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12-04-2014, 10:52 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Nov 2009
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Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca
I have downloaded Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca onto a DVD.
My present OS is Windows 7 Home edition,
I would like to run Linux with Windows
I have tried to install the program from the DVD but without success.
What do I have to do.
Thank you
nuffield
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12-04-2014, 11:11 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2009
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you have to set dvd as bootable device in BIOS.
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1 members found this post helpful.
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12-04-2014, 11:15 AM
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LQ Addict
Registered: Mar 2010
Location: Oakland,Ca
Distribution: wins7, Debian wheezy
Posts: 6,841
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What have you attempted to do?
Have you resized your partitions to make room for mint?
What is the make & model?
How much ram do you have?
What was the exact error?
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12-04-2014, 11:19 AM
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LQ Addict
Registered: Dec 2011
Location: UK
Distribution: Debian Sid AMD64, Raspbian Wheezy, various VMs
Posts: 7,680
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nuffield
I have downloaded Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca onto a DVD.
My present OS is Windows 7 Home edition,
I would like to run Linux with Windows
I have tried to install the program from the DVD but without success.
What do I have to do.
Thank you
nuffield
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Just to clarify: Linux isn't a program you install it is a seperate operating system which you install alongside Windows but the two are not used at the same time.
Last edited by 273; 12-04-2014 at 11:22 AM.
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12-04-2014, 11:26 AM
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Oldham, Lancs, England
Distribution: Slackware64 15; SlackwareARM-current (aarch64); Debian 12
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