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Quick query about Linux Mint
15-07-2013 9:17 PM
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I want to boot from the DVD on a laptop.
I fire up the laptop with the DVD loaded.
I get the Linux Mint automatic boot countdown.
I then get a black screen with a LM logo in the centre.
I am expecting an options menu but one is not forthcoming.
Where did I go wrong?
It's Linux Mint 15 cinnamon
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Re: Quick query about Linux Mint
15-07-2013 10:15 PM
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Re: Quick query about Linux Mint
15-07-2013 10:29 PM
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Quote from: Strat Where did I go wrong?
Expecting an options menu
On my MacBook it goes from black screen with a LM logo in the centre to the desktop (takes a little while though when booting from DVD).
Re: Quick query about Linux Mint
15-07-2013 11:08 PM
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I'm not wanting to install it...God forbid!! I just want to run it from the DVD for now.
I've done this with a copy of Ubuntu a while back..
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Re: Quick query about Linux Mint
15-07-2013 11:40 PM
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Re: Quick query about Linux Mint
16-07-2013 12:08 AM
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Quote from: Strat See attached pic from the documentation http://www.linuxmint.com/documentation/user-guide/english_15.0.pdf
Hit enter during the automatic countdown to get to those options; the 'Start Linux Mint' option has the same effect as letting the automatic countdown complete - Mint runs in Live mode (the installer is launched from the desktop of the running system).
Re: Quick query about Linux Mint
16-07-2013 9:13 AM
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Re: Quick query about Linux Mint
16-07-2013 10:24 AM
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Quote from: Strat I then get a black screen with a LM logo in the centre.
Does it proceed to load after this?
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Re: Quick query about Linux Mint
16-07-2013 11:24 AM
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Seriously I left it in that state for a good 15 minutes with no change. I'll give it longer and see.
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Re: Quick query about Linux Mint
16-07-2013 11:29 AM
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16-07-2013 11:30 AM
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Re: Quick query about Linux Mint
16-07-2013 11:36 AM
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As I said before I used Ubuntu some time ago as a test OS for an iffy laptop and it ran from the CD much quicker than this.
I guess Linux has gone the way of windows in respect of load size.
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Re: Quick query about Linux Mint
16-07-2013 12:20 PM
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Quote Kernel panic - not syncing switching back to text console
I'll try Ubuntu.
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Re: Quick query about Linux Mint
16-07-2013 12:28 PM
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2 wait 5 minutes ( make a cuppa )
3 insert DVD
4 Switch on computer
5 press Enter key on "start linud Mint"
6 wait approx 2 mins for it to "load up"
7 you should now have the linux Mint logo as your desktop, and the icon to "install Linux Mint " at the top left (2nd down) Icon
8 ready to "play"...
You might have to go through the hoops if you want to use WIFI connection to your router... ( need to be wired up first, to download the B46 driver perhaps ).
Re: Quick query about Linux Mint
16-07-2013 12:30 PM
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Maybe the installation process checks for the presence of another OS, finds Vista installed and decides the owner is too stupid to install an OS.
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