Error 1962: No Operating system found | Linux Mint Community🍵 | Page 1

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 4:47 PM

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Installed Mint on the fully format disk option. on a fairly old pc. this is the error I keep getting. Reinstalled it once. Changed the boot order in BIOS. and changed the Boot Mode. There is no CSM in bios to change.

Intel Boot agent GE v1.3.65
Machine type and Model: 7518C5U
System brand ID: ThinkCentre M81

This is the full message when booting in Legacy mode:
Error 1962: No operating system found.

This is the full message when booting in UTEF mode:
Intel(R) Boot Agent GE v1.3.65
Copyright (C) 1997-2010, Intel corporation

CLIENT MAC ADDR: -
GUID: -

PXE-E53: No Boot filename recieved

PXE-MOF: Exiting Intel Boot Agent

Error 1962: No operating system found.Press any key to repeat boot sequence.

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 4:52 PM

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sounds like a pre-2014 computer, right?

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 4:53 PM

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tiny shell sounds like a pre-2014 computer, right?

most likely. I honestly have no idea. the motherboard is old though.

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 4:53 PM

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boot the live usb up so u can show some info

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 4:53 PM

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yes sir

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im noob. that means " put the usb in and go to the place you installed linux on" right? just to make sure

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 4:54 PM

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ya to the live desktop environment

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aka 'boot live'

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then once at desktop, do ctrl-alt-t

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then do ls /sys/firmware/efi

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 4:56 PM

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ok

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should i send pics?

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 4:57 PM

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not just yet

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what's the result?

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a 'no files found' means it's booted as legacy BIOS

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 4:59 PM

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config table
fw platforn size
mok variables
runtime map
vars
efivars
fw vendors
runtime
systab

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 4:59 PM

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tiny shell a 'no files found' means it's booted as legacy BIOS

nope

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 4:59 PM

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oh so it's uefi

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 4:59 PM

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tiny shell oh so it's uefi

the second time i intalled it i changed the bios to uefi

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from auto.

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 4:59 PM

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do an inxi -SCM and show

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 5:01 PM

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my internet is slow sorry about that.

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 5:02 PM

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turn the megapixels down in camera settings

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dont need more than 1 Mpix photo

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or sign into discord from firefox in live mode, and do alt+prntscr

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 5:04 PM

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fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 5:05 PM

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tiny shell or sign into discord from firefox in live mode, and do alt+prntscr

the issue is. im from iran and everything is censored and filtered and i have to use cheap vpn all the time and discord does NOT like that. again very sorry. thanks for being patient

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 5:06 PM

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open gparted from start menu

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pick the system hard drive in the top right menubox, then show

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 5:07 PM

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yes sir

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tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 5:11 PM

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ok. did u boot up Mint ever?

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 5:11 PM

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what do you mean?

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 5:12 PM

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because it's using too many GB for a fresh install

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 5:12 PM

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I have not

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and ive told it to do a total disk format

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 5:12 PM

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should only occupy about 10 GiB fresh

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 5:12 PM

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no idea

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 5:12 PM

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open the app named DISKS

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then select hdd, then tell me what it says for 'partitioning style'

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 5:13 PM

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partition type: linux filesystem

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 5:13 PM

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no

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it the first 5 lines of text near top

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 5:14 PM

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EFI system

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tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 5:16 PM

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ok it's GPT

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u can read there

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5th line

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 5:17 PM

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would you believe i cant find it?xd

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 5:18 PM

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fallow fossil

boot flags are set correctly for UEFI boot.

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go to bios now

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 5:19 PM

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yessir

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 5:19 PM

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put system into pure UEFI boot mode

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then put loader named 'ubuntu' to top of boot list

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 5:20 PM

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Boot mode: UEFI

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 5:20 PM

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fallow fossil config table fw platforn size mok variables runtime map vars efivars fw vendors ...

this proves this live session was uefi-run

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 5:20 PM

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tiny shell then put loader named 'ubuntu' to top of boot list

theres no ubunto.
only the hard drive. toshiba hdw110

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 5:21 PM

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check for other boot modes

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that's legacy

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 5:21 PM

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i should be changing boot mode and then going to primary boot sequence correct?

