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HELP Installing Linux Mint - (Newbie to Linux)
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| geek_duggin |
March 16, 2010, 9:12 pm |
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#1 | OK- know my way around XP, can fix most problems without trouble. Can create a bootable CD, know what iso is and how to burn to CD/dvd.
Have downloaded linux mint-8 iso from here(Downloaded version 8 from here (http://tinyurl.com/36fm3e) have burned to CD, but pc won't boot. (set to boot from cd).
Windows does this without doing anything else.
First issue, and I haven't even started! !
Help me out please. Prove to me it's easy-peasy - like windows. Rise to the challenge. (This might be good - LOL) | |
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| geek_0800xford |
March 16, 2010, 9:13 pm |
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#2 | | did you burn the iso file to disc or burn it as an IMAGE? |
| geek_charles.j |
March 16, 2010, 9:14 pm |
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#3 | Burn it as an image with something like IMGBURN
Set your pc to have the cd-rom as first boot device and go from there
Once you're into MINT install it beside xp(you'll probably have to resize the partition) |
| geek_0800xford |
March 16, 2010, 9:17 pm |
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#4 | the contents of the disc should look roughly like this
http://i40. tinypic.com/34otzy1. png |
| geek_duggin |
March 16, 2010, 9:19 pm |
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#5 | | Pointed the burning software to the iso file and clicked "BURN CD/DVD" |
| geek_charles.j |
March 16, 2010, 9:22 pm |
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#6 | | Ok well what happens during post? |
| geek_duggin |
March 16, 2010, 9:23 pm |
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#7 | Yep, something like that, except there's only there's only 2 files in the root directory:README. diskdefines and md5sum. txt.
(Folders set to show hidden files and folders) |
| geek_charles.j |
March 16, 2010, 9:23 pm |
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#8 | That's odd...
How big is the iso image? |
| geek_duggin |
March 16, 2010, 9:24 pm |
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#9 | | POST normal, then boots into windows |
| geek_0800xford |
March 16, 2010, 9:24 pm |
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#10 | | whaa-t? |
| geek_charles.j |
March 16, 2010, 9:25 pm |
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#11 | | The member deleted this message. |
| geek_duggin |
March 16, 2010, 9:25 pm |
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#12 | | 678mb - no error messages appeared during burn - the "cd full" indicator was in the green - orange was 700mb. |
| geek_0800xford |
March 16, 2010, 9:26 pm |
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#13 | try a flash drive perhaps
http://unetbootin. sourceforge.net/ |
| geek_duggin |
March 16, 2010, 9:27 pm |
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#14 | | Opened the iso with winiso to check, and that's all there is - as mentioned above. Downloaded the package again to make sure, but from a different site, same result. |
| geek_duggin |
March 16, 2010, 9:28 pm |
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#15 | | Yep, did that - pointed the boot loader to the iso file, then after rebooting got a screen with numbers counting from 10 to 1, then the screen refreshed and that process began over again. The linux files weren't copied to the flash drive. |
| geek_0800xford |
March 16, 2010, 9:29 pm |
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#16 | | can you name the iso file [i mean tell us the name of it] |
| geek_duggin |
March 16, 2010, 9:30 pm |
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#17 | | As downloaded from the url above, it's LinuxMint-8. iso |
| geek_badcam |
March 16, 2010, 9:30 pm |
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#18 | As per Oxfords suggestion with unetbootin, which is great, or as per charles's suggestion ImgBurn.
Have you checked the downloaded distro against it's MD5 sum? |
| geek_0800xford |
March 16, 2010, 9:31 pm |
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#19 | | you've done the md5sum check? |
| geek_charles.j |
March 16, 2010, 9:32 pm |
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#20 | | Try fedora's live usb creator it's pretty good too |
| geek_duggin |
March 16, 2010, 9:37 pm |
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#21 | The one on the website is a4b29b43f9757c3a69528db02c8e6d-
d4
The one in the iso file is part of this gibberish...
