Genuinely appreciate this so much, I ran into problems with balena etcher and needed this 🙏 i had a few issues but I got it through trial and tribulations
This was helpful. I found to get Mint OS to a USB the Chrome Recovery Utility was the only thing that worked for me since I only have ChromeFlex. You can download the operating system and change the file extension name from ISO to BIN then use the utility to load it on a USB. There is a video that showed them doing it with Ubuntu so I tried it. Works! None of the Linux steps in the terminal would work (like Belana Etcher) to flash the drive maybe this easy method could be done in any Chrome Browser by getting the utility from the web store. The Linux commands in developer mode and even on Ubuntu kept creating a number of errors too frustrating. ChromeFlex was fine but no Play Store and horrible File Manager. This looks great. Thank you for your introduction.
Thanks, that was a very informative video. I'm about to take the leap into Linux - have thought of it over the last 25 years and even downoaded it once around 2005 or so. I'm tired of paying for Windows (98, Media Center edition, Win 7 and Win 10) and with end of life coming for Win 10 next year - my gov't pensions only go so far!! I built my pc in 2019 with a 500gb SSD and 5tb in drives, a Ryzen 2600 and AMD RX560 and 16 gb 3000mhz ram it's only used for Kodi, music, general browsing and keeping in touch with my kids and grandkids - so nothing too complicated most of my gaming is ps3 & ps4 I've got Steam but the only thing I've ever played on it was SimCity 4 LOL.
No problem! It's certainly worth making the dive. You can always go back to Windows so it's not a set in stone move that's for sure. Funny you mention Sim City 4. I was just thinking of firing it up again soon.
With all this ai stuff other tech companies seem to be shoving down our throats (my current laptop is Windows 11) I remembered my old, slow laptop & decided to give Linux a shot on it. Thank you for this tutorial, now that I have Linux installed I just need to learn ti use it…
Hello there, I'm brand new to Linux and have just purchased a Tuxedo laptop. I've watched many videos that state Linux isn't secure by default and you need to install your own firewall etc and they're doing things in the terminal that I don't understand at all. Is this true? or more for servers
@Digital-Scriptorium Bedore, and after. Only way I can get it to load into anything is in compatibility mode. After installing, it fails the reboot and does nothing when I hard restart
Also, I *think* because of the compatibility mode, I get a code scroll before the screen where you select to install Mint or just explore the system in that live version that the USB boots into
It's been running fine; I have a 1TB Kingston NVME drive (the one I was trying to install to) and a 2TB NVME drive as a secondary. I forgot what brand the 2TB drive is; am at work as of writing this and can't check. The RAM should be fine; I have 2x32GB DDR5 Corsair Vengeance cards. Could it be an NVIDIA driver issue? I have an 8GB Gigabyte Windforce OC RTX 4060 for my GPU with an Intel i7 12900KF CPU that has integrated graphics Also, this is a former Windows 11 system that I'm trying to convert; is it possible Windows did something wonky to the drive EDIT: Spelling, Windows context
The location is where I bricked my machine. I could not get an exact location so I backed up and tried to go forward again. It did nothing. I cancelled it and tried to go through the process again and got nothing. I shut down my pc and then tried to turn it back on and got the message that some file was missing and my pc shut down. I assume installing linux changes something in the bios/uefi.
@@wanderingmoon9772 I wonder if your computer is trying to "fast boot" into it. I think the way to break out of that is to turn it on and immediately keep holding the power button down until it shuts down. Then try to turn it on again
Do you really have to worry about doing that ISO verification on the mint website? I assume most of the mirrors should be safe, yes? The verification process seems like a huge pain on windows, and the tool that they want us to use doesn't even download as an executable for me for some reason.
Got it installed and all is good EXCEPT I can't get it to find my bluetooth headphones. I've tried a couple of pairs. It did detect the BT on my laptop though. Any ideas? Thanks!
I pulled the thumb driver after concluding the installation, just as you said... Laptop immediately turned down and won't recognize the thumb drive as bootable media
I have the same problem. I remove the thumb driver after installing and then I get a pop-up with some options but I don't know what to choose (I'm not tech savvy at all so I am very confused). Sometimes my laptop just turns on and off again repeatedly very quickly too.
When I boot into the USB and try to type something, my keyboard won't work. It's not a problem with the keyboard because it runs fine on Windows and only starts to not work in the Linux USB. What should I do?
Is this an external keyboard or a laptop keyboard? If it's external I would be curious if it works in specific ports. Like front USB headers or one's on the back and so on.