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 5:22 PM

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yes

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 5:22 PM

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the sequence doesnt change when i change boot mode

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 5:22 PM

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ok boot the usb up again

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 5:22 PM

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yessir

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 5:23 PM

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same way as last time minutes ago

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 5:24 PM

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its up

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 5:25 PM

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ok

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 5:26 PM

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tiny shell then do `ls /sys/firmware/efi`

do this again

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to be sure it's uefi mode , results like last time

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 5:27 PM

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sane result

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 5:27 PM

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then search boot repair in start menu

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and do boot repair

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 5:27 PM

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its asking me if i want to automatically update now

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 5:27 PM

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nah

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 5:28 PM

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recommended repair
createbootinfo summary

advanced options

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 5:28 PM

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reco'd repair

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 5:29 PM

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imma tell you when its done or says anything.

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upload the report to a pastebin?

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 5:30 PM

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no

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just read it over what it did, so u learn

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 5:30 PM

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boot succesfully repaired

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you may now reboot

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do i reboot?

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 5:31 PM

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did you read the summary?

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 5:31 PM

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lemme

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 5:32 PM

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it should have made a UEFI entry in the ESP (partition 1)

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then you should find Ubuntu, in list of UEFI bootable things in BIOS.

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and ensure it is at top of list.

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then it should boot Mint

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 5:34 PM

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yep i see it in the report

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still no ubunto :(

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lemme check to see if it gives the same error

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yep

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 5:36 PM

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alright, then reboot to usb again. same way. pure UEFI

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 5:37 PM

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yessir

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 5:37 PM

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once at desktop do the ls command from before, to again verify you're in uefi mode.

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u should see all those files n folders listed

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if you see them, then do this in gparted

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fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 5:38 PM

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tiny shell u should see all those files n folders listed

i do

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 5:39 PM

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once you do the thing like that with gparted, it should show whole hard drive empty / unallocated.. then install Mint again

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 5:39 PM

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created now gpt partition

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it erased all data

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 5:40 PM

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tiny shell once you do the thing like that with gparted, it should show whole hard drive e...

yessir

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imma come back at you in 15 mins or so

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erase disk and install?

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no partition? @tiny shell

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 6:16 PM

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done

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@tiny shell do i do anything else or restart?

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 6:19 PM

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u can check gparted

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n show it plz. @fallow fossil

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used space shouldnt be 15 GiB

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pretty sure of that

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 6:20 PM

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yessir

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its MORE KEKW

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 6:20 PM

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show full pic

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 6:21 PM

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tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 6:23 PM

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ok maybe it will clean itself. try a reboot

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 6:23 PM

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ok

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same error

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no operating system found

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 7:09 PM

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show bios boot screens

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in its setup

fair jewel Mar 11, 2025, 7:10 PM

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PXE is boot over the network

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notably you need install it and boot it in the same mode

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eg if you ran the installer in legacy mode leave it in legacy mode

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or vice versa

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 7:11 PM

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yeh, their not as of yet seeing the uefi loader, i think

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aka 'ubuntu'

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soon will see crazy bios screens

fair jewel Mar 11, 2025, 7:12 PM

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I would suggest since you just installed just redo it verify what you set it to

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 7:12 PM

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is it ok to send links here?

fair jewel Mar 11, 2025, 7:12 PM

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eg set it in EUFI only mode and install

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and if that doesn't work try the same in legacy mode

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 7:12 PM

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i had OP start usb in uefi, and confirm that fact

fair jewel Mar 11, 2025, 7:13 PM

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great

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so there is no reason to see anything useful in legacy mode

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 7:13 PM

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Screenshot_2025-03-11-22-43-32-609_com.discord.jpg

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hmm the problem with the workaround i used was for a specialized custom linux distro called batocera and honestly i haven't really looked into why the work around works and unfortunately the solution there will not directly translate how you'd install Mint https://forum.batocera.org/d/7761-error-1962-no-operating-system-found/7

maybe something here https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=362954

I asked another server as well and they told me this

Batocera.Linux - Forum

error 1962: no operating system found

Hello everyone :) I’ve installed a great product batocera on USB Flash. My next step is to install the batocera on HDD of my PC. How I did it? I’ve loaded ba...

