I've been trying to install Mint cinnamon for a couple days now. Dual boot with windows (yes I need it to be dual boot).
I got the install USB working. But only twice. Otherwise it only boots to a black screen. When I tried "nomodeset" (after deleting the boot MBR) I managed to get the install disk to work a second time. Now it also boots only to a black screen. I've installed twice as a dual boot. The first time I was able to restart and run driver updates. When I restarted the black screens started.
The second time I installed from the (also second) time I got the install disk working, I just deleted the old version and overwrote it with the new. I can't test anything on that because the install disk will no longer boot.
I'm starting a new thread because the first advice on all of these is to boot from the install disk (blank screen) or in recovery mode (see below)
I'm running two nVidia rtx ADA 6000 cards. I have two AMD EPIC cpu's, and a TB of RAM.
I think this may be why booting into recovery mode will not work. I just get line after line after line that a sata connection has timed out. I let that run for 8 hours while I slept before I woke up and just hit the reset button. That continual error chain seems to have something to do with booting with the "noapic" modifier. It pops up when I try to boot with that too.
Is there a way I can get into the files from the windows side and delete the drivers? Are they not getting deleted on the install?
Once I do manage to [fix issue] how can I get the right drivers? I went with the nVidia 580 drivers that were recommended by mint.
-OR-
Is there a better distro for my architecture? Ideally I want something that does GNOME. I'm a technical artist and went with mint because the largest number of programs I used were supported. Autodesk Maya is only supported for redhat, but it was specifically not recommended for beginners. Mint has support for Substance Painter and a ton of other stuff.
Help a poor noob out??
I got the install USB working. But only twice. Otherwise it only boots to a black screen. When I tried "nomodeset" (after deleting the boot MBR) I managed to get the install disk to work a second time. Now it also boots only to a black screen. I've installed twice as a dual boot. The first time I was able to restart and run driver updates. When I restarted the black screens started.
The second time I installed from the (also second) time I got the install disk working, I just deleted the old version and overwrote it with the new. I can't test anything on that because the install disk will no longer boot.
I'm starting a new thread because the first advice on all of these is to boot from the install disk (blank screen) or in recovery mode (see below)
I'm running two nVidia rtx ADA 6000 cards. I have two AMD EPIC cpu's, and a TB of RAM.
I think this may be why booting into recovery mode will not work. I just get line after line after line that a sata connection has timed out. I let that run for 8 hours while I slept before I woke up and just hit the reset button. That continual error chain seems to have something to do with booting with the "noapic" modifier. It pops up when I try to boot with that too.
Is there a way I can get into the files from the windows side and delete the drivers? Are they not getting deleted on the install?
Once I do manage to [fix issue] how can I get the right drivers? I went with the nVidia 580 drivers that were recommended by mint.
-OR-
Is there a better distro for my architecture? Ideally I want something that does GNOME. I'm a technical artist and went with mint because the largest number of programs I used were supported. Autodesk Maya is only supported for redhat, but it was specifically not recommended for beginners. Mint has support for Substance Painter and a ton of other stuff.
Help a poor noob out??
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