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kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:13 PM

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i have a lot of errors when just trying to boot linux mint, i'm using just a Hard Drive, no USB.
I've used
ventoy
rufus
Etcher
Virtual box install (i gave up on that)
and when booting normally from grub, it's just frozen. In compatibility mode, it says things like
Squashfs failed to read block "X"
I also get things like
No medium found
I can provide more details if necessary, please help i'm excited to switch from windows to mint

willow fiber Jun 30, 2025, 11:15 PM

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send info regarding you device, which model is it?

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:15 PM

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Cinnamon

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You talking about the drive or my PC

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I'm using an external Toshiba 2TB to boot, no USB

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Sorry if that's a mistake i'm new and lost my only 32gb stick

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Lol

willow fiber Jun 30, 2025, 11:16 PM

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like what pc you got?

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:16 PM

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Windows 11 Rtx 3060 phoenix ryzen 5 5600 32gb ddr4 ram

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my windows/current drive is 1tb ssd

willow fiber Jun 30, 2025, 11:16 PM

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do you have secure boot disabled?

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:17 PM

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Yeah

willow fiber Jun 30, 2025, 11:17 PM

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fast boot too?

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:17 PM

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i did all the bios settings, fast boot is off aswell

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Yup

willow fiber Jun 30, 2025, 11:17 PM

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good

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:17 PM

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let me get my phone on here for one picture of an error

willow fiber Jun 30, 2025, 11:17 PM

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ok

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:17 PM

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I use compatibility mode to see the terminal

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It's just frozen when i use normal boot

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It is actually universal

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I tried installing Pop!_OS and i had the same issues

floral nexus Jun 30, 2025, 11:19 PM

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Try making a new ISO

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:19 PM

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Yeah

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I reinstalled ISOs, different distros, used Rufus, Ventoy, Etcher multiple times

floral nexus Jun 30, 2025, 11:20 PM

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You are using a 2TB USB SSD?

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:20 PM

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It's an external hard drive

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My friendd uses it for his Ubuntu pc

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He has the same one no issues

floral nexus Jun 30, 2025, 11:20 PM

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you just plugged it in?

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:21 PM

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USB 3.0 which is what its supposed to be, booted through bios

floral nexus Jun 30, 2025, 11:21 PM

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i thought you said you lost your USB key drive

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:21 PM

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People told me as long as i did this partition thingy it will work

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Like made it bootable via rufus, chatgpt did too

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I can't even like try it

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Not an install issue, i wanna install it but it just refuses to boot

floral nexus Jun 30, 2025, 11:22 PM

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what is the fat32 partition size?

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:22 PM

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I've changed it multiple times

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On etcher let me check disk mgmt

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Wait a minute

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this is all i see with Etcher

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so 5MB

floral nexus Jun 30, 2025, 11:23 PM

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"Sorry if that's a mistake i'm new and lost my only 32gb stick" you need to get another one

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:23 PM

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fr?

floral nexus Jun 30, 2025, 11:23 PM

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what you are trying to do won't work

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:23 PM

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like there's no way to make it work

floral nexus Jun 30, 2025, 11:23 PM

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you are trying to boot/install from the same drive?

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:23 PM

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yes espeonbruhh

floral nexus Jun 30, 2025, 11:24 PM

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thats a no-go

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:24 PM

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dang

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instead of a stick, can i use another drive

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any kind of drive, not a plug in usb

floral nexus Jun 30, 2025, 11:24 PM

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just order or buy local another USB stick

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:24 PM

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You're sure for now i can't just use another drive?

floral nexus Jun 30, 2025, 11:24 PM

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where are you?

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:24 PM

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nyc

floral nexus Jun 30, 2025, 11:25 PM

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go over B&H Photo a buy one

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:25 PM

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sure i will, but are you SURE SURE it wont work with just another plain old drive

floral nexus Jun 30, 2025, 11:26 PM

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the problem is installing grub on the other drive

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:27 PM

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i can't just rufus it

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like i did with this drive

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sorry i genuinely don't know what im talking abt

floral nexus Jun 30, 2025, 11:27 PM

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its complicated

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:27 PM

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you think it's worth a try

floral nexus Jun 30, 2025, 11:28 PM

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just go buy another 32 gb usb flash drive

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:28 PM

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alr

floral nexus Jun 30, 2025, 11:28 PM

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trust, its a lot easier

last jungle Jun 30, 2025, 11:28 PM

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kindred iron i did all the bios settings, fast boot is off aswell

BIOS fast boot is different from Windows Fast startup. ensure the latter is off, especially.

last jungle Jun 30, 2025, 11:29 PM

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kindred iron

bad connection.

