Error booting linux mint from usb using ventoy | Linux Mint Community🍵 | Page 1

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:09 PM

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took me a while but i finally managed to get into ventoy, selected linux mint cinnamon booted in normal mode, i then tried to start linux mint but it showed me this screen i then turned off secure boot, didn't do anything, dunno what to do

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:11 PM

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alright then.. if that doesn't work (probably a bad iso) then get this:

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coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:14 PM

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?

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:14 PM

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it's here:

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https://gparted.org/download.php scroll down a bit, get the 64 bit iso (only half a gig)

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coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:15 PM

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i have gparted

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already

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:15 PM

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the live iso ?

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:16 PM

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no

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:16 PM

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get the live iso there then. u can save it to the Ventoy drive, then pick it when u ventoy-boot

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:16 PM

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ok

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:17 PM

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quartz furnace

it will look like this after booting up

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:17 PM

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what do i do there

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:18 PM

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then you can run gparted and fix your hard drive for windows?

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which I can help u on when u get there

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:19 PM

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ok

lament rapids Jan 6, 2024, 10:19 PM

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coarse copper took me a while but i finally managed to get into ventoy, selected linux mint ci...

Either flashing didn't work alright, or you got one of those beautiful Nvidia chip sets on your motherboard which screw with USB.

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(or something else broke USB data transfer)

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:20 PM

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are you supposed to copy the iso file onto the ventoy drive

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:20 PM

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that's alright, we'll try a different USB port this time

lament rapids Jan 6, 2024, 10:20 PM

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coarse copper are you supposed to copy the iso file onto the ventoy drive

Yes.

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:20 PM

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thats what i did

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:20 PM

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coarse copper are you supposed to copy the iso file onto the ventoy drive

yes or choose to directly save it to venoty

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whatever drive that happens to be

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copy or save-to up to u

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:21 PM

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i have 6 total usb slots

lament rapids Jan 6, 2024, 10:21 PM

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lament rapids Either flashing didn't work alright, or you got one of those beautiful Nvidia ch...

I've had this experience with an AM3 motherboard where the Nvidia chip set continuously caused all USB data before boot to be read out incorrectly about 90% of the time. I just had to keep trying again until it worked every time I had to boot from USB.

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:21 PM

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well, we'll try it running the gparted-live(debian) iso, and see if it errors out too

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it can't always be the case cuz Sea Wolf managed to somehow already install Mint.

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:23 PM

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lol

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im gonna restart into bios now

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:23 PM

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wait hang on please

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:23 PM

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ok

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:23 PM

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are u with me?.. ok

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one thing i would like to ask first

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:23 PM

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yeah

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:23 PM

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is to check some deets on ur ventoy core stuff

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ur in the working linux mint right now, right?

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:24 PM

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yeah

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:24 PM

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alright, can you go to the folder where you saved the ventoy installation files please

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:25 PM

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downloads

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:25 PM

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yes and that got you a .zip file

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where did you unzip it to?

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:26 PM

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you mean tar?

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:26 PM

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ya tar.gz file. where did u unzip it to? go into THAT folder

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it be called ventoy-1.096

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:26 PM

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unzipped it into downloads

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yes it's there

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:27 PM

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alright, so once in that

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right click a blank area in the file pane, and select 'open terminal here'

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:28 PM

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i did that already to install it

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but ok

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:28 PM

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yes i know. i need to ask something

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once in the terminal there, run the installer like so:
./VentoyGUI.x86_64

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:30 PM

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ok

lament rapids Jan 6, 2024, 10:30 PM

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quartz furnace it can't always be the case cuz Sea Wolf managed to somehow already install Mint...

Yeah, I said 90% of the time too

The other 10% is when it'd actually boot despite the crappy Nvidia USB controller 🫠

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:31 PM

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so once you're in that window, where it says Ventoy in Device, does it show MBR or GPT?

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:31 PM

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MBR

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:31 PM

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alright. that's all i wanted to know.