I'd appreciate it if you could help with this. I have been trying to install mint xfce 21.3 on a cheap hp pavilion with a single core amd Cpu and 4 gigs of Ram. No matter what I do, I can't get it to boot in regular mode from the USB, only in compatibility mode. After that, when I try to install, it does not detect my hdd. I've tried all the bios checks, and similar solutions but nothing helped. I got frustrated an made a Pop OS image and that instantly detected and installed properly. I even tried it again after that, just to make sure it wasn't something within Windows. Nothing. If you can help, I'll be grateful. But I understand that I might be stupid about this and asking like this. No problem if you can't help.
Was your computer acting a little off before you tried the overhaul? Just trying to brainstorm. You could also try a different thumb drive if you have one to install the OS
@@Digital-Scriptorium I just switched from Windows following your TH-cam tutorial. My laptop specs are Samsung i3 NP370R4E. I chose Linux Mint Mate and downloaded the ISO from the website you recommended. Since I'm new to Linux, I'm a bit confused. Please help. Thank you.
@@Digital-Scriptorium thanks for the reply.. Sorted. Had it on a stick using ventoy, 21.3 was fine on that but 22 don't like ventoy probably due to one of the upgrades.. Loaded it on another on it's own and no problem with install. Cheers.
System i5 7500T, 8GB Ram, 256gb hard drive. System is a 2019 HP EliteDesk Mini. It froze on setting installing from USB, stuck on installation screen where you select to format the existing hard drive once I pressed install, rainbow timer appeared. After googling it, some stated it took an hour or 2, thought maybe it was doing something, left it 2 hours. Came back, same screen, no progress same colour rainbow timer. I had to "force" exit of the installation. The system then wouldn't shut down. Had to hold the power to shut it off. I am now faced with the below; Failed to open \EFI\BOOT\mmx64efi - Not Found Failed to load image : Not Found Failed to start MokManager: Not Found Something has gone seriously wrong: Import_mok_state0 failed: Not Found I have tried; 3 different USB sticks, 32gb, 1 brand new. I have formatted the USB and reinstalled the boot to the USB Tired 4 different mirror downloads, all authenticated with no issues. Tired both balenaEtcher & Rufus to put the OS on the USB. Same issue. Tired the copying of the of the grubx64.efi and remaining to mmx64.efi which gets me back to the dos looking boot screen. Select the version and does the below; error: shim_lock protocol not found error: you need to load the kernal first Press any key to continue. Then goes back to the boot screen. On each occasion it seems to now fail. Any ideals?
Genuinely appreciate this so much, I ran into problems with balena etcher and needed this 🙏 i had a few issues but I got it through trial and tribulations
Glad to hear you made the magic happen! Enjoy! :)
This was helpful. I found to get Mint OS to a USB the Chrome Recovery Utility was the only thing that worked for me since I only have ChromeFlex. You can download the operating system and change the file extension name from ISO to BIN then use the utility to load it on a USB. There is a video that showed them doing it with Ubuntu so I tried it. Works! None of the Linux steps in the terminal would work (like Belana Etcher) to flash the drive maybe this easy method could be done in any Chrome Browser by getting the utility from the web store. The Linux commands in developer mode and even on Ubuntu kept creating a number of errors too frustrating. ChromeFlex was fine but no Play Store and horrible File Manager. This looks great. Thank you for your introduction.
O very interesting to hear that work around for Flex. Glad to hear the video was helpful though! Enjoy! :)
Thanks, that was a very informative video. I'm about to take the leap into Linux - have thought of it over the last 25 years and even downoaded it once around 2005 or so. I'm tired of paying for Windows (98, Media Center edition, Win 7 and Win 10) and with end of life coming for Win 10 next year - my gov't pensions only go so far!! I built my pc in 2019 with a 500gb SSD and 5tb in drives, a Ryzen 2600 and AMD RX560 and 16 gb 3000mhz ram it's only used for Kodi, music, general browsing and keeping in touch with my kids and grandkids - so nothing too complicated most of my gaming is ps3 & ps4 I've got Steam but the only thing I've ever played on it was SimCity 4 LOL.
No problem! It's certainly worth making the dive. You can always go back to Windows so it's not a set in stone move that's for sure. Funny you mention Sim City 4. I was just thinking of firing it up again soon.
Thank you for this.
No problem! Enjoy!