floral nexus Jun 30, 2025, 11:29 PM

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okay, i have to take a shower, you can take over @last jungle

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:29 PM

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bad connection? like the drive is slow?

last jungle Jun 30, 2025, 11:29 PM

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usb plug

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dirty pins, or loose, or both, or bad cord

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:30 PM

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that's not the only error though

last jungle Jun 30, 2025, 11:30 PM

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that's what squashfs means. it's errors with the compressed "live" filesystem

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:30 PM

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I get things like
No medium found
Some input/output thing

last jungle Jun 30, 2025, 11:30 PM

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reading from it

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:30 PM

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let me see if i can find pictures

last jungle Jun 30, 2025, 11:31 PM

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well can u boot the live system ever to a desktop?

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:31 PM

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?

last jungle Jun 30, 2025, 11:31 PM

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boot mint ISO to desktop

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https://linuxmint-installation-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ read all about Live boot, and the rest.

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:33 PM

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Yeah, the thing is is that i'm trying to do it on a single drive i know it sounds stupid, lmao but chatgpt says i could so i trusted it 🤷‍♂️

last jungle Jun 30, 2025, 11:34 PM

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u cant do that shit

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:34 PM

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i learned lmao

last jungle Jun 30, 2025, 11:34 PM

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either use an external drive, whatever kind, to boot live, and then install or co-install ONTO AN INTERNAL DRIVE

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:35 PM

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gulp

last jungle Jun 30, 2025, 11:35 PM

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or LAN-Boot if u have 2 PCs and a router.

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:35 PM

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ion thing i have enough space for like a dualboot

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maybe????

last jungle Jun 30, 2025, 11:36 PM

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Mint can run decently in about 70 GB. raw minimum is like 11 GB with zero room to grow.

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:36 PM

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Woah

last jungle Jun 30, 2025, 11:37 PM

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btw, to reset a brutally "etchered" drive... see #1295816480256163892 message

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:37 PM

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i just used diskpart to clean and made a new primary partition

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so it's basically reset ?? ig

last jungle Jun 30, 2025, 11:38 PM

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diskpart is one of the options shown

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:38 PM

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ik

last jungle Jun 30, 2025, 11:38 PM

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I'd just ventoy it

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:38 PM

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really? you don't think rufus would be easier

last jungle Jun 30, 2025, 11:38 PM

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meh

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ventoy gives a nice way to verify the image before booting to ensure it's dead-on accurate

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:39 PM

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alright

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i'm following a youtube guide

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for ventoy

last jungle Jun 30, 2025, 11:39 PM

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Verify ISO'S: #1367031929999986698 message

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:39 PM

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yeah, i alr did

last jungle Jun 30, 2025, 11:39 PM

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follow the link above too.. it has some important points.

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and look at the verify link to see how ventoy does it ON THE ACTUAL BOOTABLE MEDIUM

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in ur case an external hdd

last jungle Jun 30, 2025, 11:41 PM

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last jungle btw, to reset a brutally "etchered" drive... see https://discord.com/channels/62...

this makes some key points. pay attention to step 4b, and all of 6

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:41 PM

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Alright

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Thanks man !

last jungle Jun 30, 2025, 11:42 PM

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good luck.. if still squashfs load errors, tighten the usb plug or use better cable/ port

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:42 PM

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okay!

last jungle Jun 30, 2025, 11:42 PM

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oh and the win fast startup thing

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:42 PM

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i have 100s of usb 3.0 in my house... never had a use for them until now

last jungle Jun 30, 2025, 11:42 PM

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important to disable

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:42 PM

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yeah , i did

last jungle Jun 30, 2025, 11:42 PM

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as well as bitlocker if gonna dual boot

last jungle Jun 30, 2025, 11:43 PM

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kindred iron yeah , i did

in control panel , not BIOS right?

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:43 PM

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i did it in bios

last jungle Jun 30, 2025, 11:43 PM

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i said they're different

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:43 PM

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no i mean i did it beforehand

last jungle Jun 30, 2025, 11:44 PM

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see #1193345280733622272 message .... exactly as lenovo link shows

kindred iron Jun 30, 2025, 11:45 PM

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done

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i'm still getting SquashFS errors, i know it's normal i didnt switch the microusb
I just switched it but, do you think that it's my usb hub that is the problem?

