Another 22.04 problem, reboot fails, have to power cycle

[Liam Proven]

On Tue, 2 Aug 2022 at 21:22, Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
>
> Ah, but the system where this is happening has a strange boot
> configuration (as I *think* I originally explained).  The main drive
> is an NVME SSD but, being a fairly old system, this drive isn't
> recognised by the BIOS.  Thus there is a small SATA SSD partition
> (which *is* recognised by the BIOS) mounted as /boot.

Yes you did. I got that.

I found some manuals online. This one has a relevant section:

https://www.manualslib.com/manual/630715/Fujitsu-D3161.html?page=26#manual

«
BIOS update using a USB stick
► Make sure you have a bootable USB stick available.
► Download the "Admin package – Compressed Flash Files" for bootable
USBsticks from our website to your PC.
► Unzip the ZIP file and copy the files onto your bootable USB stick.
► Reboot the PC.
► Select the USB stick as the boot device.
► Boot from the USB stick and start DosFlash.BAT.
► Follow the on-screen instructions
»

If that's your machine you don't need Windows to reflash it.

>From a quick scan of another manual —

https://pdf.directindustry.com/pdf/fujitsu/fujitsu-mainboard-d3162-b/34295-596026.html

— I don't see mention of an NVMe slot, though...?

> I would normally have kept the Windows partition, it was just an error
> on my part that destroyed it many moons ago.

If there's space you could always put it back.

The Win10 ISO is a free download from Microsoft. Win10 works fine
un-activated, much better than previous versions which were
intentionally limited.

Put it on a Ventoy drive alongside Ubuntu. Make a small partition with
Linux. Install it in there. Use it to update your firmware. Then boot
Ubuntu from the Ventoy key and use it to reinstall GRUB.

It's a PITA but I've had to do this before.


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