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Sorry, newbie mistake. 21.1 System: Kernel: 5.19.0-35-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A Desktop: Cinnamon 5.6.7 tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 21.1 Vera base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy Machine: Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TUF GAMING X570-PLUS v: Rev X.0x serial: <super...

Hello, I have a recent problem with Cinnamon Desktop turning the panel solid grey after coming out of sleep, including where the icons should be. Some icons will show when I mouse over where they should be, some stay plain grey. It is transparent with icons after a reboot. Any suggestions as to what...

I have used UEFI with multi boot up to 12 distros with no problem on several different computers. If you boot with Windows I suggest you use a separate drive if possible and install win with linux drive disconnected, and do the same when installing linux. Then select the linux drive to boot from and...

@somtam I have an Asus ROG Strix laptop with a usb-c/thunderbolt 3 connection and I haven't even been able to get a live CD to boot from this port. It will work from any of the 3 usb 3.1 A connectors, just not the usb-c/thunderbolt 3 connector. Sorry, but I have no help for you, just some info for m...

If you are referring to the highlighted drive in the image, it is the esp, it is required for booting on a UEFI computer. It is not for linux or windows in particular, it is for any OS to boot on a UEFI system.

Glad to hear it was helpful.

Happy Linux Minting!

I would wonder if you verified the iso, and then perhaps to use a different program to write the iso to the USB stick. Certain authors have some issues with how they work when on the USB stick, another issue I just saw on the forums was resolved by changing from multibootUSB as the author to Rufus. ...

If that is the plan, be advised Mint will use the first EFI partition anyway, even if you expressly tell it to use the second (it's a bug). There are two ways to prevent that. The first is to remove (or disconnect) the Windows drive while installing. @pbear Actually EFI using the first esp it finds...

As you say, use Gparted to create gpt table to begin. This essentially allows you to create many partitions. I create an /boot/efi of near 100 Mib. I don't use a separate /home, though, I create a /mnt/data and use symlinks to it. The /home also holds configuration data, which can be helpful to save...

For the difference it makes, UEFI is designed to use the first ESP it sees to load the bootloader into, even if it is not what you set during install. So if Win is on SDA or SDB with an ESP, it will go there even if you tell the installer to use SDD. I found it is best to install windows without the...

I am using Linux Mint 18.3 KDE on a desktop computer. The inxi follows: sarge@Olorin ~ $ inxi -Fxz System: Host: Olorin Kernel: 4.15.0-74-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.4.0) Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.8.9 (Qt 5.6.1) Distro: Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia Machine: Mobo: ASUSTeK model: SABERTOOTH Z170 S v: Rev 1.xx...

Sounds like a login loop, search that here on the forums for how to fix.

Is this an mbr or gpt disk. You can click view in the menu bar and select information to open a new panel to the left that will show this. To be honest, I didn't think Windows XP was capable of installing in gpt/uefi mode, or mbr/uefi mode. In fact, to install Windows 7 in uefi mode, I had to alter ...

@linuxheid You had successful boots in linux and windows while the firmware was set to UEFI in lieu of Legacy. These are two different methods of running/installing an OS. Keep it as it was when it had worked set to UEFI. Windows updates regularly overwrite grub. The fix is fairly simple to reinstal...

Hello bigal, Well to start with you don't need /boot for a UEFI system, so that is wasted space. The esp will handle it at about 500 mb max size. If you are installing Ubuntu based distros you can install from the terminal with ubiquity -b to install sans grub leaving your first install in control o...

@ajgreeny. Sure thing, glad to help.

I have installed Fedora, openSUSE, and a few others I don't recall at the moment, without grub as well.

This method works fine for me:

https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1609

I use this data partition for multi distro installs with one data partition shared among all distros, it works great.

This is a "feature" of UEFI installs. No matter where you tell the installer to put grub, it will search for an esp in order of how the drives are attached to the motherboard, so sda, sdb, etc.. You could have installed KDE neon from the terminal with the ubiquity -b command and it install...

Okay, verifying the iso is a great move. Well done there! How about when you boot the DVD, running the last item "check the integrity of the medium"? (to ensure the burning went appropriately). Did you have a separate /home that you share between your 17.3 and 19.1 installs? I actually cre...

So my next question is: did you create a new partition for 19.1 as you can still boot into 17.3?

I would further ask: did you verify the iso?