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 7:15 PM

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tiny shell show bios boot screens

ok. I was reinstalling lemme reinstall 😅

fair jewel Mar 11, 2025, 7:15 PM

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found a thread which said that it only worked for them in legacy mode

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https://www.reddit.com/r/linux4noobs/comments/hq5bzy/install_help_for_ubuntu_2004_on_a_lenovo/

From the linux4noobs community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the linux4noobs community

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also make sure you disable secure boot

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actually sorry that makes no sense in legacy

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 7:16 PM

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fair jewel also make sure you disable secure boot

literally doesnt have that option

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or the CSM option

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lemme reinstall imma send a pic of the boot menue

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 7:17 PM

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well it may say legacy, not csm

fair jewel Mar 11, 2025, 7:17 PM

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it probably doesn't use reasonable nomenclature but its required by standard to have that option

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 7:17 PM

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tiny shell well it may say legacy, not csm

oh ok ok

fair jewel Mar 11, 2025, 7:17 PM

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the feature is required, the wording is not

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 7:17 PM

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fair jewel it probably doesn't use reasonable nomenclature but its required by standard to ...

I found a thread where it didnt have that option for him either and he had to update it.

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i cant find it

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but he might have also just didnt know the wording at first

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and with an update "found" it

fair jewel Mar 11, 2025, 7:18 PM

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oh lol it literally doesn't have secure boot according to lenovo

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 7:19 PM

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its actually a really bad board

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 7:19 PM

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alternate solution is: boot usbin pure legacy mode. confirm once at desktop, then install as pure legacy, then once done installing, use gparted to remove "boot,esp" flag, and put "boot, bls_boot" flag on first partition

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 7:19 PM

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im just broke xd

fair jewel Mar 11, 2025, 7:19 PM

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I think legacy mode which doesn't support secure boot by its very nature will be likely to work

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sometimes there is a buggy EUFI implimentation which is either harder to get to work or doesn't work at all

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 7:20 PM

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ok what do i do now? rn im installing mint again and then im going to send a pic of the boot menue

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is that right?

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 7:21 PM

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tiny shell alternate solution is: boot usbin pure legacy mode. confirm once at desktop, ...

.

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 7:21 PM

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how do i boot pure legacy?

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 7:21 PM

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use the red x option

fair jewel Mar 11, 2025, 7:22 PM

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in bios disable EUFI boot

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 7:22 PM

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ur thing may look different

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 7:22 PM

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and how do i stop the installation?

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 7:22 PM

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let it run

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 7:22 PM

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ok

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 7:22 PM

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if it is copying files rn

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if not, thn xkill it

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 7:22 PM

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also can i skip the language packages that take 30 mins to download?

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its retrieving files

fair jewel Mar 11, 2025, 7:23 PM

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strictly speaking if there is no useful info on the disk you can just power cycle it

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 7:23 PM

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if it didnt get past page4 just xkill it

fair jewel Mar 11, 2025, 7:23 PM

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notably don't do this if there is useful data on other partitions on that disk

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 7:23 PM

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fair jewel notably don't do this if there is useful data on other partitions on that disk

its empty

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 7:23 PM

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ctrl-alt-t , then xkill , then click on installer

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 7:24 PM

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i did it

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 7:24 PM

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ok. reboot

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start usb up as shown in my picture, (the red x)

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then confirm once at live desktop using the efibootmgr command.

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result of: "no efi var's supported" means u booted as legacy

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 7:25 PM

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boot mode: Legacy?

