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| 1425456 | 2016-09-08 03:39:00 | The devices (hard drives) will normally be seen as /dev/sda (probably your Windows drive) and the other drive you added should be /dev/sdb. So if you choose /dev/sdb you should be good to go. Only problem you are going to run into is where to install the boot loader (Grub2). If you choose to install it into /dev/sdb when you reboot the Windows boot loader won't see the Mint install (it is possible to make the Windows boot loader 'see' the Mint install using another software tool I forget the name of just now. Another thing is if the PC you are installing on is newish using UEFI or older using BIOS/MBR? |
Rod J (451) | ||
| 1425457 | 2016-09-08 03:58:00 | Well running Mint from the CD is far too slow. So moved onto install, but I can’t see for the life of me how to install on the formatted empty drive whilst still being able to have the choice of Windows on the C drive. It seems hell bent on placing it on the same disk as Windows, just in a separate Partition. Must be lunch time. Disconnect the C drive temporarily, install Linux to the desired drive. At next boot reconnect C drive, but boot to Linux drive by adjusting BIOS Once in Linux, open the dreaded terminal and type ‘sudo update-grub’ (Without the quotation marks of course) then press enter and type in your password and enter again, this will detect the Windows installation and add it to the GRUB boot list. This will mean that you can dual-boot the two, but if you get sick of Linux, you simply disconnect its drive and change BIOS to boot back to C directly. |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1425458 | 2016-09-08 04:48:00 | I always choose the "install alongside windows" option. Then it will sort itself out with the dual boot. |
Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 1425459 | 2016-09-08 05:40:00 | Not winning here. Get the following message all the time: "No Root File System id Defined". Don't know how it will turn out but I'll add a photo of the screen. 7410 |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1425460 | 2016-09-08 06:06:00 | OK, you seem to be wanting to install on the 40Gb /dev/sda drive . Correct? It would be safer to shut down the system as recommended by KarameaDave and disconnect the other drives just to avoid damaging anything else on the other drives . . . also as it does compartmentalise things a bit (not a bad idea) . If you do disconnect the other drives (temporarily) you could just choose the easiest option in the Mint install . . . see my attachment . 7411 That screenshot is from the install tutorial I mentioned before: . wikihow . com/Install-Linux-Mint" target="_blank">www . wikihow . com |
Rod J (451) | ||
| 1425461 | 2016-09-08 06:32:00 | What are your system specs? I was thinking you may have quite an updated machine, which is where Cinammon would have been suitable, but if specs are a bit low, maybe Mate or XFCE would have been a better choice . Sometimes, if you want extremely fast then a high end system running these desktops is blazing . Live CD is going to run slower than if you were running it from Live USB, also, when running Live, RAM is the essential hardware, as it creates a RAM drive to run the OS . This is how they avoid messing with your hard drives and rebooting clears the RAM along with the OS . I normally wait till the OS stops chugging away when running Live, this ensures its done its tasks in the background and is only left with wanting to take your orders . Remember you are still inside Linux Mint when you are installing so you can perform screenshots of the window you are seeing by pressing Alt+Print Scr to save the screenshot and can hopefully show us where your problem lies . I believe it stores it either to Desktop or Pictures by default . The only time your Windows drive would be touched is when it installs the bootloader to /dev/sda overwriting Windows bootloader . |
Kame (312) | ||
| 1425462 | 2016-09-08 06:43:00 | Thanks for that screenshot. Your drives are out of order. There's 3 drives, a 40GB drive, a TB drive and a 500GB drive. /dev/sda is your 40GB drive, which appears to be the first drive detected in the BIOS or motherboard cable position. Its formatted as NTFS, it needs to be unallocated. Exit installation, go into Menu | Accessories | Disks, click on /dev/sda and then format it as a DOS/MBR drive, its a button in the top left that has that option. Now go back and try installing. |
Kame (312) | ||
| 1425463 | 2016-09-08 08:28:00 | I have two laptops dual booting Puppy Linux/Windows 8.1 ( the Windows version changes from time to time from 7, 8.1 & 10, all have backup images). Puppy runs Open Office and several others, plus all the Browsers. Easy to install:- Download 'Puppy 2015' iso and burn to CD or USB drv. Boot with the CD/USB and have a play. Use 'partedit' to create a Linux partition. Select install, you will have the option of 'standard' or 'frugal', choose frugal, and select the Linux partition, this will place the whole of Linux in one folder which will make backups simple. Install loader, select 'Grub 4', just follow the instructions. I use Puppy for Browsing and Email, no bother with antivirus, and constant updates. I use Windows for my Web work. Some of the Linux fonts are not the best, but you can install Windows fonts. |
mzee (3324) | ||
| 1425464 | 2016-09-08 13:34:00 | I'm in front of my system now so I can give a more complete and safe answer. No more replying from my phone. When you are running the Live CD, go: Menu | Accessories | Disks or just click Menu and type Disks and press Enter. This is the partition manager used with Mint. On the left hand side are your Hard Drives, select your 40GB drive and press Ctrl+F or navigate to the left top where there is the Hamburger menu, 3 lines stacked on top of one another, then click Format Disk... You should select Erase: Don't override existing data (Quick) and Partitioning: Compatible with all systems and devices (MBR / DOS) then click format. This gives you an absolutely blank drive with a DOS partitioning table. You could use GPT but there are no benefits when your drives are smaller than 2TB. So now you should be ready to install Mint or are you? Because your drives are in a weird ordering, it looks like /dev/sdc is your Windows system, partition /dev/sdc1 seems to be where the boot information is for Windows. So the question is, is your BIOS setup to boot from your 3rd hard dive? I would actually open up the system, switch the drives around so that the 500GB drive is first, the 1TB drive is second and the 40GB drive is last if that is possible. Then I would change the BIOS to boot from the 500GB drive as it seems to be doing. To achieve this, just swap the 40GB cable with the 500GB cable and then make sure the BIOS boots from the 500GB drive. Now lets see if you can get through the installation, it usually is a lot simpler than this but you went a step too far in formatting to NTFS with the 40GB drive, you should have removed all partitions on it to achieve what you needed. |
Kame (312) | ||
| 1425465 | 2016-09-08 20:13:00 | Thanks guys for your patience, character building stuff this installing Linux . :D Well I’ve followed all your instructions and now have Mint installed on the 40gig Drive . :clap My not knowing that Mint doesn’t use the NTFS file system was the problem . :blush: Once I disconnected the other drives and let it reformat and install it was away . I didn’t get a chance to write it down, but it used two types of formatting, one type for the boot sector and one for the rest, neither of which I’d ever heard of . Now there is just the matter of getting the other drives to play nicely . :rolleyes: Kane, your summing up of the Drive order is correct and I think I can explain it . The 40gig Mint drive is IDE and the BIOS checks for IDE’s before SATA’s (which the others are) and I don’t think I can do much about that . As for the computer specs, it’s just run of the mill, Duel Core on Gigabyte Motherboard with 4 gig Ram . Nothing special but I’ll screenshot them if you like . So, I’ll have some breakfast and see if I can get the rest working . |
B.M. (505) | ||
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