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new error! i’m… so excited!

floral nexus Jul 1, 2025, 12:03 AM

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that failure can be ignored

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 12:03 AM

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fr? it doesn't do anything after that

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check the bottom there's another
"cat: /sys/block/ventoy/removable: No such file or directory
please remove the installation medium, then press ENTER

floral nexus Jul 1, 2025, 12:04 AM

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right

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 12:04 AM

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it didn't do anything after that though

floral nexus Jul 1, 2025, 12:04 AM

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after you press enter it reboots

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 12:04 AM

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oh bru

floral nexus Jul 1, 2025, 12:04 AM

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oops

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 12:04 AM

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also, i booted that through grub2, if i used it normall with ventoy it gets stuck before the thing on the screenshot, a blank terminal

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i waited like a minute, nothing
i'll try booting it again

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so do i unplug the live?/my drive

floral nexus Jul 1, 2025, 12:07 AM

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yes

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 12:09 AM

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okay new info

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i only get past this blank terminal if i press the power button

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floral nexus Jul 1, 2025, 12:11 AM

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i am trying to catch up on what happened when i was in the shower

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 12:11 AM

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my bad

floral nexus Jul 1, 2025, 12:11 AM

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its okay

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 12:12 AM

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i'll give you a rundown
I'm using my external drive as a live usb, with the remaining space on my main drive as the main thingy ( dualbooting)

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Everything after i said "done" is new lol

floral nexus Jul 1, 2025, 12:13 AM

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so how did you install ventoy on the install from drive?

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 12:14 AM

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i selected the drive, GPT, safety boot option or whatever cus why not

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after installing, i dragged my ISO (single file) into the root of it.

floral nexus Jul 1, 2025, 12:15 AM

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can you call me voice?

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 12:15 AM

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nrn i got family over

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actually

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i can like mute/deafen

floral nexus Jul 1, 2025, 12:16 AM

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you don't have headphones?

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or earbuds?

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 12:16 AM

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i can put them on rq

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yeah, i'll just mute

floral nexus Jul 1, 2025, 12:16 AM

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k'

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 12:17 AM

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my mom gonna call me disrespectful if i talk otp while ppl over ykwim

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do i join #live-support

floral nexus Jul 1, 2025, 12:18 AM

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yeah we can do that

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 12:18 AM

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a;r

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u want me to screenshare?

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windows 11 desktop

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the main disk? for the desktop is my windows 11 install

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yes

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yeah idk how he did it

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ssd

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mhm

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external hard drive - i'm using it as a live usb replacement, stunner told me i could ( i think )

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Yeah

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2tb - a little to large for what i'm doing ig

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sure

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So i put it in the partition i create

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this is what i see rn

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and in disk management this is what i see - yeah lol

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So i partition the Ventoy drive down?

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He said the bare minimum is 11gb and can run decently on 70gb

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Yeah

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Yes

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I know - i'm kind of comfortable as i've had 22gb before i uninstalled Warzone and my Zelda roms

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Yes

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I'm just tryna install it rn i'll free up more space later

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Secure boot is off

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I've had it off for years - fast boot is off in bios and control panel windows aswell

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i think i had this ahsi thing but i made sure that was correct

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hm?? never seen that before

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Asus

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Yeah i know

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True

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Yes

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Yes 👍

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I know

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Shrink it?

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Yeah yeah i know, it would like "overwrite" a manually created partition

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I see

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I was thinking maybe an alternative to ventoy would work

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I know - it's just kind of far i checked my stores on my way home today

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My local walgreens is the only place that would have it 😂

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I'll see if i can pick one up

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Yeah i don't think thats based on the size

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if a microSD works i could definitely try that 😂 i'm assuming ventoy doesn't support it - maybe rufus

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I have a USB hub

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yeah i know they're slow

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let me go grab one 🤣

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really ? i've been using the USB hub for the external drive

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Maybe that's the issue?

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I just thought of that 😭 i'll brb let me try it, i just usedd it because it's tighter wont slip out

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i'm gonna restart my pc

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I guess we know the problem now, just gotta dualboot now

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Hopefully i don’t delete windows

floral nexus Jul 1, 2025, 12:49 AM

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do the install side by side

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 12:56 AM

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I did

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The scary part is that i didn’t get to chose how much space windows vs linux got

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And i did not back anything ip

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up*

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It’s super stretched - I think it’s becuase i have no drivers

floral nexus Jul 1, 2025, 1:01 AM

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what is the video card?

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boot into Linux Mint, System Settings, Driver manager near the bottom

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 1:02 AM

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kindred iron I guess we know the problem now, just gotta dualboot now

u can shrink the WINDOWS drive by 70 GB to make space for the perma install of linux on it , not the ventoy drive

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as long as u booted uefi style (presuming Windows is UEFI-run) then the mint installer ought to give you the "Install alongside Windows" option. if it didn't, something's not right.

