Linux Mint 18.3 fails to install on HP laptop

J Harp · 02-25-2019, 08:20 PM

Does that mean that each time I boot to the usb, I have to start off with the mkdir, mount, and ls commands?

colorpurple21859 · 02-25-2019, 08:21 PM

yes, not necessarily the ls command but the other two. the "ls /mnt/sda4/boot" is to see what is in /boot on /dev/sda4

J Harp · 02-25-2019, 08:57 PM

Thank you, I didn't know that I had to start with mkdir and mount each time. I just reran those three commands and got the same results as before, mount point doesn’t exist, and No such file or directory.

Tomorrow after the Dentist gets through with me I'm going to move to where I can get a wired connection. Is it possible to send screenshots when booted to a usb stick?

I'm too wool-gathered to continue tonight. If I'd known the install would be this difficult I probably have stuck with ubuntu. When I dual booted Mint 18.3 with ubuntu 18.04, it was no problem at all. Could it be that this release is just too new to have had the bugs worked out?

BW-userx · 02-26-2019, 07:19 AM

if you are on a system usb or not and have a means to get out onto the network, then yes you can access the net like any other system, usb or not, providing the system has the required items needed to do what you need to do.

I am guessing this is what you need to do each time boot into your live OS because it loses everything. That is just the nature of the beast. Having the commands here in your post and adding a semi-colon at the end of each command you can run more than one is succession. This will make it easier for you to just copy paste the entire set of operations into a terminal then move to the next step of this ordeal.

Code:

sudo mkdir /mnt/sda4 ;
sudo mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/sda4 ;
ls /mnt/boot

J Harp · 02-26-2019, 08:23 AM

Thank you Sir, now if I can just remember that. Ordeal is the word. I did some rearranging and got to a wired connection. That should help.
I'm going to pursue something else for a bit, I'll be back after my dental appointment.

J Harp · 02-26-2019, 11:13 AM

Here is what I have tried, it didn't work.[ATTACH]29939

J Harp · 02-26-2019, 11:24 AM

I don't know if I have the boot order exactly right as shown in the screenshot. It booted to Windows when I restarted the computer. I'm going to restart now and ry the other link posted by yancek.

colorpurple21859 · 02-26-2019, 11:29 AM

What happens with sudo efibootmgr -n 0002 then reboot

BW-userx · 02-26-2019, 11:30 AM

ok read this to change your boot order

How to Get Ubuntu to Boot Before Windows Using the EFI Boot Manager

same time post, I called it....

J Harp · 02-26-2019, 11:44 AM

Hope this is right.

J Harp · 02-26-2019, 12:10 PM

OK back in business I hope. A big thank you to all who have helped.

I had set compatibility mode before booting onto the usb the last time, or at least before the last restart. Should I leave it there or not?

My apologies for being so slow to catch on, I just cannot remember commands, I have to be looking at them, and sometimes I misread what I see.

colorpurple21859 · 02-26-2019, 12:41 PM

Quote:

sudo efibootmgr -n 0002

was a temporary fix to see if mint would boot. To set permanently

Code:

sudo efibootmgr -o 0002,0001,0000,2001,2002,3001

or maybe set 0000 first and 0002 second to allow to boot from usb when inserted.

J Harp · 02-26-2019, 01:09 PM

I set it to your first suggestion, but I'm a bit confused, shouldn't it be 2001 first in case I need to boot from a Windows recovery usb device?

Out to lunch for a bit, then see if I can set up a wifi connection.

colorpurple21859 · 02-26-2019, 01:21 PM

Not sure which order would be best on your system. Maybe making 2001 first would be better.

J Harp · 02-26-2019, 03:23 PM

I thought we had it, but we don't, next bootup went to Windows. I'm trying to retrace steps, things look different this time. I will restart after I send this, and see what happens.