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System (dual boot, Ubuntu 22.04 and Windows 10) does not boot: once selected Ubuntu at dual boot, I receive error message “mtd device must be supplied” - It shows on two lines, then boot does not go on. I tried to boot through recovery mode, but the problem persists. Actually, the recovery mode seems to freeze as well. I had to apply a forced shut down in order to attempt to reboot the laptop. The problem has appeared last night (the system is constantly updated and upgraded).

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In my case, the problem was caused by a full hard drive.

You need to:

  1. Boot to recovery mode (here is how: https://askubuntu.com/a/859640/270345 )
  2. In Recovery Menu, enter root shell prompt
  3. While in shell:
  • Enter df -h to check if your disk is indeed 100% full
  • If yes, delete some large files

This command might be helpful to find largest directories in your /home directory (might take a while to process):

$ sudo du -a /home | sort -n -r | head -n 20
Piotrek
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  • Thank you! In my case, I had enough room until I caused a core dump... my system started having issues so I rebooted it, only to find that the core dump made my hard drive full and caused all the issues! Finding and removing the core dump file fixed it for me. – Matt Popovich Sep 28 '22 at 00:23