Can't reinstall Linux Mint Cinnamon 22.3 after changing drives to GPT and booting UEFI

[Rocketing-warp9]

This does leave me curious.. Off the wall, but could be a good starting point to getting mint installed.
(Please bear note- I'm just throwing ideas at the wall. I don't know if this will work or not)
If you have a USB 2.0 Port, that might help too-
If you can maybe try a different distro with GRUB (ex-Ubuntu) and see if it hits the same stop.
Debian with a .netnstall might work out here as well, just as a starting point.
If you type "yes" on the prompt above, see what that does next (If you have access, please Plug in an ethernet cable)

 

[MisterEd]

I put Fedora Workstation 44 Live ISO on the Ventoy flash drive. It took less than one minute to load to the live desktop. After about 20 minutes the computer froze. Then it hit me.

The CPU is using the stock cooler which is inadequate. I reduced the power setting in Windows 10 so that it doesn't run too hot. I also monitor the temperature at all times using Core Temp.

I wasn't thinking about that when I was trying to boot Linux Mint. Maybe it was overheating an malfunctioning. Fedora Live booted but locked up after a time. I need to apologize for not mentioning this in the beginning.

I ordered a much better CPU cooler on June 28 on Ebay. Unfortunately, the seller took my money and ghosted me. Ebay said to contact them tomorrow July 15. Hopefully, they will make sure I get my money back. I ordered a different CPU cooler from a different seller. I should be getting it on Friday. Since hardware for old computers like this are usually used I hope it works out.

Here are a couple screenshots from Fedora Live. Note: I took them within Fedora and copied them to a different flash drive.

 

[piorunz]

Very good troubleshooting.
So this USB stick works on laptop and boots right into LinuxMint LiveUSB desktop, but cannot do the same on the PC?
Did you plug it in to the back, to motherboard I/O plate, or to the front USB port on the case?
If it's in the front, put it in the back, straight into motherboard port.
Also, you are saying that Fedora image actually worked. When you next boot into it, type

sudo dmesg

see if you have any similar USB read errors.

Regarding CPU overheating, you can go to BIOS to see if you can decrease CPU speeds there. Also, check temperatures as seen as BIOS.

 

[MisterEd]

To keep things straight I am going to refer to the desktop by its name Phoenix.

The screenshots in my last post of the Federal Live mode were made on the desktop Phoenix. I was so glad to have Linux booting on that computer even if wasn't Mint Live. I copied the screenshots to a flash drive so I wouldn't lose them. I realized the live mode always reset everything when it was booted again.

Lowering the CPU temperature

In the Phoenix BIOS I lowered the multiplier from 10 to 7. This should lower the temperature.
CPU speed = 200MHz x 10 = 2.0GHz (default)
CPU speed = 200MHz x 7 = 1.4GHz

I also had to disable Cool'n'Quiet and Core Performance Boost. Otherwise, the multiplier change wouldn't have any effect.

After I booted into Windows 10, the CPU clock speed always stayed at 1.4GHz.

Trying to boot to Linux Mint

I still couldn't boot the Linux Mint ISOs. I tried several versions.
Linux Mint Cinnamon 22.3
Linux Mint Cinnamon 21.3
Linux Mint Xfce 22.3
Linux Mint Mate 22.3
Linux Mint Lmde 7 Cinnamon

They all hung on the green Linux Mint logo.

I wonder if an older version of Linux Mint would work better?

Note, I started trying to boot Linux Mint on Phoenix on Monday I tried both the USB 2.0 port on the front and a USB 2.0 port on the back panel. The boot failed on both the same way.

Trying to boot to Linux Fedora

Fedora booted the the Live Desktop in a little over 2 minutes. Like yesterday after about 15-20 minutes it didn't totally crash but most applications when selected wouldn't run.

I found this online:

If your Fedora Live USB stops working or freezes after a certain amount of time, it is usually caused by a conflict with Nvidia graphics drivers, a corrupted USB flash drive, or a timeout in the initial setup screen.

My Nvdia GTX 560 GPU is 15 years old and may have conflicts with Wayland. Maybe switching back to X11 would be more stable.

Before it crashed I ran "sudo dmesg". The results are attached to this post.

After it crashed I rebooted. I immediately installed it in the unallocated space on disk1. The Install Finalization seemed to crash when done. I had to reboot to get past that. Linux Fedora 44 loaded when I selected it in the boot menu. I decided that testing of it would be easier in the installed rather than the live mode.

If I have any more crash problems I may decide to switch to X11 or pick up a much newer GPU. I had thought about a 1030 or other 10 series but maybe a GTX 1650 or GTX 1660 would be more appropriate.

About choosing Linux distribution

I had hoped to install a Debian derivative distribution like Mint because since 2018 I have been using several Raspberry Pis (3B+, 4B and 5). The Raspberry Pi OS is based upon the Arm version of Debian Linux.

From 2002 to about 2012 I had been using Redhat and then Fedora Linux. For now Fedora Linux will be OK.

BTW

I realized that I had been converting the disks from MBR to GPT or GPT to MBR the hard way. I realized I had EaseUS Parition Master Pro. I used it to convert the disks from MBR to GPT. It completed both disks in less than 10 minutes without losing any data.