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I started to try the codes but stopped after the first one because I thought it was interesting what it displayed
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Current boot codes:
BOOT_IMAGE=/antiiX/vmlinuz boot=usb intel_idle.max_cstate=1 i915.enable_dc=0 xorg=safe video=1024x769
"possibly unknown or misspelled boot codes...boot=usb Loading hardware specific modules
Scan usb,cd devices. Look for boot file(s) antiX/linuxfs
Segmentation fault
/init: line 277: can't open /LAST_BP_TIME: no such file
It seems boot=usb is not recognised and then there is the segmentation fault.
I got as far as downloading Ubuntu Cleaner but I can't find it -- it's in the Download folder. Also, I'm wary of trying it on my desktop.
Hi colorpurple,
Thought I would update you. Gone through them all at least once. Now I am trying different permutations. Completed the first two.
Note: the very FIRST TIME I TRIED NO.1 i GOT THE MENU AND ICONS and THE CURSOR WAS ALIVE. But WHEN I TRIED TO MOVE IT IT MOVED AND THEN FROZE. I could never get back that display.
I think the problem lies with the Notebook. For example I now display duplica"tes of each USB, like "Scandisk, "Scandisk" although there is no "Scandisk" present and then "Transcend" and Transcend Partition 1" so something is acting up.
I think the next move must be to clean up the registry or whatever before trying new permutations. I downloaded Ubuntu cleaner and cleaned up my PC and laptop but I don't know how to use it on the Notebook since I can't download it to directly to the Notebook. Although I used Ubuntu Cleaner I couldn't find the file on my system! I wonder if just copying it to a USB would work.
Over the next few days I'll try permutations of numbers 2 to 5. What troubles me is that if I get a result with one of the five equations but then try another one I sometimes cannot repeat the earlier results when I try again.
Hi beachboy2
Well, I did what you suggested and made a new Live USB with MX-23. I downloaded balenaEtcher--it worked well once I understood how to use it. I discovered that my other live USB with MX-23 was functioning as it brought me to the same place. I checked off "language, keyboard and timezone". and then returned to the main menu, except it wanted to start MX-23. There was NO speaker/sound icon OR paperclip icon AND NO network icon ... I tried looking for it but no dice.
I'm doing something wrong but I don't know what. Also I didn't divide my USB into 4 partitions but just one because I was having trouble with GParted. If there is a way of screwing up I'm sure to find it!
Beachboy2,
Before I do anything I want to check with you:
1. I am going to [re]format the live USB I made yesterday with BalenaEtcher. In making it I went as far as msdos. But I should now go a step further and select gpt.
2. Create the three primary partitions you listed. I hope this is self-evident. If there is a way of going wrong with gparted I am sure to find it!
3. Close Gparted. [All above is done on my PC]. Now do I remove the USB and use it to boot up the Notebook?
BeachBoy2,
Update to my last reply. I got in. I thought I would try the USB again and when I had the cursor on MX-23 the timer was ticking away. Previously I had always stopped it, but this time I let it tick down, and it booted up the menu, windmill, etc. But no WiFi. There was a message concerning the WiFi but it was so quick that I missed it. I am searching for a command to connect the WiFi.
BeachBoy2,
For a moment I brought up the WiFi but then by the time I found the password the Notebook hung. Will try again tomorrow. I have to press function-F2 for the WiFi.
Beachboy2,
Sooo close.I was stuck on activating the WiFi this morning and the system hung. So this evening I retried -- had to start from the very beginning, but I think I did get the disk done and the partitions. Tried again to set up and got thew Wi-Fi working but then it froze again. Tried a third time but it froze before the Windmill screen was displayed.
I was re-reading your instructions and I am afraid I did NOT check for other partitions -- there would be the very small one at the beginning and end. Also I should have checked on 'details".
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