[SOLVED] Problem Installing Linux Mint 18.3

GeorgeDavid · 02-14-2018, 05:08 PM

Greetings
I have a problem installing Mint on my Windows10 Computer.
When I get to the "Installation Type" the screen shows "this computer has no detected operating systems".I tried "Use LMV"and failed to notice that the Warning was not overridden and wiped the computer clean. After reinstalling WIN10 I would like to try again but do not feel confident enough to manually partiton the hard drive. Fedora and Ubuntu have a choice of an automatic dual boot but not Mint. Could anyone Help? I'm a 82 year old analogue man so not too complicated please.
Many Thanks
George

AwesomeMachine · 02-14-2018, 06:32 PM

If you have Windows 10, it probably uses the entire hard drive. You must first shrink the Windows partition to make room for the Linux partition. The gparted CD works well for that.

During installation of Mint, just install it to the empty partition you made with gparted.

jefro · 02-14-2018, 07:07 PM

Hello and welcome to LQ.

Why not consider a free virtual machine program? You'd be much safer running it and on modern systems the two OS's will run fine at the same time. Virtualbox is one but there are others. A VM is a program that makes a software copy of a computer. Like other windows programs you will be able to run it and other programs at the same time.

syg00 · 02-14-2018, 07:24 PM

The fact Ubuntu and Fedora see the Win10 install indicates this is a Mint installer bug. Making some "free" space is unlikely to help if the installer can't even see partitions.
I would say go with what works. Or try jefros idea of running as a VM guest - virtualbox should work on Win10.

beachboy2 · 02-15-2018, 08:54 AM

GeorgeDavid,

Welcome to LQ.

As others have suggested, you are probably better off installing VirtualBox in W10 and then installing Linux Mint inside VirtualBox.

These two links should help you:

(Use Linux Mint 18.3 instead of Ubuntu).

https://www.lifewire.com/install-ubu...-steps-2202108

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyJH86uXZw8

GeorgeDavid · 02-16-2018, 12:26 PM

Thank you all for your replies.
In the end I installed Virtual Box, that way I can look at several distros without the risk of wiping my hard disk.It's a steep learning curve but I am getting there -slowly.Thanks again.
Regards
George