What i did: I installed from usb. i chose to overwrite the existing partition with windows on it, where i already had plops installed to the mbr.
i rebooted.
Now when i boot, plops is gone, so apparently mint deleted this during installation. shouldn't the installation have installed a boot loader?
when i boot its just a blank screen with a blinking underscore.
how can i fix this. I have no blank cds or dvds, all i have is usb port, and the motherboard is so old it doens't have the option to boot from usb in the bios. Moreover, i can't even get to the bios anymore. it must have been in the mbr too. damn it! i screwed up again.
PyoD
No Boot: Mint 14
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No Boot: Mint 14
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Re: No Boot: Mint 14
So you formatted the old windows partition for Linux and set the mountpoint as root ("/")?
Then, with the boot loader, what did you do with it? Installed in MBR (overwriting the MBR)?
Installed in the beginning of the root partition?
There is no EFI-boot involved?
Then, with the boot loader, what did you do with it? Installed in MBR (overwriting the MBR)?
Installed in the beginning of the root partition?
There is no EFI-boot involved?
Re: No Boot: Mint 14
plops was in the MBR & controlled the boot process.
- when you did that install, it would have over_ridden the MBR & thus plops.
try to re_install plops, again.
- when you did that install, it would have over_ridden the MBR & thus plops.
try to re_install plops, again.
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PyoD
Re: No Boot: Mint 14
I removed the cmos battery and now am able to get into the bios. how weird. i'm trying to install plops again via cd. will update
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PyoD
Re: No Boot: Mint 14
got it to boot with the live dvd. now the computer can't find either of my hard drives. installed mint on one and webserverpuppy on the other. i guess linux wasn't meant for such an old box after all. oh well, atleast i tried