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 1:04 AM

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floral nexus boot into Linux Mint, System Settings, Driver manager near the bottom

I’ll do this after my install NVidia RTX 3060

floral nexus Jul 1, 2025, 1:05 AM

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i need to sign out for the evening

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 1:05 AM

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I did the install alongside windows boot

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Alright thanks man!

floral nexus Jul 1, 2025, 1:05 AM

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okies

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good night all

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 1:05 AM

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Cya gn

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 1:06 AM

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last jungle as long as u booted uefi style (presuming Windows is UEFI-run) then the mint in...

yeah i got the option it’s just the tutorial i watched to double check had a space to change the space available for each - mine doesn’t but ig its alr

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it was from 7mo ago

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 1:07 AM

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if u had premade space, then it wouldnt ask

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 1:07 AM

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huh

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 1:08 AM

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as in, if you had preshrunk a part of your Windows volume, by say 40 to 70 GB, then it will just find that and install alongside on that.

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you can view your disk layout now in linux mint using the Disks app

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 1:09 AM

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Huh

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Almost done the install alongside- so excited

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Thank you all very much

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Until i get drivers, should i just boot compatibility mode

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fml bro

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 1:19 AM

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what's this?

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 1:20 AM

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After the install when i try to boot

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 1:20 AM

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why's everything about this pc cursed?

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 1:20 AM

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It can be any option - grub1,grub2, normal mode, compatibility

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 1:20 AM

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last jungle why's everything about this pc cursed?

ik

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 1:21 AM

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show how u are booting. every single step. write it

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 1:22 AM

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Restart from windows > F2 into bios > boot into my live thingy > Takes me to ventoy > I can click either grub1 or grub2 to get into the grub menu > i press normal mode it doesnt work > I try compatibility it doesnt work for both grub1 and grub2

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 1:22 AM

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last jungle Verify ISO'S: https://discord.com/channels/628978428019736619/136703192999998669...

did u do this exactly from ventoy at the early stage of booting live media?

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 1:22 AM

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Yes

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I can try again iyw

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 1:23 AM

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why r u booting ventoy if u installed?

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ur supposed to boot the internal drive/final install

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 1:24 AM

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last jungle https://linuxmint-installation-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ read all about L...

did u read this install guide thoroughly, beginning to end?

willow fiber Jul 1, 2025, 1:26 AM

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kindred iron fml bro

do you have encryption enabled?

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bitlocker or something?

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 1:29 AM

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that can be viewed in windows Disk management. if zero mention of bitlocker there, then all good

willow fiber Jul 1, 2025, 1:31 AM

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I did search regarding the invalid magic number thing, seems to be related to corrupted install USB

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 1:31 AM

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Huh

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I’m doing a sha256 checksum rn

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So what would i do if thats the case

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Do i have to reinstall

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Or just the live

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willow fiber Jul 1, 2025, 1:33 AM

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here they mention formatting the USB to FAT32 first before using ventoy, or something with a fake USB https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=414123

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Well, good news and bad news. Good news is I am no longer in constant frustration for not knowing the problem (at least for now :?). Bad news is the problem is the USB drive (I used CheckFlash to test it). It was a deception after all :( . It's actually a 4GB USB drive and not an 8GB drive as advertised. Now I doubt it's an issue with storage but I think it's an issue with something inside of it that Ventoy is unable to do a thing about (since the old 16GB USB drive also didn't work). I am now going to try to find another actual legit USB drive and will try Ventoy again.

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Almost forgot to update but today, I finally got my new USB. It's a SanDisk 32GB which I made sure it's real because I bought it from the official store (although they sold it on a 3rd party website but it's a trustworthy one) and did a check on it to see the whole USB functioning. I booted up Ventoy and install to the USB. To my surprise, it actually works and I was able to put the ISO on it. I installed it and everything went well after that.

So to summarize this whole issue, the problem was I had fake USB drives that refuse to work and all I had to do was to buy a new one. Thank you for everyone's help for reminding me about the USB devices. :D

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not sure if it is exactly your problem, but that's what the person did

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maybe try to use the 'CheckFlash' tool they mention to confirm

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 1:35 AM

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So i don't have to fully reinstall linux on my main SSD?

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So i just format to fat32 and ventoy it?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4EX5DMEZH0
i'll follow this ig

YouTube

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So you want to covert a NTFS 64GB USB flash drive to FAT32. Its pretty easy to do with this bit of software below.

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willow fiber Jul 1, 2025, 1:36 AM

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no, since they mention the install usb, perhaps you have to reinstall

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 1:36 AM

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fckkk

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alr, so i just reformat to FAT32 and restart the process?

willow fiber Jul 1, 2025, 1:37 AM

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willow fiber bitlocker or something?

also regarding encryption was it disabled?

