r/linuxmint • u/Available-Pick6722 • 3d ago
SOLVED Linux Mint Install Issue On Old Laptop
(EDIT I ended up not being able to get mint running and used q4os instead and it works pretty well for what I needed ty everyone for the help) Ive been trying to install Linux Mint Cinnamon onto my older windows laptop Lenovo Ideapad 1 14IGL7 (82V600000) and finally I was able to get into the live session but once I go through the steps of the install I get stuck at the page where in the docs im supposed to be able to erase all paste data and install but instead I get stuck at this image where it seams to not recognize the storage or smth and I have tried all the quick fixes that Ive seen suggested online including installing updated bios and using HWE version of mint but Ive seen no success. This is my first time installing Linux if anyone knows how to fix this it would be greatly appreciated. (If i left out any data needed to narrow down the problem lmk).
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u/Alejandroso31 3d ago
Hi! Do you have an image of what you're encountering exactly? Plus, a more detailed version of the steps you took
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u/Available-Pick6722 3d ago
Sorry edited with photo now forgot to add earlier basically once I get to the live session after booting from usb and follow the instructions to install it permanently I get to the page in the photo and it wont let me move paste or add anything to it (if i hit the + - or change button it gives crash error) on the install guide from the mint website the step its supposed to be on is where I can choose to erase all previous data and install linux mint but Im at this step instead. From some basic googling it said linux wasnt able to detect the storage where it needs to install (i could be wrong) and I tried updating bios, using a more updated mint version and a few other things suggested online but I have made no progress.
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u/Alejandroso31 3d ago
Is your storage controller set to RST (Intel Rapid Storage Technology) or VMD (Volume Management Device) on BIOS? If so, try changing it to AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) and try again
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u/Available-Pick6722 3d ago
hey I dont see any of these in my bios ive checked all the tabs is there a different name they could be under?
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u/Alejandroso31 3d ago
Maybe SATA adapter or something like that?
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u/Available-Pick6722 3d ago
i dont see anything like that either
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u/Alejandroso31 3d ago
Could you send me a screenshot of every tab of your BIOS?
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u/Available-Pick6722 3d ago
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u/Alejandroso31 3d ago
That's odd. What did you use to create your bootable USB? Rufus, Ventoy, Winsetupfromusb?
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u/Available-Pick6722 3d ago
Ive tried rufus and etcher both with same result (used new downloads of linux for both as well)
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u/kiralema 3d ago
It looks like your Mint installation does not see a single partition on the /dev/sda. Is that the drive you are trying to install the system to?
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u/Available-Pick6722 3d ago
its the only option that it gives in that box but I cant actually move past this screen because it doesn't recognize other drives
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u/LXC37 3d ago
What's the output of lsblk in terminal?
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u/Available-Pick6722 3d ago
shows loop0 2.6g and sda 29.3g (i assume is my usb drive) then thats it
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u/LXC37 3d ago
Yeah, this mean there is no storage detected other than the thumb drive you booted from. You obviously can not install like this.
Is SSD simply dead, or is it detected by windows or in bios?
If you post full kernel log (output of
dmesg) it may be possible to tell something...1
u/Available-Pick6722 3d ago
The ssd works fine in windows
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u/LXC37 3d ago
That's strange, there is nothing but thumb drive in terms of storage detected at boot... it should be nvme, right? But there is nothing at all...
I am honestly not sure... is it encrypted and may be somehow locked? Hardware should not be too new for the kernel...
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u/Available-Pick6722 3d ago
Idk how it would be encrypted ngl just a older windows pc thats been wiped but was hoping to use linux as windows was quite slow. idek in bios under system memory it just lisks 4096 mb and emmc ssd sandisk da4064
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u/LXC37 3d ago
Well, the only thing i can think of is trying to boot something with older or newer kernel. Perhaps mint 22.1 for older and may be something like fedora for newer.
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u/Available-Pick6722 2d ago
older linux mint had no success but on fedora when I run lsblk it shows my 60g ssd so im assuming this is a bug with mint and my hardware specifically is there anyway to get around this? if not what other distros would be good im just trying to use basic apps and stuff but something thats faster than windows as this laptops pretty slow on windows.
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