I got the Mint working again by typing in
at the initramfs promt
fsck /dev/sda1 because this was my root directory
That seemed to fix it when I said yes to all the repairs
BUT it is the computer going to keep doing this??
Julie
The only other thing I havent tried over the course of 4 days was to reinstall ubuntu, I am beginning think this computer HP will just not run Linux mint 19.1
BUT there is no guarantee that Ubuntu will even install now.
OK All is not well in the install ...Linux Mint will not longer boot up it get this message
busybox V1.27.2 Ubuntu 1.1.27.2 ubnutu 3.2)
built-in shell (ash) enter help for a list????
I am not a real newbie to using Linux Mint I have it on one of my computers and I have installed it on several but THIS install was crazy, it made no sense. I just hope the way I installed it continues to work
I really like your article about Timeshift and I will use one my linux computer and external drive.
I am sure this will be the start of many posts frome me as I work on more computer to install linux Mint
The post I got from all the you were great I tried all of them at one point. When I discovered that I could move the hd from one computer to the other with the install on it. That is the way I decided to go with this install. I imagine I will see lots more unusual things with installs because I...
1. I have tried different usb stick to install linux Mint 19.1 and no luck. 3 different ones to be exact
2. I also tried a fresh install using a DVD with a new download of linux mint ( no luck)
3. I did try to verify my download was good but i followed the instructions and I could not get them...
1. I have tried different usb stick to install linux Mint 19.1 and no luck. 3 different ones to be exact
2. I also tried a fresh install using a DVD with a new download of linux mint ( no luck)
3. I did try to verify my download was good but i followed the instructions and I could not get them...
I created a new .iso file on a flashdrive using Rosa image maker
I tried installing on the computer and now i get this error
the following file did not match the source copy on CD/DVD
/target/usr/lib/firefox/libxul.so
Yes that might be a possibility because I was in the bios to fix the boot mode to boot the Usb
first
There is a good chance I might have change that setting