With all this ai stuff other tech companies seem to be shoving down our throats (my current laptop is Windows 11) I remembered my old, slow laptop & decided to give Linux a shot on it. Thank you for this tutorial, now that I have Linux installed I just need to learn ti use it…
Nice! Yeah, the best way is just dig in and see what you can do. If you can make it a daily driver that really helps too. Enjoy! :)
What will i do if its says error grub cant install, lenovo ideapad 320 14iap
Does it give an option to attempt to reinstall it?
I have the same issue I have a Lenovo IdeaPad 320 15iap I want Linux mint please help
@@MasonTate792 hmmm, it might be worth checking on mints forums on this one.
Use Legacy option on boot. I got the same error, and when I chose that one the error is gone when I tried the setup again.
I fixed my problem I used the boot repair and now grub pops up
Hello there, I'm brand new to Linux and have just purchased a Tuxedo laptop. I've watched many videos that state Linux isn't secure by default and you need to install your own firewall etc and they're doing things in the terminal that I don't understand at all. Is this true? or more for servers
Well I think it's good to find a quick guide on best practices. For something like Linux Mint things are in pretty good shape by default.
I would say that it is safe to use without firewall
Yeah, when in doubt just be careful :)
For some reason my install of LM 22 freezes at te green logo at the very beginning. How long is it supposed to sit there?
Is this before or after the install?
@Digital-Scriptorium Bedore, and after. Only way I can get it to load into anything is in compatibility mode. After installing, it fails the reboot and does nothing when I hard restart
Also, I *think* because of the compatibility mode, I get a code scroll before the screen where you select to install Mint or just explore the system in that live version that the USB boots into
How was your computer running before you made the switch? Just ruling out wonky potential hardware failures like bad RAM or hard drive
It's been running fine; I have a 1TB Kingston NVME drive (the one I was trying to install to) and a 2TB NVME drive as a secondary. I forgot what brand the 2TB drive is; am at work as of writing this and can't check. The RAM should be fine; I have 2x32GB DDR5 Corsair Vengeance cards.
Could it be an NVIDIA driver issue? I have an 8GB Gigabyte Windforce OC RTX 4060 for my GPU with an Intel i7 12900KF CPU that has integrated graphics
Also, this is a former Windows 11 system that I'm trying to convert; is it possible Windows did something wonky to the drive
EDIT: Spelling, Windows context
The location is where I bricked my machine. I could not get an exact location so I backed up and tried to go forward again. It did nothing. I cancelled it and tried to go through the process again and got nothing. I shut down my pc and then tried to turn it back on and got the message that some file was missing and my pc shut down. I assume installing linux changes something in the bios/uefi.
Sorry for the delayed response. You might need to purge uefi boot configs in your BIOS if they show up in this case.
@Digital-Scriptorium how do I do that if it just shuts it's self down after telling me there is a missing uefi file?
@@wanderingmoon9772 I wonder if your computer is trying to "fast boot" into it. I think the way to break out of that is to turn it on and immediately keep holding the power button down until it shuts down. Then try to turn it on again
Huge thanks for this man!
No problem! Enjoy! :)
Do you really have to worry about doing that ISO verification on the mint website? I assume most of the mirrors should be safe, yes? The verification process seems like a huge pain on windows, and the tool that they want us to use doesn't even download as an executable for me for some reason.
I generally don't worry about the verification of the source.
Got it installed and all is good EXCEPT I can't get it to find my bluetooth headphones. I've tried a couple of pairs. It did detect the BT on my laptop though.
Any ideas? Thanks!
Hmm, did you allow 3rd party drivers and make sure to run updates and install all of them?
I pulled the thumb driver after concluding the installation, just as you said... Laptop immediately turned down and won't recognize the thumb drive as bootable media
Hmmm, how old is your computer?
I have the same problem. I remove the thumb driver after installing and then I get a pop-up with some options but I don't know what to choose (I'm not tech savvy at all so I am very confused). Sometimes my laptop just turns on and off again repeatedly very quickly too.
@nimitsu_ if it's the boot window it should auto boot into the OS. The turning on and off thing is a bit weird
@@Digital-Scriptorium thank you. I am not sure what I did but I just kept trying again and again and it eventually worked lol
@nimitsu_ Nice! Well that is good to hear!
When I boot into the USB and try to type something, my keyboard won't work. It's not a problem with the keyboard because it runs fine on Windows and only starts to not work in the Linux USB. What should I do?
Is this an external keyboard or a laptop keyboard? If it's external I would be curious if it works in specific ports. Like front USB headers or one's on the back and so on.
