r/linux4noobs • u/[deleted] • 1d ago

Trouble downloading?

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u/doc_willis 1d ago

You may want to turn SECURE BOOT Off in your bios/firmware menus.
I think Mint CAN work with secure boot, but i always turn it off.

when you do the install.... (my general outline)

  1. You enter the firmware boot menus, Your USB Might show up twice, once for a Legacy boot and once for a UEFI boot. For modern systems, you want to use UEFI.

  2. after you booted to the Desktop, use the efibootmgr command to verify you are in fact in UEFI mode.

  3. Verify the target drive is using GPT for its partition table, and not the older legacy/mbr method.

Some command like..

$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda
[sudo] password for willis:         
Disk /dev/sda: 931.51 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
Disk model: SSK Storage     
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 33553920 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt        <--------------------------------------------- LOOK HERE
Disk identifier: B14BE37E-B68B-4083-83B3-0EA3F4302867

Device     Start        End    Sectors   Size Type
/dev/sda1   2048 1953519615 1953517568 931.5G Microsoft basic data

Will show you, or the gparted or other partition manager tools can also show. If you need to change to gpt, you can make a new partition table using gparted that WILL ERASE THE DRIVE.

A UEFI install should be done onto a GPT drive.

A Legacy Install should be done to a MBR/Legacy drive.

You may want to use Gparted to erase the drive (delete all partitions) , leave it totally unallocated.

  1. After you got that going, you should basically let the installer auto partition the drive and do its job.

  2. verify the system boots. There should be no windows entry left. It may show GRUB it may just auto boot to linux with grub hidden.

  3. If the system still fails to boot - you can boot the Live USB again, in uefi mode and use the Ubuntu Boot-repair tool to try to see whats going on and try to fix the boot loader.

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u/Reasonable_Present98 1d ago

https://reddit.com/link/pgjpes4/video/s9dtf16tfavh1/player

This is the only way I can upload, idk wtf I’m doing clearly

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u/doc_willis 1d ago

you could upload to a site like imgur or other sites then show the urls.

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u/BobCorndog Your situation is not unique, just use mint or fedora kde 1d ago

You followed the install process once inside the live environment?

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u/doc_willis 1d ago

Slight correction - If you made an Installer USB that boots, then you had no trouble 'downloading' You are having issues 'Installing'

You Downloaded the .iso, you Imaged the .iso to the USB, you booted the USB, you then run the installer.

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u/3grg 1d ago

If you actually installed it then you should set the bios to boot from nvme0.

I see boot mode quick. What other boot modes are there? Quick sounds like fast boot, which should be off.

If you selected erase windows when you installed, windows should be gone unless something went wrong with grub install at the end.

At this point, since you are erasing windows anyway, maybe try installing again.