Linux mint Zara invalid magic number

[fading garnet]

So recently I tried installing Linux mint Zara on my HP and had an error that said "Invalid magic number, please load kernel first" and I also tried XFCE ON BOTH HP AND ASUS LAPTOPS WHICH RAN LINUX MINT BEFORE! Still the same error, I honestly don't know what to do

[lethal hedge]

Distro hop time @fading garnet

[fading garnet]

I tried running Linux mint installer, on 3 laptops and none of them worked. After cinnamon I put a extra freeBSD and Ubuntu iso on my ventoy usb and the installer ran perfectly.

On both freeBSD and Ubuntu

[lethal hedge]

Try Fedora

[fading garnet]

But Linux mint keeps having the same errors

[timber moon]

he already said he tried other distros

[fading garnet]

I tried THREE laptops

Lenovo,Asus and hp

[timber moon]

@teal agate curious about what is happening?

[lethal hedge]

His laptop is even worse than mine 🙏🏽😭

[timber moon]

the problem is very narrowed then

[fading garnet]

Plus these are 2021,2023,2020 year laptops

[timber moon]

It either falls on the USB or on the ISO

[fading garnet]

And they ran Linux mint before

[lethal hedge]

Crazy does any off em have a nvidia gpu

[fading garnet]

Intergrated graphics on all of em

[warped saddle]

Did you try what Lax Owl mentioned, re downloading?

[lethal hedge]

@fading garnet do you use ventoy

[fading garnet]

Yes

[timber moon]

1. Disable secure boot (if not done)
2. Flash Ventoy with GPT mode onto the USB
3. Put the newly installed ISO on the Ventoy USB (after checking the hashsum)

[lethal hedge]

Try putting a working distro on one off them and using dd instead off ventoy

[fading garnet]

1. Both my Asus and HP automatically set the secure boot by themselves when booting off a usb

[lethal hedge]

I never touch ventoy i only use dd

[teal agate]

(...) The efi thing has a manual entry for it https://discord.com/channels/628978428019736619/1295810542056902759, the magic number thing seems to be related to the ISO being used it seems https://discord.com/channels/628978428019736619/1274258708062539807, the person mentioned using alternative ISOs from mirrors (make sure to do the checksum)

[fading garnet]

2. Already is

[timber moon]

well seems this doesn't work

[teal agate]

dd can be dangerous if not used correctly, should only be recommended as a final measure if you are sure on the steps

[fading garnet]

Yes I tried both cicku and Linux mint mirrors still nothing

[lethal hedge]

Nah dd is the only thing i use ever since i came to linux

[timber moon]

did you at least confirm the checksums properly on both?

[teal agate]

I didn't say contrary

[fading garnet]

I'm actually just thinking of installing 22.1 then updating

[fading garnet]

I did, I can do it again and show

[lethal hedge]

Are you a smart owl

[timber moon]

I believe you, altho showing it def won't hurt

[fading garnet]

Alr wait a sec

[lethal hedge]

I highly dont recommend relying on the laptop to set the secure boot automaticly

[fading garnet]

Problem is I can't set the secure boot myself

I can only on my lenovo

[timber moon]

759c9b5a2ad26eb9844b24f7da1696c705ff5fe07924a749f385f435176c2306

You should have this for Cinnamon 22.2

[lethal hedge]

Why?

[timber moon]

There is a powershell command from the Mint wiki if you doing this check on Windows

(Get-FileHash "<YourFile.iso>").Hash -eq "<YourHash>"

[split atlas]

just verify the iso -both the one u saved first as above,

and the one on the flash drive too

a bad magic number indicates error with the disc image

super easy: #1420498286912999434 message

[lethal hedge]

Gerata os seems nice asf

[teal agate]

not the place for this, seems unrelated to support

[lethal hedge]

Oops true

[fading garnet]

Back again had to do some housework

[fading garnet]

I just don't have the option on my Asus or my hp

Automatically sets itself

Depending on what I'm booting

[teal agate]

strange

secure boot being set automatically is a strange choice

[timber moon]

hows the hash sum

[fading garnet]

Xfce 382ba9od13bdc1c61ceobe5450zcd8cefaf1a148a5fbe0134ee8103avabs29ba

[timber moon]

dea13e523dca28e3aa48d90167a6368c63e1b3251492115417fdbf648551558f *linuxmint-22.2-xfce-64bit.iso

That's ... a different hash

@split atlas

[fading garnet]

Fuck

[timber moon]

I am downloading Cicku 22.2 Cinnamon

Let's see if the hash matches

[fading garnet]

Let me put cinnamon on the usb also and checksum it

It's obvious I shouldn't be allowed the check hashes 😭

[timber moon]

22.2 Cinnamon from Cicku is also legit

[timber moon]

we have instructions for that on the #📘wiki

!wiki
-# Artemis doesn't work here?

https://mintguide.miraheze.org/wiki/Installing_Linux_Mint#2._Verify_your_ISO_image_(Recommended)

[fading garnet]

Probably

[timber moon]

do you have a Main PC where you can check your hashsums?

like one running a distro or Windows?

actually

What OS does the PC have where you downloaded the Mint isos?

[fading garnet]

Im currently checking the hashes with ventoy

[fading garnet]

Ubuntu

[timber moon]

nvm

[split atlas]

check on UBUNTU obv

if the shit u got to begin with is bad, then obviously it will be bad once flashed/copied to the usb stick

[timber moon]

you can check with Gtkhash

you can also use the sha256sum cli tool on Ubuntu which comes pre-installed

sha256sum your-mint-file.iso

[fading garnet]

Well currently I'm download Linux mint 22.1 so if that doesn't work also then the usbs fucked

[timber moon]

don't check on the USB

check directly on your Ubuntu install you use for downloading these ISOs

if the hash matches THEN check on the USB

above I have shared how to do it on Ubuntu

[split atlas]

[fading garnet]

Just found out that the problem wasn't the iso

It was ventoy

[timber moon]

what was the problem with ventoy?

[fading garnet]

No idea, I just used startup disk creator on Ubuntu and it worked perfectly

At least that's taken care of