@@Digital-Scriptorium It's external. Also I tried using it on the USB port on the front and it worked. Thank you
@@thatcoriguy Nice! Glad to hear that helped! Enjoy! :)
I'd appreciate it if you could help with this. I have been trying to install mint xfce 21.3 on a cheap hp pavilion with a single core amd Cpu and 4 gigs of Ram. No matter what I do, I can't get it to boot in regular mode from the USB, only in compatibility mode. After that, when I try to install, it does not detect my hdd. I've tried all the bios checks, and similar solutions but nothing helped. I got frustrated an made a Pop OS image and that instantly detected and installed properly. I even tried it again after that, just to make sure it wasn't something within Windows. Nothing. If you can help, I'll be grateful. But I understand that I might be stupid about this and asking like this. No problem if you can't help.
All good. Have you tried version 22 yet to see if that helps?
@@Digital-Scriptorium I didn't know it was out until I saw your video on it. Will let you know how that goes.
@@syedsakifrahman3021 fingers crossed :)
@@syedsakifrahman3021 same problem here, i tried 21.3 and 22 both freeze.
What's the specs of your machine?
Link to dl is not working for me, I wander why, :( I will try different day
They might be having host server issues. For sure give it some time and try again :)
My installation type screen looks different
Are you still able to navigate it or does it seem broken?
@@Digital-Scriptorium I won't let me install it it keeps crashing now
Was your computer acting a little off before you tried the overhaul? Just trying to brainstorm. You could also try a different thumb drive if you have one to install the OS
@@Digital-Scriptorium it was my cousins he wanted to have a different os, I gave it back to him and he bricked it so I don't need help anymore
@@Juggernog9 these things happen. At least you gave it the ol' college try! :)
I've installed something and it was successful. But after restarting, my mouse is stuck. Do you have any solutions? 😢
Hmmm what about your keyboard? Does it react?
@Digital-Scriptorium After I fixed my mouse, there have been several instances where my laptop shuts down whenever I click on any menu.
@@Dineschara-v5h very strange. Was the computer acting ok before you did the fresh install?
@@Digital-Scriptorium I just switched from Windows following your TH-cam tutorial. My laptop specs are Samsung i3 NP370R4E. I chose Linux Mint Mate and downloaded the ISO from the website you recommended. Since I'm new to Linux, I'm a bit confused. Please help. Thank you.
@@Dineschara-v5h did you have a chance to run updates yet?
Is it stable
It was for me but naturally any release in the first few days is bound to be quirky.
Should this work on an old Mac laptop?
I would say as long as it's a 2012 or newer it should be nice and peppy.
"failed to unmount partitions" maann... This is driving me crazy.
Was this during the installation of the OS or making the thumb drive boot media?
Should change the name to Linux Simp as a joke 😂
Haha
Coconut
Yes.
Indubitably
@@ChimpWithaHandGrenade :)
First time ever I have had trouble installing... Plug in the USB iso burned to it and it asks for the kernel first... Won't install.
So you're booting from it and seeing some kind of kernal screen?
@@Digital-Scriptorium thanks for the reply.. Sorted.
Had it on a stick using ventoy, 21.3 was fine on that but 22 don't like ventoy probably due to one of the upgrades.. Loaded it on another on it's own and no problem with install. Cheers.
@@barrykirkby9626 ah gotcha. Good to hear all is well now :)
System
i5 7500T, 8GB Ram, 256gb hard drive. System is a 2019 HP EliteDesk Mini.
It froze on setting installing from USB, stuck on installation screen where you select to format the existing hard drive once I pressed install, rainbow timer appeared. After googling it, some stated it took an hour or 2, thought maybe it was doing something, left it 2 hours.
Came back, same screen, no progress same colour rainbow timer. I had to "force" exit of the installation. The system then wouldn't shut down. Had to hold the power to shut it off.
I am now faced with the below;
Failed to open \EFI\BOOT\mmx64efi - Not Found
Failed to load image : Not Found
Failed to start MokManager: Not Found
Something has gone seriously wrong: Import_mok_state0 failed: Not Found
I have tried;
3 different USB sticks, 32gb, 1 brand new.
I have formatted the USB and reinstalled the boot to the USB
Tired 4 different mirror downloads, all authenticated with no issues.
Tired both balenaEtcher & Rufus to put the OS on the USB.
Same issue.
Tired the copying of the of the grubx64.efi and remaining to mmx64.efi which gets me back to the dos looking boot screen.
Select the version and does the below;
error: shim_lock protocol not found
error: you need to load the kernal first
Press any key to continue.
Then goes back to the boot screen.
On each occasion it seems to now fail.
Any ideals?
If you can I would try a BIOS update just in case that's causing weird stuff.