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 1:37 AM

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??? i don't have bitlocker

willow fiber Jul 1, 2025, 1:37 AM

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ok, right

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 1:38 AM

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how do i make sure it's in fat32
i don't see it anywhere

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the 32mb is fat32

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the other part is unformatted

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?

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 1:43 AM

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kindred iron

u have to compare to mint site

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 1:43 AM

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wym

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oh yeahhh

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 1:44 AM

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remember, ventoy is ONLY to create a bootable demo/rescue/installation environment

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 1:45 AM

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ah
ccf482436df954c0ad6d41123a49fde79352ca71f7a684a97d5e0a0c39d7f39f

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 1:45 AM

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no different than ordering a Windows 7 DVD in the mail

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 1:45 AM

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mine is different ?

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 1:45 AM

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hence the problem

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 1:45 AM

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fake iso wow

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wow

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 1:45 AM

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bad download or error in copy

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 1:45 AM

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o

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 1:46 AM

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or both >: )

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 1:46 AM

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nah check the checksum urself

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https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/linuxmint/stable/22.1/sha256sum.txt

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so
reinstall the ISO from the site

put it in my live drive ventoy thing
voila

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 1:47 AM

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last jungle btw, to reset a brutally "etchered" drive... see https://discord.com/channels/62...

why i said do step 6 damn accurate. dont rush the copy

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 1:48 AM

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i understand it now

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 1:48 AM

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but then if the cable to external drive is the slightest bit bad, could still result in a couple bad ones and zeros

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 1:48 AM

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huh

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let me secure ts

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wait i was

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 1:49 AM

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kindred iron so reinstall the ISO from the site > put it in my live drive ventoy thing voila

u can verify the ISO u first got in Windows using powershell. if it's good, just recopy

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 1:49 AM

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using a bad cable when i copied it

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 1:49 AM

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last jungle u can verify the ISO u first got in Windows using powershell. if it's good, just...

yeah i think i did that the other day when trying to fix

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 1:50 AM

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kindred iron the 32mb is fat32

dont evne look at that

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 1:50 AM

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alr

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 1:52 AM

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willow fiber here they mention formatting the USB to FAT32 first before using ventoy, or some...

this has some merit with dubious and scandalous USB flash drives. on a spinning external drive, could be less an issue to have "fake storage" amounts

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 1:52 AM

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i deadssa think microsoft stopped me from installing other browsers
i can't install tor, firefox or chrome after a windows update , like no browser but EDGE works

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 1:53 AM

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hmmph

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 1:53 AM

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no fix works lmao

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 1:53 AM

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is it windows S-mode?

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 1:53 AM

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no idea
windows 11 home

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 1:53 AM

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ok

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 1:53 AM

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can't wait to free myself from the windows 11 chains and switch to linux

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 1:53 AM

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if it works well on ur device, sure

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 1:54 AM

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lmao

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 1:55 AM

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so recopy a known-good ISO to ventoy. give it half minute to rest ater done. u can even verify what's ON the ventoy partition (the ISO) using powershell

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 1:55 AM

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okay

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 1:56 AM

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do not unsafely eject. dont even eject the external drive at all for that matter

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 1:56 AM

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it doesn't have the eject button as it is an external hard drive

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 1:56 AM

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in the tray icon

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anyway dont eject it.

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 1:56 AM

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wait wtf

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i'm cooked

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i did that shi so many times

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 1:57 AM

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well dont

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 1:57 AM

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alr

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 1:57 AM

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the tray icon exists for a reason

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or right click in either windows or linux file manager, on any external storage device, and choose 'safely remove' or 'unmount' or 'eject' to do things right

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 1:58 AM

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hm

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 2:26 AM

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same error 🤦‍♂️

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 2:27 AM

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kindred iron same error 🤦‍♂️

ok did the live environment load without any problems whatsoever?

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 2:27 AM

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yes

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it's just that when i install it, restart and try to boot i get the error

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 2:27 AM

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then what did u do?

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 2:28 AM

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exit and restart pc

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boot windows

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 2:28 AM

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boot the live environment now please, and tag me when you're there

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 2:28 AM

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alright

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live enviorment, as like trying mint?

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enviornment*

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 2:28 AM

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yes the ISO

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 2:28 AM

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alright

willow fiber Jul 1, 2025, 2:28 AM

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kindred iron live enviorment, as like trying mint?

When it opens in mint

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Before you install

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 2:29 AM

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alright

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 2:31 AM

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when you're there, open a terminal, and do inxi -SGxxx && efibootmgr and show a landscape well-framed photograph of the result

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 2:33 AM

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last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 2:35 AM

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ok, next open the DISKS app, select the drive which is internal to the pc. then show pic.

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of the full window, not leaving bits out

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@kindred iron

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 2:36 AM

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igu

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last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 2:37 AM

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so as u can see there, not a DAMN thing was installed regarding linux.

