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I have a Lenovo Yoga 300 hybrid tablet with 2 GB RAM and a 32 GB eMMC drive. I bought it with Win 8.1, but after 2 years encountered problems, so I installed AntiX and wiped Win completely. That went fine.
Now I have a scrolling issue that I cannot seem to solve so I want to replace AntiX with Mint 19.1, which I have on another, "normal" laptop without that scrolling issue. But when I inserted the USB stick onto which I had etched Mint, and click on "Try without installing" I get a black screen, a few lines of text & numbers, and it starts flashing. So I have to do a forced shutdown.
I mention the eMMC drive because it might be relevant, it might not. Here are the full details:
Sounds like it's puking trying to load graphics offhand. Did you try starting Mint in "compatibility mode"? That should do software rendering instead of attempting to load 3d hardware acceleration.
Sounds like it's puking trying to load graphics offhand.
"Puking" is the right word because it really is a stream of text & numbers.
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Did you try starting Mint in "compatibility mode"? That should do software rendering instead of attempting to load 3d hardware acceleration.
I had not picked that one up in the Grub. I tried it, and that went well, albeit that there was also a stream of text (different) and no flashing. Anyway, I got to the desktop, was able to click on "install", got the subsequent steps like keyboard, install 3rd party software, but then .....
I got to the "installation type" screen, but not as it should be with 3 options, incl. erase entire disk, Something else. Instead, there was a white empty box with some tabs headed Device, type, Mount point, etc. The tabs are passive, i.e. unclickable.
Below that there are 3 buttons: +, -, and Change.
Below that the "Device for boot loader installation", showing /dev/sda
Below that 3 buttons: Quit, Back, Install.
Whether I click on the Change button or the Install button, I get a pop-up message box saying the installer has crashed !!!!
I tried several times, and each time the result was the same. I get the impression that AntiX is baked into the hard drive forever and cannot be removed anymore. Is there any way to force an erase or format of the hard drive?
Last edited by Klaas Vaak; 06-05-2019 at 06:56 AM.
"Puking" is the right word because it really is a stream of text & numbers.
I had not picked that one up in the Grub. I tried it, and that went well, albeit that there was also a stream of text (different) and no flashing. Anyway, I got to the desktop, was able to click on "install", got the subsequent steps like keyboard, install 3rd party software, but then .....
I got to the "installation type" screen, but not as it should be with 3 options, incl. erase entire disk, Something else. Instead, there was a white empty box with some tabs headed Device, type, Mount point, etc. The tabs are passive, i.e. unclickable.
Below that there are 3 buttons: +, -, and Change.
Below that the "Device for boot loader installation", showing /dev/sda
Below that 3 buttons: Quit, Back, Install.
Whether I click on the Change button or the Install button, I get a pop-up message box saying the installer has crashed !!!!
I tried several times, and each time the result was the same. I get the impression that AntiX is baked into the hard drive forever and cannot be removed anymore. Is there any way to force an erase or format of the hard drive?
Seems odd that Mint wouldn't support eMMC drives still. Is this the latest 19.1 installer? If so I can take it for a quick test on my Acer that uses eMMC to test...
Last edited by Timothy Miller; 06-05-2019 at 09:00 AM.
Well, looks like I can't be of much help. I just booted my Acer A114-31 (32 GB eMMC) with Mint 19.1 USB, and not a single issue with it seeing or manipulating the eMMC.
Well, looks like I can't be of much help. I just booted my Acer A114-31 (32 GB eMMC) with Mint 19.1 USB, and not a single issue with it seeing or manipulating the eMMC.
On the contrary, you have been of help, believe it or not. This last comment is most helpful in that it confirms that LM 19.1 can work perfectly on an eMMC. I have read some negative comments. Also, an eMMC is a cheapish solution that may conk out more easily.
The only issue with LM then is for it to detect eMMC, and I have seen people reporting specifically that LM cannot detect an eMMC. Maybe it would be different if the eMMC is wiped completely clean.
Thanks for you help ;-)
This issue has spiralled out of control – I hope the experts here allow me to use this terminology.
I could not get the computer to read any live USBs decently. Even GParted on a live USB stick could not be launched.
But, with the antiX live USB GParted recognised the current antiX partitions, so I proceeded to delete them. That seemed to have gone well, but ….
I tried to reinstall antiX (BIOS settings: secure boot – off, Legacy booting on), and marked it for Auto-install, it threw up a message that /sda1 in still in use. So Iset it to custom install, and set the root to the eMMC drive, boot in root, /home in root, swap separate. It asked if everything was allowed to be overwritten, which I confirmed.
The installation completed and at the end asked me if I wanted to reboot (if so, take out the installation medium). Having confirmed that, it rebooted but then got stuck on a black screen with some text, and the message that no bootable device was detected, and to please insert the disc? Huh?
I am completely confused now, don’t understand what I did wrong, and am frustrated with all this. I probably did some things wrong, so I accept my stupidity for that, but is there anything to correct this and get the computer to boot correctly into antiX, hopefully without my earlier issues of trackpad/scrollbar sensitivity.
Since your machine seems to like antiX, you may find it helpful to try installing its slightly bigger brother (or cousin) MX Linux and see whether you have a different outcome to installing LM 19.
I am completely confused now, don’t understand what I did wrong
Here Maybe
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marked it for Auto-install, it threw up a message that /sda1 in still in use. So Iset it to custom install, and set the root to the eMMC drive, boot in root, /home in root, swap separate
If you told grub to install to / partition. You could end up with
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it rebooted but then got stuck on a black screen with some text, and the message that no bootable device was detected, and to please insert the disc? Huh?
Edit: Also. When you picked auto install. I guess you found the bug where the auto installer saw the live usb as sda.
Not sure on your gear. But usually you need a boot partition on UEFI gear as I found out when I fixed my wifes broken Asus Laptop.
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