Hey PCNetSpec I really appreciate everything your doing. First, I'll give you the outputs of what you asked in the respective order that your requested each four, and then I'll comment at the end.
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xd42c7b41
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 * 2048 1452673023 1452670976 692.7G 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 1452675070 1465147391 12472322 6G 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 1452675072 1465147391 12472320 6G 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Disk /dev/sdb: 14.9 GiB, 16012804096 bytes, 31275008 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdb1 8192 25081855 25073664 12G c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sdb2 25081856 31260671 6178816 3G b W95 FAT32
/dev/sda1: UUID="8f755c3f-5150-48b4-bc2a-e669ae8a39e3" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="d42c7b41-01"
/dev/sda5: UUID="fff87b78-fd61-4155-8d44-409c7ffb6604" TYPE="swap" PARTUUID="d42c7b41-05"
/dev/sdb1: UUID="A294-B7E0" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/sdb2: UUID="A4ED-EA20" TYPE="vfat"
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# / was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=8f755c3f-5150-48b4-bc2a-e669ae8a39e3 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=fff87b78-fd61-4155-8d44-409c7ffb6604 none swap sw 0 0
So, this is how I see the situation. When I originally installed linux, I was replacing a corrupted Windows 7 OS. When I did the partitioning or I knew I had
/dev/sda1 and
/dev/sda2.
This is not a live usb, its on my hard drive. Granted, I do not know if I needed to have these two "files" or "partitions" (I'm sorry, 6 months and still learning the lingo). But, until Wednesday evening, I never say this /dev/sda5 Solaris Swap folder ever (I am referencing when you see the black screen right before you type in your password ones sees something like [files304203420:034230block] and the
/dev/sda1 and
/dev/sda2 and I have not seen this /dev/sda5 folder. I am confused as to why it is here and what it means. Does my machine detect a usb or port and try to connect to it before it goes to the hard drive and boot Peppermint properly? That is what I am thinking. Is there something in the boot menu
F2 or
F12 that I can do to fix the problem.
I have no idea how I got into this pickle, I just went from 8% battery to 0% battery on my laptop and then plugged up and rebooted. Sorry for the hassle.