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      scottalanmiller
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      Running in compatibility mode things get farther...

      /init: line 7: can’t open /dev/sr0: No medium found
      

      Now this is what is catching me. It can't find its own live filesystem.

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        nadnerB
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        Did you disable secure boot in the UEFI?

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          nadnerB
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          Are you installing from USB, PXE or DVD?
          Can you run a live USB?

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            DustinB3403
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            Did you say you reinstalled windows to the spinner, and were going to install Mint to the SSD? Where is the Mint ISO being run from?

            Does a livecd run just fine?

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              chrisnbrooks @nadnerB
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              @scottalanmiller said in Linux Installation Issues:

              Now this is what is catching me. It can't find its own live filesystem.

              Wow. Run MemTest, maybe?

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                travisdh1 @scottalanmiller
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                @scottalanmiller said in Linux Installation Issues:

                Running in compatibility mode things get farther...

                /init: line 7: can’t open /dev/sr0: No medium found
                

                Now this is what is catching me. It can't find its own live filesystem.

                This drives me bat-**** crazy at times. A long time ago, in a drug induced haze, some Debian developer thought it would be a good idea to write a check to make sure that a cdrom is mounted and available in the installation routine. If it doesn't find a cdrom, never shall it move on.

                If you're using a usb stick, the "fix" is to have a copy of the iso on the stick and mount the iso to /cdrom.

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                  scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
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                  @DustinB3403 said in Linux Installation Issues:

                  Did you say you reinstalled windows to the spinner, and were going to install Mint to the SSD? Where is the Mint ISO being run from?

                  Does a livecd run just fine?

                  Who has CDs? It's 2016 for goodness sake!

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                    scottalanmiller @nadnerB
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                    @nadnerB said in Linux Installation Issues:

                    Are you installing from USB, PXE or DVD?
                    Can you run a live USB?

                    It's supposed to be a Live USB stick. It's gets this far from the USB stick and dies at this point.

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                      DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
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                      @scottalanmiller said in Linux Installation Issues:

                      @DustinB3403 said in Linux Installation Issues:

                      Did you say you reinstalled windows to the spinner, and were going to install Mint to the SSD? Where is the Mint ISO being run from?

                      Does a livecd run just fine?

                      Who has CDs? It's 2016 for goodness sake!

                      LiveCD, not bootable CD....... fine LiveUSB (better)?

                      goodness sake....

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                        wirestyle22 @travisdh1
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                        @travisdh1 said in Linux Installation Issues:

                        @scottalanmiller said in Linux Installation Issues:

                        Running in compatibility mode things get farther...

                        /init: line 7: can’t open /dev/sr0: No medium found
                        

                        Now this is what is catching me. It can't find its own live filesystem.

                        This drives me bat-**** crazy at times. A long time ago, in a drug induced haze, some Debian developer thought it would be a good idea to write a check to make sure that a cdrom is mounted and available in the installation routine. If it doesn't find a cdrom, never shall it move on.

                        If you're using a usb stick, the "fix" is to have a copy of the iso on the stick and mount the iso to /cdrom.

                        ugh

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                          travisdh1 @scottalanmiller
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                          @scottalanmiller said in Linux Installation Issues:

                          @DustinB3403 said in Linux Installation Issues:

                          Did you say you reinstalled windows to the spinner, and were going to install Mint to the SSD? Where is the Mint ISO being run from?

                          Does a livecd run just fine?

                          Who has CDs? It's 2016 for goodness sake!

                          Which it why it drives me bat-**** crazy 😉

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                            scottalanmiller @nadnerB
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                            @nadnerB said in Linux Installation Issues:

                            Did you disable secure boot in the UEFI?

                            Testing this now.

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                              scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
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                              @DustinB3403 said in Linux Installation Issues:

                              @scottalanmiller said in Linux Installation Issues:

                              @DustinB3403 said in Linux Installation Issues:

                              Did you say you reinstalled windows to the spinner, and were going to install Mint to the SSD? Where is the Mint ISO being run from?

                              Does a livecd run just fine?

                              Who has CDs? It's 2016 for goodness sake!

                              LiveCD, not bootable CD....... fine LiveUSB (better)?

                              goodness sake....

                              Live is the only install method for Mint.

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                                scottalanmiller
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                                No luck changing secure boot to off. Same behavior.

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                                  thwr
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                                  What about some other distro, just for testing? Could be a bad or missing kernel driver for example

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                                    thwr
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                                    Is there by any chance a NVidia card in that system? Noticed the nouveau driver. Can you disable the NVidia card (e.g. second onboard card)?

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                                      scottalanmiller @thwr
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                                      @thwr said in Linux Installation Issues:

                                      Is there by any chance a NVidia card in that system? Noticed the nouveau driver. Can you disable the NVidia card (e.g. second onboard card)?

                                      Yes there is. And yes I did, so it's out of the picture now.

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                                        scottalanmiller @thwr
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                                        @thwr said in Linux Installation Issues:

                                        What about some other distro, just for testing? Could be a bad or missing kernel driver for example

                                        Tried that too, basically the same thing.

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                                          scottalanmiller
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                                          Tried booting from DVD instead, and it behaves very different. Takes maybe ten minutes, is very slow and eventually drops me to a root login, which is useless as there is no password. So something is wrong but who knows what it is. But it is getting much farther, but not in a useful way.

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                                            thwr
                                            last edited by thwr

                                            https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2312977&p=13437524#post13437524

                                            Could you check oldfred's post (#7) and the following post #9? Looks like ASUS ROG is know for needing a kernel parameter, pci=nomsi.

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