Replaced HDD with new HDD. Old system was windows 7 on Toshiba Satellite l675 with 4gb ram. Downloaded Linux Mint Cinamon on blank DVD, verified it. Ran DVD and was able to use Linux while DVD was in. Then clicked on install Linux Mint on screen and went thru installation process again. Finished and got message to remove install media, which I did. Then pressed enter as directed and nothing happens. The screen still says "Please remove installation media and press enter". Please help. Thanks John
Linux Won't run After Install
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Condobloke
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G'day johnmoff, Welcome to Linux.org
Which app did you use to "burn" the Linux Mint .iso to the dvd .......to make it bootable
Downloading the .iso file direct to a dvd will not work. The dvd needs to be bootable
If you were to use a usb stick, you would then use something like balena etcher to load the .iso to the usb stick and most importantly make it bootable....that means the pc will boot properly and Linux will run
There are other members here who can likely explain how you achieve the same thing with a dvd.
Which app did you use to "burn" the Linux Mint .iso to the dvd .......to make it bootable
Downloading the .iso file direct to a dvd will not work. The dvd needs to be bootable
If you were to use a usb stick, you would then use something like balena etcher to load the .iso to the usb stick and most importantly make it bootable....that means the pc will boot properly and Linux will run
There are other members here who can likely explain how you achieve the same thing with a dvd.
Brickwizard
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welcome
when you were installing, did you get the message, restart required [or similar] remove medium and hit enter?
Linux doesn't finish installing until it goes through its first boot[ which can be slow] when it sets up the necessary start programs and cleans out the now unneeded installation files.
when you were installing, did you get the message, restart required [or similar] remove medium and hit enter?
Linux doesn't finish installing until it goes through its first boot[ which can be slow] when it sets up the necessary start programs and cleans out the now unneeded installation files.
Did you have anything else attached to your system when you installed Linux that you detached after installing it? The installation program may have used the UUID of your old hard drive and your new hard drive's file system probably has a different one. Check your /boot/grub/grub.cfg file on whatever you use to boot your system to see if it is specifying a UUID on the kernel's command line using the linux command in GRUB. If this is what's happening you have two options. You can use tune2fs to change the UUID on your new hard drive's file system to match the old one, if you're never going to connect it again, or you can edit the grub.cfg file, that it shouts at you at the top of the file and tells you not to do, to tell it which UUID your new root file system has. Don't worry, you can edit this file. I edit mine, but I boot from a flash drive that the software that writes that file can't touch.
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Matthew Campbell
Signed,
Matthew Campbell
Hi, Thanks for your responses. I tried using a USB stick and then using etcher but etcher didn't work on my computer. I then tried using a dvd and that's when I found out I couldn't use that since the iso file isn't bootable. I then downloaded to my dvd from Harvard School of Engineering (I think) and verified the files using SHA-256 Checksums and then using GPG Signature. Both of those verified my dvd files. Thats when I used my dvd to boot my computer. Seemed like everything was ok, got the message to remove dvd and hit enter. Removed dvd as the dvd drive had opened. Then hit enter and absolutely nothing happened. In order to get out of the screen directing me to remove media and hit enter I had to turn off computer with off key.
I then went through the first part of process and was able to use Linux with the dvd in the computer to copy some files and play some music. I decided to try installing Linux on computer again, went through all the steps and again got the message to remove media and hit enter. Again absolutely nothing.
Some additional info. I had already had Windows 7 installed the first time I tried to install Linux and left Win 7 on my computer. In order to get out of the screen directing me to remove media and hit enter I had to turn off computer with off key. Tried to reboot and then computer went into bios and when i tried to reboot from hard drive bios indicated boot had failed. I've tried several times and always get same situation. I can use Linux but only with the dvd in the drive.
I also then installed Linux without keeping Win 7. That changed nothing.
That's where I am right now.
Note to Mathew: thanks for your suggestions but your advice is above my level of understanding.
Thanks, John
I then went through the first part of process and was able to use Linux with the dvd in the computer to copy some files and play some music. I decided to try installing Linux on computer again, went through all the steps and again got the message to remove media and hit enter. Again absolutely nothing.
Some additional info. I had already had Windows 7 installed the first time I tried to install Linux and left Win 7 on my computer. In order to get out of the screen directing me to remove media and hit enter I had to turn off computer with off key. Tried to reboot and then computer went into bios and when i tried to reboot from hard drive bios indicated boot had failed. I've tried several times and always get same situation. I can use Linux but only with the dvd in the drive.
I also then installed Linux without keeping Win 7. That changed nothing.
That's where I am right now.
Note to Mathew: thanks for your suggestions but your advice is above my level of understanding.
Thanks, John
Brickwizard
Well-Known Member
1]It should not apply to win 7, but check anyway that there is no secure boot or windows quick-start, if there are then disable them
2] ISO downloads are not bootable until written to a DVD or USB as a bootable drive, copying the ISO will be just that a copy not a bootable installation medium, if burning to a DVD then select from your burning application burn as bootable disc [or similar] if a pen drive select write as a bootable disc,[make bootable drive] or similar
2] ISO downloads are not bootable until written to a DVD or USB as a bootable drive, copying the ISO will be just that a copy not a bootable installation medium, if burning to a DVD then select from your burning application burn as bootable disc [or similar] if a pen drive select write as a bootable disc,[make bootable drive] or similar
No worries, you'll get there. We all start at the beginning and then we grow.
A UUID is a Universally Unique IDentifier. It is stored in each file system to uniquely identify a file system. Every Linux file system on your computer needs to have its own UUID and it must be unique. You can use the dumpe2fs command to see this and other useful information about a Linux file system. The kernel reads this information to find which file system you want to use, if you tell it to use it, for things like setting the root file system when booting, or mounting other file systems in /etc/fstab. /etc/fstab is a text file that you can read.
You can use the /usr/bin/less command to view the /boot/grub/grub.cfg file.
Signed,
Matthew Campbell
I always look at the stupid stuff first.
1... make sure NO OTHER STORAGE is connected when you install
2... Use a partition manager to remove any partitions from your drive (this erases everything)
Those are my points, short and simple. It is possible you installed on a free space partition on the drive but not bootable. delete every partition on the drive first.
1... make sure NO OTHER STORAGE is connected when you install
2... Use a partition manager to remove any partitions from your drive (this erases everything)
Those are my points, short and simple. It is possible you installed on a free space partition on the drive but not bootable. delete every partition on the drive first.
I am having an issue, I have a partition manager installed to remove some partitions that are causing problems when I make new VMs etc. When i use it, they do not show up. but when i try to install my VM i end up with this mystery partition that is 1MB in size, i can't delete it, i can't increase it's size or format either. AI chatbots are telling me it may be a remnant of windows related issues (i dumped that hot garbage that is windows and installed MINT) , i'd like to know how can safely rid myself of all the trash that is taking up space and making quandaries for me. AI has not been much help.
/usr/sbin/fdisk should allow you to do pretty much anything you want with your partitions. I wouldn't try to use fdisk from inside a VM though. I use a separate partition for VMs. It has its own file system to keep it isolated from everything else. Don't try to modify a partition with a mounted file system inside of it or everything will go crazy. Your VM should not be modifying your main partition table anyway.
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Matthew Campbell
@4eipcuy06 welcome to linux.org, but please start your own thread or you will confuse helpers.
TIA
Chris Turner
wizardfromoz
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Chris Turner
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