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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
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                                  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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                                    scottalanmiller @thwr
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                                    @thwr said in Linux Installation Issues:

                                    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.

                                    Testing this one now.

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                                      scottalanmiller
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                                      Start up is still painfully slow. It'll be a bit before I know if this worked or not.

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                                        thwr @scottalanmiller
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                                        @scottalanmiller said in Linux Installation Issues:

                                        Start up is still painfully slow. It'll be a bit before I know if this worked or not.

                                        Looks like something is waiting for timeout

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                                          scottalanmiller @thwr
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                                          @thwr said in Linux Installation Issues:

                                          @scottalanmiller said in Linux Installation Issues:

                                          Start up is still painfully slow. It'll be a bit before I know if this worked or not.

                                          Looks like something is waiting for timeout

                                          Sort of, but it just keeps moving as well.

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                                            thwr @scottalanmiller
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                                            @scottalanmiller so you got further than before?

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