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cancel out, go ahead n boot to usb

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:32 PM

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why did you wanna know that

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:32 PM

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kind of important

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I think it is anyway

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:33 PM

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K I restarted, talking to you on my phone now

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Normal mode?

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:33 PM

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yes

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:34 PM

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Now what

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:34 PM

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u boot up to the live environment desktop as shown in the pic?

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:34 PM

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quartz furnace

ie -

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:34 PM

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Bunch of code just came up

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:34 PM

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give it time

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:35 PM

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quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:35 PM

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does your USB drive have a blinker light on it?

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:35 PM

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No

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:36 PM

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anyways , hit ok

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just keyboard layout.. should default to english us anyway

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:37 PM

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So I do don't touch keymap?

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:37 PM

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that's right

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give it time n mesg when ur at the thing

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:38 PM

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The thing

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:38 PM

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"desktop"

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:38 PM

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lament rapids Jan 6, 2024, 10:39 PM

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coarse copper

0 > enter 👍

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:39 PM

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x is the graphical session btw

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:41 PM

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Phone died

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Charging now Lmao

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:41 PM

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ok.

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:41 PM

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Taking to you on 0% cheez

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:42 PM

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yeah but it's plugged in so should be fine

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once you're here, we continue:

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:44 PM

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Ok in there now

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:45 PM

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does the computer you're working on have wired ethernet?

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:45 PM

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Yes

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:45 PM

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grab Disks while waiting on phone charge

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open terminal , and do apt search gnome-disk-utility

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is it able to find?

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:46 PM

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Think so

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:47 PM

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ok then sudo apt install gnome-disk-utility

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sudo password should be live

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or it will just do it without asking

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:48 PM

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Can't locate it

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Are there any capitals?

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:48 PM

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no.. check first
ping www.yahoo.com

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does it return some data packets n give info?

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:49 PM

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It says temporary failure in name resolution

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:50 PM

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launch the built in web browser, try to surf to any site

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:50 PM

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Can't

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:51 PM

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try to do the network setup thing on the desktop..

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should have an auto mode for your ethernet

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and DHCP set, etc.. ipv4 auto

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:52 PM

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Now it works

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:52 PM

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ok back to terminal n arrow up a few times till u get to install gnome disks, then Enter.

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:53 PM

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Same result

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Can't

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:53 PM

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sudo apt update

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after update, arrow up n try again

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:54 PM

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OK it worked

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:54 PM

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once installed, run it : gnome-disks from command line

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then locate your hard drive on the left side, click it n we'll see some stuff. send a pic if ur phone has the power

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by the way, welcome to Debian. You're running it now.

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a very slim distro of it, anyway

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 10:58 PM

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quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 10:59 PM

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coarse copper

wrong drive. i said the hard drive. also take pictures sideways please

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:00 PM

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quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:01 PM

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good. take not that your Lexar SSD has been setup as GUID Partition Table (GPT)

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as shown on the fourth line of text

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now click partition 2, and hit the play button, (this mounts it as working media) n send pic

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try to get the full frame of the program in the pic

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:04 PM

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quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:05 PM

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good. Note the 1.9 TB free that it reports

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and also note its UUID

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also note since that partition has no label, it mounted it in the live system in media/user/xxxxxxxxxUUIDnumber

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just a note to know.

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alright, close Disks.. fire up gparted from the desktop shortcut

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:07 PM

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K

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quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:09 PM

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so, now it's your choice, do you :
a) want to wipe the whole drive in gparted, (erasing the current install of Mint) and proceed to install Windows (recommended)
b) split the drive into two, and try installing Windows now, and repairing the Mint boot loader later

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note: you can save your home folder in linux mint from this environment

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:10 PM

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If I split the drive could windows screw over Linux

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:10 PM

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yeah it will screw over the startup

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it is repairable but could take some fair amount of messing around afterwards

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:11 PM

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Then let's just do windows

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But there may be an issue

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:11 PM

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which option, a or b?

