it is possible. Single mode with writable mounted volumes (Only one user (root) has access. No networking, graphical interface, or multi-user services are started):

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setenv bootargs root=<your volume/partition> single

If you need a file system check then you need the following boot arguments:

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setenv bootargs root=<your volume/partition> ro systemd.unit=emergency.target