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 2:37 AM

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Uhhh

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I just installed beside windows yk

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So uhh mb what do i do

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 2:38 AM

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well it's not there stare at it.

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 2:38 AM

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Ik

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 2:38 AM

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do u see any ext4 partition?

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(no)

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 2:38 AM

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Yes

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Oh no

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 2:38 AM

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?

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pop back into Windows.

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then fire up Disk Management in it

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wait

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show the 2 TB Toshiba in disks plz

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@kindred iron

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 2:39 AM

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ok

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fck im in windows now

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 2:39 AM

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ok np.. maximize disk management, and show

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 2:40 AM

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what disk u wanna see

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 2:40 AM

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the whole thing obv

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aka 'maximized window'

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 2:40 AM

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my power js went out lna

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 2:41 AM

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rn?

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 2:41 AM

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lmao
if u find a fix i’ll try later

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 2:41 AM

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what's "lna" ?

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 2:41 AM

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rn mispell

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 2:42 AM

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yes shrink the windows big NTFS partition using Disk Management.. by around 65 to 70 GB if u have enough free

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 2:43 AM

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alr

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 2:43 AM

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If Windows Disk Management refuses to shrink by how much space you tell it, which is actually available, then do this:
Shrink Windows drive safely with Aomei: #1366753008087728148 message

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 2:43 AM

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i got 3 portable charges lined up rn finna save my phone
if u have steps after thats be great because im assuming ur gonna be asleep by the time my power is back

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 2:43 AM

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it is a 100% free program, dont fall for ads

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 2:43 AM

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alr

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 2:44 AM

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well anyway , read over what that last link shows.

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once you've shrunken the volume fr, (and check it to be sure in Disk mgmt) then boot live, pick 'install alongside' and it will actually install.

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and you'll be able to verify what it did before u even leave the live environment using the DISKS app.

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also make sure to not mess with shrink or install if unreliable power is an issue. that's a sure way to FK the drive for good.

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 2:52 AM

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Nah, it just goes out sometimes lmao - first my lights go out then my pc and stuff - ejected the drive and turned ut off after

humble haven Jul 1, 2025, 7:32 AM

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so what is the problem?

floral nexus Jul 1, 2025, 11:13 AM

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humble haven so what is the problem?

Someone trying to do an install outside of the standard process.

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I didn't know you were around

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 3:01 PM

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i

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i'm having different issues now 😭

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 3:03 PM

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wat

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 3:16 PM

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the same ones u told me abt
i js woke up imma shrink the drive now

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so it's as simple as going to this main partition,
shrinking it by 60-70gb?

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 3:17 PM

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or more if you want

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 3:17 PM

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and leave the rest unallocated?

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 3:17 PM

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right

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 3:18 PM

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is it like risky to shrink

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 3:18 PM

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a tiny bit. ensure steady power and battery

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 3:18 PM

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yeah ofc now maybe not a couple hrs ago

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 3:18 PM

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back up any critical data

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 3:18 PM

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btw

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 3:19 PM

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last jungle If Windows Disk Management refuses to shrink by how much space you tell it, whic...

.

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 3:19 PM

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ahh i see

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 3:20 PM

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first do a chkdsk /f in windows admin powershell

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onto c:

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 3:20 PM

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k

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last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 3:21 PM

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do yes

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 3:21 PM

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alr and restart?

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 3:22 PM

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ofc

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 3:22 PM

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alr

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it js restarted and completed i w as gone so i have no idea what it said after

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 3:28 PM

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carry on

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 3:28 PM

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alr ill js od aomei

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since i have like 170gb space left can i do 70 with it being safe

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 3:28 PM

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oh sure

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 3:28 PM

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what was chkdsk even for

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 3:29 PM

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checks the filesystem and drive for errors

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only the C: partition

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 7:20 PM

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So, do i select "split" or "resize partition"

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nvm i checked the thread

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this good?

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@last jungle wsp

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 7:35 PM

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hi

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 7:35 PM

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js wondering if my settings were correct

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 7:36 PM

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go more

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 7:36 PM

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alr

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 7:36 PM

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u see the right box counter

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 7:36 PM

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how much more

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 7:36 PM

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rn it's approx 60 GB

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 7:36 PM

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max is 90gb before it g oes re

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red

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 7:36 PM

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72

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 7:37 PM

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why that specific number

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 7:37 PM

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cuz 2 gigs goes to swapfile

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 7:37 PM

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last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 7:38 PM

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yep u may want to use the enhanced data protec mode

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 7:38 PM

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and that's it - js press okay

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how long will it take and will i have to restart

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 7:38 PM

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that and the apply button

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 7:38 PM

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alr

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 7:38 PM

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yes it will restart in a safe mode.