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:11 PM

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I forgot to put windows on my USB

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However

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I have a laptop that I left at my dad's, he just came over and brought it

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Would it be possible to take out the drive now

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:12 PM

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that's fine you can exit gparted live, n copy over the thing.. but u'd have to shut down now

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:12 PM

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Vento drive

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:13 PM

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but what option did u want to do a) or b) ^

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:13 PM

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A

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:13 PM

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ok, and do you want to copy over any saved data from the Mint partition? any text files, pictures or settings?

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:13 PM

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Nah

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:13 PM

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since you're going to wipe the whole thing.

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:14 PM

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Yeah that's fine

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Maybe one image

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:14 PM

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alright so shut down.. boot back up to Mint.. then copy the Win ISO to the inserted Ventoy USB.

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:14 PM

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Jk

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:14 PM

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and while ur there, in Mint, u can also copy the one image or whatever files also onto your ventoy

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:15 PM

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quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:15 PM

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you may remove

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:16 PM

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Damn that's blurry

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:16 PM

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just replug it again when u get to Mint desktop

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:17 PM

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But I might spend most of my time on Linux

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Windows will be for gaming strictly

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:18 PM

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also do me a favour... go back to that Downloads folder, and copy the Ventoy folder that had all the install files for Ventoy program ONTO YOUR ventoy usb stick . just copy/paste the 'ventoy-1.0.96' folder

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might need it later

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:18 PM

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OK

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:19 PM

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do me another favour

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:20 PM

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I put 104 images on it

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:20 PM

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run that ./ command u did before in the Mint terminal.. the one that got you to the ventoy installer window

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(just arrow up in Terminal, it would have remembered history commands)

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:21 PM

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OK

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:21 PM

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so idk if ur files copied yet.. did they finish?

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:22 PM

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Yeah

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:22 PM

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I'm thinking it's safer to make the Ventoy stick in GPT mode

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so open the ventoy gui 64 installer program from the Mint terminal

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:23 PM

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Ventoy2disk?

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:24 PM

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no

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i mean yea i guess.

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remember the thing i asked way before on whether it had mbr or gpt?

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:24 PM

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Yeah

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:24 PM

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get to that window

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:24 PM

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Here

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:25 PM

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and then from the Options menu, try changing the Partition style to GPT (if it lets you)

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:25 PM

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Only the left turned gpt

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Is that OK

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:25 PM

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no

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left means that's what's in the installer files folder , the right side is what's in the secret bootup area of ur usb flash stick

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u may have to hit update

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:26 PM

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Did

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:26 PM

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ok so now it's gpt on both?

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:26 PM

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Still mbr

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:27 PM

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gpt on left, and mbr on right?

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:27 PM

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Should I turn off secure boot support

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:27 PM

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nah leave it on

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:27 PM

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I turned off secure boot

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:27 PM

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leave it on

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the option in ventoy i mean

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:27 PM

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K

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:28 PM

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ok exit that.. u copy ur Win ISO over?

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:28 PM

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The right is still mbr

red cipher Jan 6, 2024, 11:28 PM

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coarse copper took me a while but i finally managed to get into ventoy, selected linux mint ci...

you have to enable secure boot support for ventoy

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should look like tis'

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:30 PM

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red cipher should look like tis'

he had it on MBR before, it doesnt seem to be changeable now after even hitting update button .. We WERE however able to boot a gparted-live session as such though

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:30 PM

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quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:30 PM

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coarse copper

hit update button again

red cipher Jan 6, 2024, 11:30 PM

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coarse copper

looks good

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:30 PM

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Still nbr

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Mbr

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:30 PM

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k nvm for now

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u got ur win iso ready?

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:31 PM

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Not yet I will bite

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Autocorrect moment

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:31 PM

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yeah copy it over.. imma 'av a coffee goin

red cipher Jan 6, 2024, 11:31 PM

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coarse copper Not yet I will bite

now what you want to boot? mint?

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:31 PM

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K

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:31 PM

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then we go back to gparted live as before

red cipher Jan 6, 2024, 11:31 PM

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or dual boot?

