mint install failing

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I am trying to install Mint (MATE), but I am getting an error "No root file system is defined, please correct this from the partitioning menu"

I clicked the +, set the memory to 30000. It failed however

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@fathom steppe you there?

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I am,,

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did you resolve?

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No

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can you go to your pc and we fix?

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I unfortunately don't have enough time at the moment. Can I do this in like an hour and a half?

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Sure thing

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What am I doing wrong though?

When in windows it says I have 60 gb free

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to install, you need an root partition, and you aren't making one, so it complains

and also would be cool to clean up that partitioning overall, because it's kinda messy

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Yes. I agree.

Only problem is I don't know what's what

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I will guide you when you come

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Do you need me to take a picture of my current drives in windows before we go to linux?

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yes

and also check your boot mode in windows

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I have it going 1st to the usb, then to windowsm

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you on your pc now?

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Yes, I don't have much time though

One second

That's a little clearer

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click Win+X and open disk management

and I understand you want to install both Linux and windows?

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Done.

Yes.

I want to dual boot.

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what is the Recovery D?

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It's something windows made.

I see no point in itm

Never have

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We can just leave it alone then

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It's 13 gb

I'd like to regain that

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what you'd have to do now is to click on C: and Shrink it. You have very little space so you may want to remove some files. To run Mint, I suggest at least 60 GB

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show what's in that place

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These files were last used in 2017 and 2021

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What's the mynewgame folder? anything you want to keep?

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And 2023

No

Okay, empty.

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then you can open disk management and remove this partition

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Icm back

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Ok. now in search type msinfo32 and run it

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Wait.

How do you remove it?

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here, right click RECOVERY and remove

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Right click only shows help

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show

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Same if you click on the box as well below

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well. just leave it alone then xd

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Okay.

It's a windoze curse really. It's useless.

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run msinfo32

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Ok, all good. you can boot Linux mint now

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I used to run mint at one time. I want to go back to it

I need to backup on an external drive, but I'd totally go back to linux full force. I hate how with each update of windoze it gets slower and clunkier

And they force them on you too

Booting.

Thank you for all your help.

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Sure

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This takes a bit, or did last time.

I have about 15 minutes, until we'll have to pick up at home.

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Ok

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What did I do wrong exactly btw?

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You didn't create root

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It takes a long time with this jump drive.

I can skip the updates to the drivers until after it's installed. Correct?

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Yes

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If you don't have time now, we can try later

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I'm going to try, but I only have until 45 after.

Is there a mode in linux to stream your laptop's video to a bluetooth compatible monitor? (Asking While I'm waiting)

I have a cursor,,,

It's up now

What do I need to do at the partition screen

I'm on the screen now

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ok, in terminal type efibootmgr

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I had to stop, but I will boot up when I'm home and settled in

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Okay, I'm back.

Let me set up.

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Ok. start the installer and go thru

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It's loading.

Btw, will this automatically have a bootloader after it is installed?

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yes

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It's loading. It's slow.

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Okay. I'm there now

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go back and show the screen

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hmm, doesn't seem to list windows, for whatever reason

open Disks on mint and show your drive

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click on 1 tb disk

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6 can be gotten rid of.

3 is the jump drive, I think, 6 shows linux,,,,

And recovery can be gotten rid of.

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do NOT delete the first 3

the rest, inspect them and see if there's any valuable data, if no, remove with the red -

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Oh definitely not.

1 is the main one.

No, 3 is the main one

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1 is your bootloader
2 is Microsoft disk management
3 is windows

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Hiw do I inspect them

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click on each of them and press the ▶️ button

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4 is windows re tools

Which I don't need.

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I don't even know what that means

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It's a windows rescue. It's useless.

This is 6.

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seems like some leftover of Linux. delete

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Please walk me through this.

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what do you need help with tho?

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How to delete it

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select it and press the - in Disks app

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Done

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very good

now click on the partition 3 and click shrink

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My partitions are beautiful now

Not seeing shrink

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oh sorry, click the gear icon on par 3 and then resize

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Um, sou I started.doing that, and then cancelled.

Now it won't let me

Sorry

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press Check/Repair filesystem

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Repair?

Or check

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check

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It's undamaged

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then try repair

and then try to resize it again

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It's been repaired

Okay, resize works now

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shrink it at least 50-60 gb

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Okay. Taking it down 34 gb, making it 50

Resizing

What's the next step?

It's going to probably be awhile

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in the installer, select something else like you did before and then select "device for bootloader installation" at the bottom and select /dev/sda1 (your eif ;partition)

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Okay. Will all the rest be smooth sailing?

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no

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Thank you for all of your help

May I tag you when I am ready for the next step?

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yes

you also need to make a new partition, all size and mount /

then you can install

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Oh it's done!

Go back to the install?

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yes

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Continue?

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Like that?

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select this yes

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It won't let me.

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and wtf happened to your partitions?

open disks app

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Maybe I should restart the install.

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and show whats there

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It's the install. It's going off what used to be there.

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yes.

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Start over

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it propably hasn't updated yet. so you can go back and then there again or just close and open the install again

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I'm already much happier with Linux's speed. Windows is really weighed down

It's got a few more screens to get there.

I have a new option!

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it appeared because the partitions are finally normal, lol

but you can do Something else if you want

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Yes?

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yes

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Okay. It's installing.

Anything else I need to know?

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you can set your windows drive to auto-mount on startup

if you want to access your windows files

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It should be a choice right now.

Thanks again for all your help!!!

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sure

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It boots to Windows. I think I might have to adjust the boot order in the BIOS to fix this.

Am I right?

Or should I just look for a bootloader?

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yes, put 'ubuntu' at the top

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I want it to bring up the menu, asking which I want to load

Still do that?

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run boot-repair from the live USB

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Just did that, it still loads into windoze

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I did it on linux side

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bcdedit /set {bootmgr} path \EFI\ubuntu\grubx64.efi

run this from windows cmd

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run cmd as administrator

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Oh there's a space there.

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oh

now try to turn it off and reboot

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Still loads to windows

I think I'm going to have to look into getting a bootloader

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a what?

linux comes with a bootloader .. other wise you wounldn't be able to boot?

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Dual bootloader

Like something you can choose what OS you want to use.

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that comes with mint

go to your BIOS and show the boot options

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May I dm you?

Got it!

I changed the boot order from windows to linux, and linux always offers the boot menu

Thank you again for your help

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sure

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I have one issue, but even in the linux community this is an issue,,,, the J5create USB to HDMI Model JUA258 is not being recognized, and support on the website is for windows and mac. Not linux support.