Recent content by captain-sensible

As Condobloke suggests if you can get on internet there a a few iso to usb tools that can be used from both windows and linux. if not, it is possible to appropriately, as intended, put an iso onto a usb via command line .can you on command line log in as root & give output of : # dd...

page 18 has a section on Ventoy

if there is room on one of your Venyoy formatted usb's you might drop and drag Mint Cinamon 64 bit iso on page 18 there is an article of on ventoy see : https://linux.org/threads/the-august-2020-issue-of-the-pclinuxos-magazine.30115/post-98373

rEFInd is a tool to boot windows or Linux on an uefi computer; basically a rescue tool. keep them separate , So only use dd for the rEFInd img file to a usb all by itself .We can use it to get any os up including Windows if grub goes bad. So when you have done a dd of the rEFInd img file to a...

makes more sense to do as wiz suggested. Delete /dev/sda5 on wards. But first to have rEFInd on a usb would help and one decent Live OS on a stick maybe Mint Cinnamon from which we can use gparted to clean up and consolidate

thanks going out, something to read when i get back

we will plod on then and then you come back and sort out the mess ? :^) just noticed where the kevlar quote came from on another post

if your willing to do a "dd" command with the knowledge if you got it wrong it would wipe your hard drive then you've got confidence and learning fast. you might as well put rEFInd on one of your usb sticks : https://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/getting.html shimmy down to usb flash drive image...

Nope i'm a limey

As you say rarely a problem.slackware 14.2 did not recognise my WiFi chip on a new HP laptop. I just upgraded to slackware current and issue solved. In years gone by I did have a problem with printer comparability but found hp printers no problem due to hplip

No problem at all but what is the partition table type on the usb stick MS-DOS or gpt that your using for neon ?

Are you a motor bike enthusiast

I hope it not an AA meeting since you will not be setting a good example.

I agree with Condobloke on LibreOffice. Now lets look at little about text formatting and display . When i do say php coding on linux i don't use LibreOffice because behind what I see , the text has associated with it formating/presentation meta information such as font=New Times Roman size=12...

regarding usb not booting unless CSM . uefi as i understand it looks for a gpt partition. Most usb sticks have a none gpt partition table i.e an msdos partition table and then usually a fat32 partition . So in your case it may be the PC not in CSM mode is sort of saying , i'm only going to...