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:32 PM

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red cipher or dual boot?

gonna aim for that.. need to do a wipe, then windows, thn mint

red cipher Jan 6, 2024, 11:32 PM

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quartz furnace gonna aim for that.. need to do a wipe, then windows, thn mint

backup, then nuke and fresh dual boot I guess

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:33 PM

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quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:33 PM

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yup.

red cipher Jan 6, 2024, 11:33 PM

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coarse copper

????

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:33 PM

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oh ur pet

red cipher Jan 6, 2024, 11:33 PM

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terry

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:33 PM

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i thought it was just a random lizard before

red cipher Jan 6, 2024, 11:34 PM

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wtf

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:34 PM

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That is my bearded dragon tilly

red cipher Jan 6, 2024, 11:34 PM

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.... how is that relevant to this ticket?

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:34 PM

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Not

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:34 PM

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lol just waiting n chilling on copy

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:34 PM

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But now windows is done copying

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:35 PM

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out of curiosity, how BIG is that win iso?

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:35 PM

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6.8gb

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:35 PM

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ah ok

red cipher Jan 6, 2024, 11:35 PM

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coarse copper But now windows is done copying

backup, then nuke and fresh dual boot I guess???

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:37 PM

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ok so what u should have on your ventoy stick now is:

Windows 10 iso
gparted live iso
possibly screwed (failed parity) Mint iso
the Ventoy folders with all the installation files from the tar zip
your backup photos n stuff

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is this correct?

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:37 PM

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Dang you reminded me of the ventoy folders

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OK now that's done

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Should I get a new mint iso?

magic wyvern Jan 6, 2024, 11:39 PM

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yeah

red cipher Jan 6, 2024, 11:40 PM

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coarse copper Dang you reminded me of the ventoy folders

you could just wipe the flash drive, make a new ventoy usb, then place the isos again

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:41 PM

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coarse copper Should I get a new mint iso?

nah, it was probably the port being glitchy as Simon said earlier

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:41 PM

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K

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:42 PM

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at least if u get Windows installed and running fine, you'll have options to diagnose the linux iso or whatnot later on

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u COULD troubleshoot it right now too, since ur still in Mint

red cipher Jan 6, 2024, 11:43 PM

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coarse copper K

tldr, you have mint already installed and want a dual boot?

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:43 PM

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ya

red cipher Jan 6, 2024, 11:44 PM

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they can do that with this video, or go the traditional way by nuke and clean dual boot

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yoef25mOYPs

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Install Windows over existing Linux Mint in dual boot mode using bo...

The process of how to install windows over existing Linux Mint in dual boot mode. You will need to create Windows and Linux Mint bootable Flash Drive, free some space, install Windows and repair boot loader. For Windows, you will need at least 8 GB flash drive, for Linux Mint, you will need at least 2 GB flash drive.

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@coarse copper @quartz furnace

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:47 PM

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yeah option a) nuke n do clean install in proper order

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:47 PM

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@quartz furnace so do I go back to where I was now?

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:47 PM

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coarse copper <@725510568492138497> so do I go back to where I was now?

reboot to the ventoy stick, gparted live

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:47 PM

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Ok

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On I'm there now

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Ok*

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Now what

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:51 PM

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coarse copper Now what

run gparted, n pick the 2TB drive from a list in the top right corner

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it will show the 2 TB graphic rectangle in the middle

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with similar results to what Disks showed.. right click it or go to the top partition menu : and choose New Partition Table

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:52 PM

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Ok

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:52 PM

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and make it GPT style

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it will likely warn u that it will erase that whole drive.. make double sure ur on the right drive

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:54 PM

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Not there

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:56 PM

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sorry i may have mistaken.. see in Device Menu

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@coarse copper

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:57 PM

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Ok

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Did it

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:58 PM

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alright.. now there's a big checkmark button on toolbar.. is it green?

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:58 PM

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No

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:58 PM

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greyed out?