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 7:26 PM

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yep

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then check your "automatic boot sequence"

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and ensure usb drive storage is at top

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 7:26 PM

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yep

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 7:26 PM

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ok. save bios changes, and fire it up

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 7:27 PM

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is up

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 7:28 PM

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tiny shell result of: "no efi var's supported" means u booted as legacy

yep this is what it says

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 7:28 PM

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good.

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open gparted

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 7:28 PM

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tiny shell

repeat this, but use msdos/ mbr as style for partition table

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 7:29 PM

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msdos

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done

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install?

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 7:29 PM

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install

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 7:29 PM

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ok

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 7:29 PM

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aka use 'erase n install' option

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 7:30 PM

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tiny shell alternate solution is: boot usbin pure legacy mode. confirm once at desktop, ...

then this at end

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 7:30 PM

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ok

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 7:31 PM

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tiny shell alternate solution is: boot usbin pure legacy mode. confirm once at desktop, ...

you gotta walk me through this one if i dont figure it out

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have mercy on my feeble mind

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 7:32 PM

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fallow fossil

may have to take quickboot off if any issues later on. i didnt notice earlier.

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 7:33 PM

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thats easy

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imagine if it was quick boot all along

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god forbid someone doesnt wanna stare at lenovo for 15 seconds

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 7:34 PM

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what was more concerning was that you couldnt find the 'ubuntu' item in the bootable items list. but as Michael said, some uefi , especially from so long ago, are buggy

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this time around, only name of hard drive must be at top of list.

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 7:35 PM

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also im suprised my hard drive didnt fail on me with all this formating

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it has one feet in the grave rn tbh

fair jewel Mar 11, 2025, 7:36 PM

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formatting the hd isn't actually a very intensive operation whatsoever actually

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which is why its very quick

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 7:36 PM

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fair jewel formatting the hd isn't actually a very intensive operation whatsoever actually

intresting

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 7:36 PM

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yeah a quick-erase or new partition table just wipes the "roadmap" of stuff

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 7:36 PM

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i was shaking in me boots everytime. especially since after every format i had to reinstall a whole os xd

fair jewel Mar 11, 2025, 7:36 PM

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basically you are only writing tiny amounts of data to the disk to tell it how to interpret the rest of the space

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 7:37 PM

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tiny shell yeah a quick-erase or new partition table just wipes the "roadmap" of stuff

ohh ok cool so the data is still there i remember a computerphile video on this.

fair jewel Mar 11, 2025, 7:37 PM

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like rewriting the table of contents in a book but not actually writing to the bulk of the book

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 7:37 PM

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got it got it

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 7:57 PM

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fallow fossil got it got it

done now?

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 7:57 PM

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almost

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 7:57 PM

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make sure u memorized username and password

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 7:57 PM

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username???

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 7:57 PM

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or wrote on paper

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the account setup in linux installer

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 7:58 PM

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there are 3 partitions this time

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lemme check what you wanted me to do

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 7:59 PM

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tiny shell alternate solution is: boot usbin pure legacy mode. confirm once at desktop, ...

.

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 7:59 PM

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is it complete or still doing stuff?

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 7:59 PM

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complete

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 7:59 PM

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ok. try even just a reboot

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 7:59 PM

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dont change flags?

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 8:00 PM

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if needing to mess with flags, can do later

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 8:00 PM

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ok

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it worked

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 8:00 PM

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heyyyyyyyy

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 8:01 PM

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tiny shell if needing to mess with flags, can do later

I love ypu

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 8:01 PM

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hey heyyy congratulations

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 8:01 PM

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thank you. it would legit take me months

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@fair jewel also thank you

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 8:01 PM

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boot the real mint up

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then open DISKS app n show

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 8:02 PM

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tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 8:03 PM

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SOLVED (Solution: was older system, so booted in pure legacy, redid the drive as msdos/mbr partition table scheme, and installed)

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 8:03 PM

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thanks again.

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 8:03 PM

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click first partition far left

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it should say 'bootable' near bottom texts

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 8:04 PM

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tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 8:04 PM

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yeah see it has "BIOS boot" mark

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 8:05 PM

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got it got it

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 8:05 PM

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it redid the partitioning scheme as guid partition table, the installer. but at least this works

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 8:05 PM

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may i ask one more quick thing if its ok?

