Install Mint on old laptop
I have a Windows XP laptop. I ran DBaN on it.
I have created 2 DVDs -- one of Mint Mate, and another of Lununtu. Both stop with a "can't mount fs..." error. I've searched the error and found many references, but I don't understand any of the solutions. Any direction would be appreciated. Thanks, Craig. |
Grab your phone and take a photo of the error screen. Either post it here or online somewhere and post a link to it.
|
Screenshot
|
I've encountered this error before but this is not distro specific. Boot GParted Live and delete and existing partitions on /dev/sda (not /dev/sdb, if you are using a USB to do this) and then install the distro(s) of your choice.
|
That's a kernel oops. Not good.
How did you run dban ?. If from a USB/CD, get another distro rather than a Ubuntu derivative and see if that boots - maybe Fedora. |
While installing Fedora:
"Oh no! Something has gone wrong. A problem has occurred and the system can't recover. Please log out and try again." I tried again in troubleshooting mode using basic graphics mode. Same results. There must be some corruption in this particular computer. Thanks for all your help. Craig. |
Do any of the DVDs run in liveCD mode ("try it" mode rather than install) ?. If so, open a terminal and run these commands
Code:
lscpu |
I tried to run Lubuntu from the DVD rather than installing it and received the "can't post..." error. Also, the ISO I used of Fedora tried to run Fedora from the DVD when I received the "On no!" error.
|
Quote:
Are you trying to boot the OS's live or are is one (or both) already installed on the hard drove? If the former (especially,) did you verify the integrity of your copies using MD5? You can find a Windows utility for doing this here, although you will need to get the original values from where you downloaded the .iso files. Probably a long shot but to be on the safe side, you also might want to check out your memory using Memtest86+. If the above checks out, you can try the solution mentioned here. :) Regards... |
Quote:
What are the specs on your system? Model? And what did you download for Mint/Fedora/Lubuntu? Does the architecture match? |
Quote:
I'd make sure I had a good cd. Does this xp computer have usb boot capable bios or is it too old? Is there a floppy drive in it also? Edit: Be sure abnd answer others questions like Tbone before answering mine. Just good manners. |
The laptop is a Toshiba Satellite M55-S-S1001 with a Celeron processor, 2 GbRAM, a 65Gb hard drive. All the CDs/DVDs I burned were 32Bit. Other media created on my desktop including after burning the Lubuntu and Mint and Fedora media performed just fine.
I now find that I probably fried the hard drive in the Toshiba. When running DBAN, after an hour I shut it down because it was taking too long. That's a no-no and almost certain disaster, which I find AFTER doing it! I'm going to put another hard drive I have in the Toshiba tomorrow. Question: should I format the new drive before installing it the Toshiba? Can my Windows 10 desktop do the proper format on the new drive (it currently has a functioning install of Windows 7 on it). I'm really impressed with the responses from this forum. Thanks, again. Craig. |
Quote:
If necessary, you can install the hard drive in your Toshiba before wiping it. However, it's important that the copy of Windows 7 gets wiped either way, due to licensing requirements. :) Regards... |
Quote:
|
Quote:
Do not give bad or misleading advice, and do some amount of research first. |
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:03 PM. |