#I'm unable to get Mint to boot from USB on my 12 year old desktop.

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gilded holly
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I've tried using 2 different USB drives, I've looked through the BIOS to hit every thing I can find about using fast or secure boot, I've tried different USB ports (USB2.0 and USB3.0), and I've tried removing my GPU and using the integrated graphics on the motherboard since I read that Mint sometimes struggles with Nvidia devices (although the GPU is about 5 years old at this point). I have also tried running the memory test to see if there were any detectable hardware issues but nothing came up.

When I set the USB drive as the boot device and from the GRUB menu select Linux Mint 22.2 (either normally or in compatibility mode) I have noticed the process hangs/seems to loop at "job gpu-manager.service" (I'll need to get the whole message when it hangs) and after about 10-15 minutes of trying to boot I usually give up and have it reboot. This lead me to believe the GPU was causing the issue, but I am not sure. While most of this hardware is a bit older, it was very good when I built it (i7 Sandy Bridge processor, 32 GB of DDR3, 2 TB of SSD) and I'm not quite ready to donate it all away just yet.

It's been about 15 years since I've used Linux Ubuntu, and while I'm very much a Windows guy, this PC is destined to be a spare for when I'm not working and to get back into Linux a bit (if I can ever get it running)

glass delta
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also see #1420498286912999434 message

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read all the methods

gilded holly
glass delta
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if it doesn't boot, try another distro; like Linux Lite, Sparky Linux, MX linux, or KDE Neon

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use the 7zip and ventoy verify methods, to be sure you're working with an error-free copy, including right on the flash stick/DVD

gilded holly
white cloud
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Have you tried setting the boot mode as AHCI instead of Intel RST? May be relevant. This helped me during installation and during boot. Can be done in BIOS.

glass delta
gilded holly
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Yes thank you both! So I was able to get Mint 22.1 installed instead of using 22.2. still not sure what caused the issue, but I'm at least in business. Was also able to get Nvidia Drivers installed and my GPU reinstalled. I think I'm in business, so going to say solved with resolution of using the most recent LTS Mint release

glass delta
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neat.

white cloud
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Is there a different in kernel from 22.2 to 22.1? Maybe incompatibility with new kernel.

glass delta
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it does ship a diff. kernel, yes

white cloud
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That may be the issue.