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:58 PM

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Yeah

quartz furnace Jan 6, 2024, 11:59 PM

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ok close gparted.. after a second, relaunch it, and go to the same drive. it should show as all blank space unformatted

coarse copper Jan 6, 2024, 11:59 PM

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It says unallocated

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1.82tb

red cipher Jan 7, 2024, 12:01 AM

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coarse copper It says unallocated

now boot to the windowz installer

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from it, you make the partitions for windowz and leave some space for mint

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 12:01 AM

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yeah ^

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Note: Windows will install, then afterwards, when Mint installer is run, it will give you a very simple way to "split" the drive once it sees that Windows is on it.

red cipher Jan 7, 2024, 12:04 AM

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quartz furnace Note: Windows will install, then afterwards, when Mint installer is run, it will...

kinda, they can still go full manual install, we can guide

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 12:04 AM

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Alright I am there

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Where do you want to install windows

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Do I just do next

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 12:06 AM

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coarse copper Do I just do next

yeah.. fresh install

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 12:06 AM

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Ok

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 12:06 AM

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n then it will give u some advanced button

red cipher Jan 7, 2024, 12:07 AM

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coarse copper Ok

send a shot when you reach the partitioning part

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 12:07 AM

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Ok

red cipher Jan 7, 2024, 12:08 AM

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because you have to calculate the size for the windowz partition

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 12:14 AM

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it should find a drive but say there's no space or sumthing.. u will likely hit the New button

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 12:15 AM

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I just signed in to Microsoft

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Am I supposed to be here

red cipher Jan 7, 2024, 12:17 AM

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coarse copper I just signed in to Microsoft

wdym

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you don't need to do that tbh

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 12:23 AM

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I am in windows now

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 12:23 AM

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alright so if that works.. verify the linux mint ISO

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i'm pretty sure that it can be done with powershell

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 12:24 AM

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How

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 12:28 AM

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open powershell, then type Get-FileHash e:\name of mint.iso

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assuming e: is the drive letter of the ventoy usb

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 12:31 AM

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downloaded discord and signed in

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i can talk to you much easier now

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doesn't work

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 12:33 AM

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um.. check ur file manager

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for the ventoy drive letter

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 12:34 AM

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d

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 12:34 AM

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oh ok so in powershell just type d:

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and hit enter

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then dir

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u should see the iso files yes?

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 12:35 AM

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are you sure saying mint.iso will work?

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 12:37 AM

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lol no was just abbreviating

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Get-FileHash <exact name of your Mint iso file>

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give it a bit of time to calculate it

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 12:40 AM

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now working

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 12:41 AM

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ok so leave that powershell window open,

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go to the linuxmint website,

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do the download area

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*to the

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find that same iso from where you first got it, there should be around there a SHA256 sum string of text

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 12:42 AM

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Which one

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 12:42 AM

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compare that very well to the results in powershell

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 12:42 AM

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I used a torrent

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 12:42 AM

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hmm

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 12:42 AM

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The other times

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 12:42 AM

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it shouldnt matter tho

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if the torrent was legit, then it would have the same sum check posted by the authors of mint

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 12:44 AM

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How do I install it then

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Unless I use another torrent

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 12:45 AM

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u may not have to get another iso.. just see that sha256sum.txt link

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and compare the string to the powershell results. if they match, then it should be good

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if not, then u should re-download it

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 12:46 AM

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With a torrent?

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 12:46 AM

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doesnt matter

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 12:46 AM

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But it might take a while

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 12:46 AM

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but maybe try it however u got it the first time when u installed mint

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 12:47 AM

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Torrented it the first time

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 12:47 AM

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aight. like i said, doesnt matter. verify what u have now

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if the sums match, we can proceed

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 12:49 AM

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linuxmint iso is mounted

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 12:49 AM

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meh.. unmount it

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do the sums match?

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 12:50 AM

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wdym sums

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 12:50 AM

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quartz furnace

this vs what u got in powershell when u did the hash file

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 12:50 AM

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hash file didn't work

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 12:51 AM

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coarse copper now working

thought u said it was

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 12:51 AM

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typo...

