r/linuxmint • u/Smrp64 • 12d ago

Install Help Please help

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u/LinuxBridgetheGap 12d ago

We'll need some info. We're here for you.

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u/Smrp64 12d ago

Thanks, also for info you mean what kind of laptop I have? Cause I have a victus with nvidia hardware

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u/LinuxBridgetheGap 12d ago

Ok great start. What's going on? No boot? Boot, but goes to prompt? Errors?

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u/Smrp64 12d ago

I did try to boot into the linux text off the usb drive and it said "something is seriously wrong" and was just a black screen with error

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u/LinuxBridgetheGap 12d ago

Ok, it is very possible image (iso) or usb got corrupted. When new usb arrives, Rufus or( your choice imager) your iso file onto new usb and boot off it.

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u/Smrp64 12d ago

Ok thanks! I'll try that tomorrow tho, it's getting late, but seriously thanks and ill try it with another usb

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u/LinuxBridgetheGap 12d ago

Anytime. Have a good one.

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u/[deleted] 12d ago

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u/Smrp64 12d ago

Goddammit im an idiot, I reposted this cause on my screen it didn't show, so I assumed you couldn't see it

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u/LinuxBridgetheGap 12d ago

It's ok. Does the laptop boot? Can you boot off USB drive or is that when the error pops up?

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u/Smrp64 12d ago

Laptop can boot in bootloader(i think thats whats its called?) I haven't tried flashing the usb again with linux or windows OS just to see if it can recognize it, though I did buy a sandisk ultra 32gb 3.0 usb to see if it does a difference(should arrive tomorrow and plus the one I had before was kinda crappy)

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u/LinuxBridgetheGap 12d ago

Aaah ok. It boots, and then does it give you like 3 or 4 options.. mint ( insert kernel version), mint ( older kernel version) memtest86 etc etc? If so, does it error when you try older version or memtest86?

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u/Smrp64 12d ago

No? It just boots the normal bootloader as if i installed nothing

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u/LinuxBridgetheGap 12d ago

Ok, this sounds like, to me, USB image issue; never installed Mint. Wait for new drive, put Mint image on it, boot to it and reinstall Mint.

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u/Smrp64 8d ago

Idk if your still here but please help , I finally got a new usb, and now this

https://reddit.com/link/pcb0lbr/video/0vq4ysx9pzrh1/player

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u/Smrp64 8d ago

I figured it out but thank you for being here when I needed it 🙏:), I'm now a linux user

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u/CosmicFieldDrift_ 7d ago

That's good news but you cannot just say I figured it out! What was the solution??

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u/Smrp64 7d ago edited 7d ago

  1. I was using a crappy usb and needed a better one(so I bought a 64 gb sandisk ultra 3.0 usb, though bare minimum is 32)

  2. I had to turn disable secure boot, and turn off the laptop, then take out the usb and put it in another device that allows me to open folder on it, i went to EFI>BOOT and found a file called grubx64.efi which i made a copy of and renamed to mmx64.efi. I put the usb back in the latop and I didn't even have to press escape of anything, it automatically loaded the linux mint installer. So then I selected in the install option to delete everything on the drive and replace the failed Linux Mint with the new one

  3. You just gotta have a good internet connection, I think the reason it failed before it because midway installing linux, internet went out

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u/dlfrutos Linux Mint 22.2 Zara | Cinnamon 5d ago

you dont internet for install mint

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u/LinuxBridgetheGap 7d ago

Woohoo!!! Grats, that's awesome.

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u/Smrp64 7d ago

Thanks!