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 8:05 PM

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yes

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 8:05 PM

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how do i check if my nvidia is working

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it "looks" like it does

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like im not asking to trouble shoot it

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just check

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 8:06 PM

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u can confirm driver using inxi -Gxx command

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its default using free nouveau driveer

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 8:07 PM

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yep works

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 8:07 PM

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nouveau is open source

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 8:07 PM

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and they said it would be hard pffff

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 8:07 PM

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if works well, keep it

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 8:07 PM

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yes it is nouveau

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 8:07 PM

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if not so well, use driver manager, and choose the 'recommended' proprietary nvidia

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 8:08 PM

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again thank you alot

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you legit saved my ass

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 8:08 PM

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yw. see #1295728709306683482 for good tips of all kinds

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@fallow fossil can you do this in terminal before anything else...

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 8:15 PM

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sure

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 8:16 PM

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lsblk -o NAME,TYPE,MODEL,LABEL,SIZE,FSSIZE,FSTYPE,FSUSED,MOUNTPOINT exactly as written

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seems 29 metric GB got used already

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maybe cuz big drive, lots of space went into the ext4 formatting

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show the results

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 8:17 PM

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fallow fossil

this app shows all metric GB

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1000 - 971 = 29 used

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29 GB = 27 GiB , so maybe 10 GiB for Mint, and 17 GiB for formatting overhead?

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 8:19 PM

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its says unknown columb NAME

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 8:20 PM

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check all spelling and spacing

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 8:20 PM

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fuxed

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it

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 8:20 PM

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show closeup

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 8:21 PM

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tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 8:22 PM

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16 GiB went into formatting overhead.

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 8:22 PM

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what does that mean?

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 8:22 PM

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14 GiB went into mint

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 8:22 PM

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fallow fossil what does that mean?

eh u can read about it 😛

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 8:22 PM

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oh so its a temporary thing

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 8:23 PM

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no it's permanent. like drawing the lines on road for traffic, still takes up space on the road.

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 8:23 PM

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tiny shell eh u can read about it 😛

I know. but you always gotta ask and see how much you can take from someone xd

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 8:23 PM

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but still im surprised 14 GiB for Mint.. did u already install stuff just now? like big stuff?

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oh it does use swapfile.. 2 GiB

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so 12 GiB for mint

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 8:24 PM

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rn? yeah my pictures were on my moms phone as backup i was just pasting them in again

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 8:24 PM

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oh u pasted them before u did the lsblk command?

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 8:24 PM

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yes

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sorry i didnt know

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 8:25 PM

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u can do a right click on the pasted in folder

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and properties.

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and see how much it says used for all those files

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free -h will show memory and swap file allotted

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 8:26 PM

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2.5gb

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 8:27 PM

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the photos folder?

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 8:27 PM

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yes

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 8:27 PM

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oh so that makes sense now kind of

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is it saying GB or GiB in properties?

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 8:27 PM

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another 15gb coming as well and also suddenly my hdd doesnt seem like on the brink of collapse anymore

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rn its 6.6GiB

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 8:29 PM

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see this pic. bottom line is called statusbar.

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do u have statusbar?

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if not, go to View menu

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and does it say GiB / MiB etc on status bar, or the metric way?

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 8:31 PM

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fallow fossil 2.5gb

im gonna presume u meant GiB here. so 12 - 2.5 = 9.5 . about right for Mint

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 8:31 PM

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GiB

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 8:31 PM

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tiny shell im gonna presume u meant GiB here. so 12 - 2.5 = 9.5 . about right for Mint

yes

tiny shell Mar 11, 2025, 8:31 PM

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you have 915 GiB to play with total

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alright all seems fine. i was just shocked by the 29 GB thing

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but we accounted for it all above

fallow fossil Mar 11, 2025, 8:33 PM

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ok good to know all is fine. thanks again

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