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Post by alexham36 on Jan 14, 2009 15:41:38 GMT
I have downloaded Linux-Mint-6 and copied it to CD. I tried it in demonstration mode and it all worked, but when I tried to install it did not give me the option to chose which drive I wanted it on. I have 2 HDs and the larger is 250GB with 4 partitions.
When I came to Mint partitioner, it wanted to install itself on C: (Sd1) and I am not keen to do that. I would like it on one of the other empty partitions, but how do I do that?
Regards,
Alex
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Post by elvisuk on Jan 14, 2009 20:30:33 GMT
Alexhams36,
To install it on another drive do it manually not auto then you can chose which drive or partition you want to put mint.
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Post by mikkh on Jan 15, 2009 20:07:48 GMT
If you have two drives, the first one should be called sda, with C being called sda1
(a second Windows partition would be sda5 (2-4 are designated for system use) with all other partitions following on in a logical order)
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Post by mikkh on Jan 15, 2009 20:18:11 GMT
Are the four partitions on the second drive Windows or Linux ones btw?[/size][/font]
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Post by highlandpark on Jan 17, 2009 17:17:02 GMT
Could someone help please I have installed Linux Mint it installs but when I take the dual boot choice for linux I get a black screen and this message
Try (fd0) : invalid or null
missing MBR-helper .
has any one any ideas what i have done wrong please
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Post by mikkh on Jan 17, 2009 18:11:57 GMT
Was this a 'real' install (to a Linux partition) after booting from the CD, or using the 'wubi' style 'mint4win' utility inside Windows?
I suspect it was a real install judging by the error message, which seems to say you tried installing the boot-loader to a floppy disk you don't have?
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Post by highlandpark on Jan 18, 2009 17:44:32 GMT
hi mikkh thanks for help i installed the mint4win
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Post by mikkh on Jan 18, 2009 20:04:23 GMT
It's always been trouble and error free when I've done it - on a broad range of machines
Possible problem causers could be .....
Something USB plugged in that Linux objects to (other than keyboard/mouse, which Linux usualy handles faultlessly) Remove all USB peripherals and try again
Ultra new Motherboard that is not fully supported yet. Nothing you can do about this, apart from wait for a new release.
Some very weird old hardware that even Linux doesn't know about. It would have to be very off the wall because Linux still supports 10 year old + hardware - unlike Windows.
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