![]() ![]() I'll give the checkmark to the answer that got me the farthest. Nevertheless, many of the solutions presented would probably have worked, and I guess everything messed up because I was rushing through it. I got angry with nothing working and went and bought a DVD-RW. So I still have frugal install of linux mint and nothing else I can boot to. I'm trying to follow the grub4dos entry in this tutorial, but I see no menu.lst anywhere on the file system. ![]() So I guess formatting E: did that, hehe.Īnyways, what can I do to proceed? What I have now is a frugal live install of Linux mint, with an installer that seems to be working but I can't find a way to access the fruit of its labors. And trying to boot the old windows XP (which is still listed on boot) yields a BSOD crash. ![]() When I, multiple times, tried to install the "real" linux mint from there (using the icon on the desktop), things seemed to have gone right (which means I should have linux installed on the partition that Windows sees as "E:"), but I can't boot up that one (does not show on boot options, or fron unetbootin). Well I got linux mint running using unetbootin, but it's "live mode" and seems to exist on the same partition as windows xp, which is still there. Check the option Install third-party software for graphics and WLAN devices, Flash, MP3 and other media and click Next. Select a language on the left side and click Install Linux Mint. If that is any help, A currently runs Windows XP. Power up your PC and select the USB stick as the boot drive. Is there any way I can install linux on A given my situation? I do however have access to other computers, other hard drives, and several USBs. I do not have access to a CD or DVD to create a boot disc. The bios on A does not recognize "booting from USB". Type in the name of either Unetbootin or the Universal USB Installer, whichever program you've downloaded and installed. I have a computer (A) that I want to install linux on. Swipe in from the right and tap or click 'Search' on a Windows 8/8.1 computer, or click Start and then 'Search' on a Windows 7 machine. ![]()
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