a4b29b43f9757c3a69528db02c8e6d-
d4. /preseed/ltsp. seed
d007768a1066ab1419d93daea54c48-
44. /preseed/mint. seed
7e3aa6d1958baf72d369392fdb1754-
86. /preseed/cli. seed
ed4604e47167175515efa84c847d33-
b2. /isolinux/vesamenu. c32
2e00bbc97aa398fea542dde339e0fb-
4c. /isolinux/memtest
6e3255e852d0a53430201ac02cd265-
a5. /isolinux/splash. jpg
b12ca401ce02598303ce68dade8187-
d0. /isolinux/isolinux. bin
2bcc32adcfc98ff04fa2236c6e8410-
bd. /isolinux/isolinux. cfg
f2c70385776a5b043d67ebdc7e1320-
14. /README. diskdefines
8e93a6ee0d02782f5599e76f986088-
21. /. disk/casper-uuid-generic
728cb968a88534e0c50a9d99621f13-
eb. /. disk/cd_type
d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf842-
7e. /. disk/base_installable
369734cf9ca5b5573b143e559915af-
fd. /. disk/release_notes_url
a7a59103dff827263d7d1929891b7a-
f1. /. disk/info
bb217e0dcd3ad5370ff184812bec14-
27. /dists/karmic/Release
7ed9b61abe4665d1ce1936f4edaedf-
f3. /dists/karmic/main/binary-i38-
6/Packages. gz
eebfac7a31cdc0c22af95dd6330ca2-
d5. /dists/karmic/main/binary-i38-
6/Release
93a20440cf0c7d4a21d1eed1f04660-
05. /dists/karmic/restricted/bina-
ry-i386/Packages. gz
a2b3e2dbeb3eaa7aac0d0d9d20aac0-
ac. /dists/karmic/restricted/bina-
ry-i386/Release
3c34d0a903f60dcdf1f9d2780988fd-
a2. /dists/karmic/Release. gpg
84b0083eb828801c2c75db44d12f23-
8d. /pool/main/b/b43-fwcutter/b43-
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e440a1267b16d77c20208a9ca03501-
d6. /pool/main/b/build-essential/-
build-essential_11. 4_i386. deb
1dd9db50e158d3bc57cd03ddbd0b02-
bc. /pool/main/f/fakeroot/fakeroo-
t_1. 12. 4ubuntu1_i386. deb
005ba5cc29a46a5932d5157e4048d0-
70. /pool/main/g/gcc-4. 4/libstdc+-
+6-4. 4-dev_4. 4. 1-4ubuntu8_i386-
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1c23ace9ad8dc6ea4b6f75c0dafcc8-
3f. /pool/main/g/gcc-4. 4/g++-4. 4_-
4. 4. 1-4ubuntu8_i386. deb
358d5397044b460835cc2821a58dfa-
2d. /pool/main/g/gcc-defaults/g++-
_4. 4. 1-1ubuntu2_i386. deb
96eb932ca49e014530b536d4d281eb-
ff. /pool/main/m/mouseemu/mouseem-
u_0. 16-0ubuntu4_i386. deb
590457a006ef013f74565c15d2bc78-
e0. /pool/main/p/pptp-linux/pptp--
linux_1. 7. 2-3_i386. deb
b3d1fec95d04d924a08886e601bd1d-
46. /pool/main/p/patch/patch_2. 5. -
9-5_i386. deb
1824a0c968b11934ab3f9dfaa6dcc3-
60. /pool/main/u/ubiquity/oem-con-
fig-gtk_2. 0. 6_all. deb
270f07641e5b314f201e4100df7282-
c2. /pool/main/u/ubiquity/oem-con-
fig_2. 0. 6_all. deb
7d2f89b3676823a4105e47d10c2829-
86. /pool/main/n/ndiswrapper/ndis-
wrapper-common_1. 54-2ubuntu1_a-
ll. deb
ce92bed373978042b9561570e78062-
58. /pool/main/n/ndiswrapper/ndis-
wrapper-utils-1. 9_1. 54-2ubuntu-
1_i386. deb
4fdb13bd00fb191e6301216d1e1a2a-
2f. /pool/main/n/ndisgtk/ndisgtk_-
0. 8. 4-1_i386. deb
c2cd3b1c7e406f6bf2d4648df0073a-
2f. /pool/main/s/setserial/setser-
ial_2. 17-45_i386. deb
2e6e15c55a8c8c58c89f2c07cdd7b0-
28. /pool/main/l/lupin/lupin-supp-
ort_0. 27_all. deb
4e45d98a06336b6554317db875f8c7-
47. /pool/main/l/linux-wlan-ng/li-
nux-wlan-ng_0. 2. 9+dfsg-2ubuntu-
2_i386. deb
60e54d2e2c75f9bc8e64ac7311bd1d-
8e. /pool/main/l/linux-wlan-ng/li-
nux-wlan-ng-doc_0. 2. 9+dfsg-2ub-
untu2_all. deb
ca5ff1788057e323d8def0696abba1-
1b. /pool/main/d/dkms/dkms_2. 1. 0. -
1-0ubuntu1_all. deb
7a19ad9ee0b474c8f5782b3bd42380-
c4. /pool/main/d/dpkg/dpkg-dev_1. -
15. 4ubuntu2_all. deb
fc3e7d4d12a10c07c84e5f5c09ad88-
a2. /pool/restricted/b/bcmwl/bcmw-
l-kernel-source_5. 10. 91. 9+bdco-
m-0ubuntu4_i386. deb
ff775ab4bde94e945e235cfa8f5b1a-
da. /pool/restricted/s/sl-modem/s-
l-modem-daemon_2. 9. 11~20080817-
-3ubuntu3_i386. deb
8dbde549d647dd06a3901817d70603-
96. /casper/filesystem. squashfs
a9a0c7e8127b10473d65906502516e-
09. /casper/filesystem. manifest
284af6e5e36cc3cd8c096b00ad4a3f-
96. /casper/vmlinuz
53da405859028204ecc8819c23a5f7-
64. /casper/initrd. lz
48db4c62c1c3915e6b2fbbc501c5fa-
c5. /casper/filesystem. manifest-d-
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| geek_0800xford |
March 16, 2010, 9:37 pm |
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#22 | does mint make use of wubi?