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 7:38 PM

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bru 27 minutes

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 7:38 PM

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prob takes 20 minutes

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 7:39 PM

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check parts before exec?

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 7:39 PM

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yes tho u did earlier

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 7:39 PM

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bru wtf

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 7:40 PM

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did u get standard free one/

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 7:40 PM

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yh

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idk i js clicked the free one

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 7:40 PM

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this window may be an ad

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 7:40 PM

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nah i x out of it nd click proceed it still does it

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 7:41 PM

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or click x and untick the alignment thing

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 7:41 PM

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where is the alignment thing

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like in the move and resize partition window?

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ohh it was to optimize performance of ssd

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 7:41 PM

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yes

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 7:41 PM

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it's fine to do it withotu?

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 7:42 PM

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yep

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 7:43 PM

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bro i unchecke it

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it aint an ad

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 7:44 PM

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i guess shift the partition size

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 7:44 PM

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to?

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 7:44 PM

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with the box unticked, put to 71 gb

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then back to 72

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 7:44 PM

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what will that do

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 7:45 PM

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might refresh the issue

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 7:45 PM

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can i just do 71gb

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 7:45 PM

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fine

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 7:45 PM

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lol alr

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dude

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it costs money now???????????

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 7:45 PM

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u probably got the wrong version

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 7:45 PM

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alr

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 7:46 PM

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show the file u got?

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 7:46 PM

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alr

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no wait im a ddumbass

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it was the pro demo version

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 7:47 PM

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uninstall the one u got

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 7:49 PM

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i di

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hollon
can i get wallpaper engine on linux mint

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 7:50 PM

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it's called hidamari

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so, yes.

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 7:50 PM

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hidamari?
wb steam proton

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good?

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 7:51 PM

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continue

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 7:51 PM

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good

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 7:51 PM

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continue

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 7:52 PM

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last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 7:52 PM

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contin

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 8:09 PM

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its slow asf, like 10 minutes 5%

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yo

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 8:18 PM

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dont worry

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done now, @kindred iron ?

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 8:18 PM

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nopr

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8% bro

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 8:18 PM

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it speeds up dw

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 8:19 PM

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alt

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alr

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 8:19 PM

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i think by 15% it goes way up

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 8:34 PM

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kindred iron alr

how is it now?

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 8:43 PM

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last jungle how is it now?

19% rn

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 8:44 PM

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s-ok leave it.

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 8:46 PM

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alr

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any idea why it so slow

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my drive isnt shit its good

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 8:52 PM

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idk it may have had data scattered everywhere

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 8:52 PM

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it finished

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 8:52 PM

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one hour

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not horrible.

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 8:52 PM

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perfect 🤩

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 8:52 PM

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yep

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 8:53 PM

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so now , ican ddo the install linux normally

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live boot

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?

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 8:53 PM

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yep

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 8:53 PM

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aight

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so leave unallocatedd right

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 8:54 PM

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and follow as shown here #1366753008087728148 message

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 8:54 PM

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k

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starting now - i'll update

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 8:57 PM

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while it's installing, check out #1308145211255292004 message

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 9:13 PM

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fml

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 9:15 PM

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last jungle while it's installing, check out https://discord.com/channels/628978428019736619...

the thing happened.. again

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@last jungle mb for ping

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 9:20 PM

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kindred iron the thing happened.. again

u chose the 'alongside' option?

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 9:20 PM

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ygh

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yh

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 9:20 PM

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ok.. this time we'll get it.

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 9:20 PM

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god willing

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 9:20 PM

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i have no idea why it didn't auto-find the space

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 9:20 PM

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wdym

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 9:20 PM

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start live again, and choose the "something else" option

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 9:20 PM

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okay

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and select the drive

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do i select that specific partition

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 9:21 PM

#

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it goes something like this, what's shown in red

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numbers of partitions and sizing will be different

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 9:22 PM

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alr

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 9:23 PM

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your case efi partition will be nvme0n1p1

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 9:23 PM

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okay

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also after this why does it keep changing my windows time

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 9:23 PM

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click + on the free space and make as shown in diagram

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 9:24 PM

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i select the right region

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 9:24 PM

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kindred iron also after this why does it keep changing my windows time

linux uses UTC interpretation of ur BIOS clock

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 9:24 PM

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ih

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oh shi can i change that later

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 9:24 PM

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so when u go back to Windows, it assumes bios is on local

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u can do a fix for that tho dw

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 9:24 PM

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alright

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after this arsenal match

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 9:25 PM

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do it now n i'll supervise rq

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 9:25 PM

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alr

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hollon i might be a dumbssa but how do i like reboot from the live

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yk what i mean
just re-ventoy it?