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i didn't notice it

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 12:52 AM

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ok anyways. copy the ISO file from your thumb drive to the Windows SSD

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 12:53 AM

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local disk?

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 12:53 AM

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ya

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 12:53 AM

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ok

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 12:53 AM

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ok do a restart, and boot to Ventoy splash

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wait, change the usb port

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plug the stick to a farther away one

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once it's done copying fully

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and u eject it safely

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might have just been the port raising issues before

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reboot to the USB, and pick Mint from the ventoy splash

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 12:59 AM

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Same thing

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 1:05 AM

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coarse copper Same thing

ok.. reboot to gparted live

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 1:10 AM

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Ok there

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quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 1:12 AM

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ok is there a file manager there?

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 1:13 AM

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No

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 1:14 AM

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ok open terminal, and enter lsblk

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you should see the 2 Terabyte drive listed..

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note the device id name

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not the UUID,

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but something like /dev/nvme0

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@coarse copper u see it?

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 1:17 AM

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Yeah

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 1:17 AM

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is it nvme0 exactly like that?

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 1:17 AM

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No

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 1:17 AM

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what is it?

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 1:19 AM

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quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 1:19 AM

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ok then nvme0n1 is the disk device name

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mount /dev/nvme0n1 /mnt

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enter that, then cd /mnt

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since you dont have a file manager to mount disks easily, that command will ready your SSD to the location /mnt so we can verify the darn iso u saved on it

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 1:22 AM

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quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 1:23 AM

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hit up arrow, and put sudo and a space before all of that

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 1:24 AM

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Oh

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 1:25 AM

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hit up arrow again and put one forward slash right after mnt

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 1:28 AM

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Same thing

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 1:29 AM

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kek.. ffs. alright close that.. run the network wizard thing on the desktop again

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then after it sets up network for you
do sudo apt install thunar

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 1:31 AM

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Wdym wizard

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 1:31 AM

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the network setup wizard icon on ur desktop in gparted

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 1:31 AM

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and what is thunar

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 1:32 AM

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a file manager

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 1:32 AM

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Ok

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 1:32 AM

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u could do nemo instead

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or pcmanfm

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the last being the fastest

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may have to do sudo apt update first

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once u get ur net on

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 1:36 AM

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i did pcmanfm because thunar didn't work

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 1:37 AM

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ok so run it.. type that name as a command in terminal

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then in the devices list on the left, click the nvme drive to mount it

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 1:38 AM

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there is nothing there

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on the left

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 1:38 AM

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scroll down

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 1:38 AM

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just the home folder

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nothing else

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15 total files

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 1:39 AM

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da fugg.. sudo apt install gnome-disk-utility

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 1:39 AM

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they were hidden

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 1:39 AM

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then gnome-disks

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find ur nvme drive as before, hit the play button on the main big partition of it where Windows now lives.

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 1:41 AM

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doesn't work

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it says it can't find package

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 1:41 AM

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sudo apt update

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and make sure all is spelled correctly as above

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 1:43 AM

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still doesn't work

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 1:43 AM

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... weird it installed last time

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did update work?

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 1:43 AM

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yeah

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 1:44 AM

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check the spelling

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sudo apt install gnome-disk-utility

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im pretty sure it's not plural disks in that

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or try it with plural

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 1:45 AM

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plural doesn't work

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and i spelled correctly

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 1:46 AM

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hang on

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earlier we did apt search gnome-disk-utility

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that runs a package search and it seemed to find it.

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try that command

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 1:49 AM

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didn't work

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i even updated after it didn't work the first time

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 1:52 AM

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just wanna verify that iso

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i guess do it on Windows

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verify the mint iso.. get a windows based graphical program if you want .. search the microsoft store for sha256 checker

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if that result code is off from the linux mint website sha256sum.txt, then get a new mint iso, and install

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 1:55 AM

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can we do this tommorow

quartz furnace Jan 7, 2024, 1:55 AM

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or just get a new iso

coarse copper Jan 7, 2024, 1:55 AM

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im kinda tired now

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