i see an . exe in that /cdrom there... ? |
| geek_charles.j |
March 16, 2010, 9:38 pm |
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#23 | | Wubi allows you to install inside windows i believe |
| geek_0800xford |
March 16, 2010, 9:38 pm |
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#24 | | no man, you need to compare the . iso file to the md5. txt |
| geek_0800xford |
March 16, 2010, 9:39 pm |
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#25 | | http://mirror. optus.net/linuxmint/isos/stable/8/md5sum. txt |
| geek_duggin |
March 16, 2010, 9:40 pm |
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#26 | | Sorry, please explain... | |
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| geek_charles.j |
March 16, 2010, 9:40 pm |
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#27 | | If you've got bandwith to chew. . grab an ubuntu 9. 04 image and see if that works. atleast you can rule out the image or something? |
| geek_0800xford |
March 16, 2010, 9:41 pm |
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#28 | what you did up there was get the hash sums for every file IN the iso
you just want the iso only
you'll get one number [ 06fc2f27f8352a2bac5516b86c0207-
55 ] |
| geek_charles.j |
March 16, 2010, 9:43 pm |
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#29 | Yup or puppy
I said ubuntu because it's basically the same as mint lol
But yes, more logical to go smaller first |
| geek_duggin |
March 16, 2010, 9:45 pm |
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#30 | | Chose Mint, 'cause another thread mentioned it was a good distro. Might try Ubuntu again and see what happens this time. More issues - Linux and I just don't hit it off. LOL |
| geek_charles.j |
March 16, 2010, 9:47 pm |
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#31 | lol! don't worry we've all been there
Just burn it with imgburn and see what happens. Or... try virtualbox. That'll tell you if the iso's suck lol |
| geek_duggin |
March 16, 2010, 9:47 pm |
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#32 | | Thanks guys, will be in touch if Ubuntu fails. |
| geek_0800xford |
March 16, 2010, 9:48 pm |
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#33 | i prefer ubuntu to mint, but whatever works aye
you have to WILL IT to work man ha ha ha
el oh el? |
| geek_badcam |
March 16, 2010, 9:49 pm |
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#34 | Try Puppy. Tiny, yet cool, Distro.
Also MD5sum check. Same principles apply with all Distros:
http://puppylinuxfaq.org/content/7/20/en/md5sum-iso-file-che
ck.html |
| geek_badcam |
March 16, 2010, 9:50 pm |
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#35 | | Puppy's only 100MB. In the meantime, check your MD5sum on Mint. What Browser do you use BTW? |
| geek_duggin |
March 16, 2010, 9:57 pm |
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#36 | | FF 3. 6 |
| geek_0800xford |
March 16, 2010, 9:57 pm |
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#37 | | so it's quite possibly the way you are burning it then. |
| geek_badcam |
March 16, 2010, 10:01 pm |
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#38 | | ImgBurn |
| geek_cybertao |
March 16, 2010, 10:02 pm |
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#39 | Are you burning to CD? Don't write at the maximum speed.
You can burn the image to a DVD if you like. The read rate on a DVD is higher while the spin speed is slower, so it works faster and more quietly than a CD. It also might work around the problem of CDs not booting due to read/write problems. |
| geek_charles.j |
March 16, 2010, 10:07 pm |
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#40 | Yup ImgBurn is great
Otherwise if you want to have linux on hand virtualbox is great to play with until you're ready for a full install(although you won't get the funky visual effects lol! ) |
| geek_0800xford |
March 16, 2010, 10:08 pm |
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#41 | | dual boot for the win |
| geek_duggin |
March 16, 2010, 10:09 pm |
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#42 | | Wouldn't have thought so - done it lots of times before - but I haven't ruled it out. :) |
| geek_charles.j |
March 16, 2010, 10:09 pm |
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#43 | Yea Dual Boot is great
Ubuntu is brilliant on my laptop |
| geek_duggin |
March 16, 2010, 10:11 pm |
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#44 | | You're right, so I didn't. Think I chose 32, not sure now, but it wasn't full speed. |
| geek_duggin |
March 16, 2010, 10:12 pm |
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#45 | | Hope your icon wasn't a wolf whistle 0800. lol. |
| geek_0800xford |
March 16, 2010, 10:13 pm |
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#46 | i bet badcam wanted this
edit: ouch, i missed the 50 |
| geek_0800xford |
March 16, 2010, 10:15 pm |
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#47 | dual boot = have multiple OS's installed at a time, i think i have 4 on this one?
hooooOOO000WWWllll! |
| geek_badcam |
March 16, 2010, 10:16 pm |
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#48 | | To use the Live CD/DVD yes. But, if you want to then install that Distro, it becomes a Dual Boot if it's installed next to another OS. |
| geek_duggin |
March 16, 2010, 10:16 pm |
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#49 | | dual boot=kicked in the bum with both feet at the same time. |
| geek_duggin |
March 16, 2010, 10:19 pm |
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#50 | I have a spare hdd installed, so install the other os on that, then change the boot hdd in the bios. Leavs my existing setup inplace, and I can place hard without any worries.
Only done it with windows 7 rc1 but worked a treat. | |
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