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The latest Manjaro dist. loaded correctly.

This is using Kernel 5.6

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Defeating the Lock I went back and loaded an LMDE/2 .iso The installer ran OK -- but: in fallback mode -- un-recognized hardware. But: this would not be un-expected The installed system also boots up and runs -- although in fallback mode This tends to indicate something in the LMDE/4 or 19.3 kernel ...

I like to keep /home in a separate partition: By doing that it is possible to install and updated O/S onto your existing partitions. This will replace the O/S yet keep all your data including config files for apps. The normal set is: [*]UEFI ~ 100 MB remember to set flags E,B using FAT32 [*]Root ~ 3...

Graduation for the daughter, a happy occasion indeed. Please verify the iso https://linuxmint.com/verify.php Right!! I did the SHA256 check after the download: f1e0469b220b318151bf5c9515380705ddc5d4f59dd0f1af6e78fea599f05e4a *linuxmint-19.3-cinnamon-32bit.iso 7a9e54212433c8547edfd789ac933c91a9bde1a...

Since you posted the inxi report, does it mean that there is no kernel panic now when you boot from live usb? unfortunately: no what I did was simple: the "live" installer runs great! So I plugged in another USB/Thumb drive, switched to it using FILES, opened terminal then on the thumb drive and is...

Hey thanks for the reply. No i plan to use Linux only not both Linux & Windows. So you suggest to remove NTFS? At the moment not sure why i can't access my HDD when i am in Linux Mint from USB. On my other Laptop i can browse the files and see them clearly but the Windows there is pirate. IF you we...

check into the Motherboard / BIOS settings. These differ from one board to the next but what you're looking for is the default boot drive spec. make sure that is set to the drive that you want.

is this partition to be shared with Windows ? Use NTFS; if only Linux then stick with EXT4

Take care: The Windows-10 on my research box marked the NTFS partition as READ ONLY. I had to get in there and corrected it: W-10 had prevented the Linux systems from writing to that partition.

here is the inxi -F data System: Host: mint Kernel: 5.0.0-32-generic x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.4.5 Distro: Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia Machine: Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Inspiron 5585 v: 2.4.4 serial: <root required> Mobo: Dell model: 0KM30J v: A00 serial: <root required> UEFI [Legacy]...

What is the laptop model? Dell Inspirion 5585 BKM38j it has Radeon graphics and Ryzen 5 chip. It is also a SSD type The Installer seems to work just fine: either the LMDE/4 or the MINT/Cinamon 19.3 This leads me to believe that Linux should work on this machine if I can get past the halt. I tried a...

I've been trying to convert a new Dell laptop to Linux/MINT for my daughter the installer runs through to EOJ properly and comes to the message "remove installation media and press enter" it hangs though, and i have to power it off and re-start it on the restart it appears to boot properly-- going t...

? I'm running a T-68. I tried reading an old ( date: 2012 ) message from a local archive folder-- no problem How old is the stuff in your archive? Have you done any searches for conversion software ? This .eml format has troubled me for some time. You can save in .html format from T-Bird and then pi...

is anyone having issues with the gpg keyservers? it should be easy to set the keyserver option in the .gnupg/gpg.conf file -- but -- the software seems to insist on using gpg: data source: https://keys.openpgp.org:443 I finally got the ResearchBox to respond correctly but not untill I had installed ...

sleeper ~ I would LOVE to install the new Mint first, before anything else, but I don't know how, and don't want to make any mistakes and mess everything up ... please believe me when I say I'm devastated, struggling, desperate, and totally exhausted with everything not working..... I've been waiti...

Security Risks From Snowden's work we all know that big corporations cooperate with Big Brother. Here's one of my favorite paragraphs from Phil Zimmerman: It's personal. It's private. And it's no one's business but yours. You may be planning a political campaign, discussing your taxes, or having a s...

this is an area that can be confusing to newbies whenever a user gets ready to install *any* dist. he/she should do a little pre-planning: [*]will the partition table be MBR or GPT. Remember: "MSDOS" and "MBR" mean the same thing. "MBR" means "Master Boot Record". [*]will the system boot legacy (MBR...

are you running with your o/s on SSD ? I have the same problem with a straight Debian-10 with the O/S and swap assigned to a SSD mounted M.2 it only happens while I'm browsing w/ Firefox. Otherwise I can leave the machine run all day and it's fine I'm thinking of switching to Vivaldi; I have that ru...

Firefox is at V.75
I just run it from their download; I didn't bother to install it.
I would install it if they set up a .deb to do it

SOLVED I had to open the Windows-10 system and grant everyone full control to that disc Added note: I suspect this problem was brought on by MSFT/W-10 April 2020 maintenance. It appears to me that the MSFT/W-10 arrogated to itself ownership of the NTFS shared partition and decided to make it a "read...

thanks for all the prompt help !! I did a re-install and that seems to have fixed the issue. I'm thinking the Windows-10 system may have left the partition in a defect state. That seems odd though: The W-10 system did object to using the partition -- although it did want to do a "repair" The Debian-...