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 9:27 PM

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last jungle

first thing u do at this step is the bottom box shown with red text

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 9:27 PM

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no i mean
cs when i boot it imma get that same magic word error

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 9:27 PM

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kindred iron yk what i mean just re-ventoy it?

no? just press the boot menu key for ur pc

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 9:27 PM

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yea ik

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 9:27 PM

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oh ok recopy

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 9:27 PM

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oh yeaaa

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 9:27 PM

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i think what's happening is it tried to write to the damn external drive, the installer

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and that screws up the ISO

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 9:28 PM

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so i gotta use something-else to make sure it points to the main drive

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 9:28 PM

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yep

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 9:30 PM

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k rebooting rn

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 9:32 PM

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kindred iron k rebooting rn

ensure u pick 'normal mode' in the ventoy 2nd screen

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 9:34 PM

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i did

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wait

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i never do i always pick compatibility

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Cus i have nvidia / no drivers

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i dont think it works/ it froze before

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i was also using normal nvme no 1p1 for bootloader install

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 9:36 PM

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last jungle ensure u pick 'normal mode' in the ventoy 2nd screen

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here’s what. i have, didn’t change anything in the device section kinda confused

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 9:37 PM

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last jungle first thing u do at this step is the bottom box shown with red text

scroll the chart

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to nvme stuff

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 9:37 PM

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yh theres a few

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 9:38 PM

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find that free space (72000 MB)

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 9:38 PM

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i see 77310 mb

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 9:38 PM

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last jungle

then hit the +.. make all as shown here (not sda, obviously)

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 9:39 PM

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/dev/nvme0n1p4 776 mb used

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 9:39 PM

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kindred iron i see 77310 mb

right under nvme.. p2 right?

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 9:39 PM

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ntfs

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i mean nothing used was looking at the wrong thing

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i said the wrong name lemme list details again

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free space 77310 mb under /dev/nvme0n1p3 formatted ntfs 945998 mb

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ill just send a pic

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last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 9:41 PM

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kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 9:41 PM

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woops

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i guess something is wrong

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well it might not be perfect ??? idk

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 9:41 PM

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no.. just click the free space..

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 9:41 PM

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now what

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 9:41 PM

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make a partition

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 9:41 PM

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it’s 77.3 gb

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Primary? what point and use as

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 9:42 PM

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last jungle

that's what im showing u

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 9:42 PM

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mb

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 9:42 PM

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kindred iron Primary? what point and use as

copy my pic above

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 9:42 PM

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last jungle

this one ri

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 9:43 PM

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you're manually creating an ext4 filesystem partition in the unalloc'd space. / means the root of the whole filesystem for linux.

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 9:44 PM

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last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 9:44 PM

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hit ok

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 9:44 PM

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good?

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 9:44 PM

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it should now show a format tickmark in the main chart

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 9:45 PM

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yup

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last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 9:45 PM

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ok hit install now

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 9:45 PM

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it wont hurt if it’s wrong if

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ig*

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 9:46 PM

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mhm it wont

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 9:46 PM

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Starting

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Dice rolling🎲

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Yo there’s another boot option @last jungle THIS HAS TO BE GOOD

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last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 9:56 PM

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yes

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ubuntu is the mint uefi loader

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 9:56 PM

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okay do i boot it

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 9:56 PM

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yes definitely

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 9:57 PM

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oh it detects both two of my monitors

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 9:57 PM

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booted Mint?

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if so, do inxi -Gxxx in terminal to ensure monitors and gpu stuff

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 9:59 PM

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Alt

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Yeah, everythings good!

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 9:59 PM

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wha'ts the GPU(s) brands?

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 9:59 PM

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NVidia

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Idk, it lets me change hz and res

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 10:00 PM

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then probably need nvidia driver

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and don't pick DIFFERING refresh rates

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it's not support on X.org

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 10:02 PM

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differing between the two monitors?

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 10:03 PM

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the X display server, as shown in your inxi -G report has been well-matured and used for decades, but it doesn't handle that aspect

kindred iron Jul 1, 2025, 10:04 PM

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alr

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Yeah man everything works. Installed wine and discord, seamlessly can boot into windows

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I don’t like how slow moving windows can be though

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Like moving them around

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 10:14 PM

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check ur driver for gpu

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if inxi reports it's on nouveau, use Driver Manager to select a diff one

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clock thing if needed: #1341493443767173120 message

last jungle Jul 1, 2025, 10:38 PM

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last jungle either use an external drive, whatever kind, to boot live, and then install or ...

SOLVED by attached message, and using manual setup option.

#help with install