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Problem installing Mint 19 cinnamon on Acer Nitro 5
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 2:34 am
by flipmode99
Hello i have a problem installing Mint 19 Cinnamon on Acer Nitro 5 with Ryzen 5 2500U and Radeon RX560X. When i start the installation i get the message shown on the photo. I tried everything i could find nothing works.I tried different versions of Mint different flash drives everything i could think of or see online and i still get this message.I installed windows 10 with no problems but i want to use Mint because i like it better.
Re: Problem installing Mint 19 cinnamon on Acer Nitro 5
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 3:27 am
by catweazel
flipmode99 wrote: ⤴Mon Sep 24, 2018 2:34 am
Hello i have a problem installing Mint 19 Cinnamon on Acer Nitro 5 with Ryzen 5 2500U and Radeon RX560X. When i start the installation i get the message shown on the photo. I tried everything i could find nothing works.I tried different versions of Mint different flash drives everything i could think of or see online and i still get this message.I installed windows 10 with no problems but i want to use Mint because i like it better.
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Re: Problem installing Mint 19 cinnamon on Acer Nitro 5
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 4:37 am
by flipmode99
Thanks for the reply i tried to install Ubuntu 18.04 and i get kernel erro i guess i will have to wait until the kernel is fixed.
Re: Problem installing Mint 19 cinnamon on Acer Nitro 5
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 4:38 am
by catweazel
flipmode99 wrote: ⤴Mon Sep 24, 2018 4:37 am
Thanks for the reply i tried to install Ubuntu 18.04 and i get kernel erro i guess i will have to wait until the kernel is fixed.
I'm afraid that's the sum of it, unfortunately.
Cheers.
Re: Problem installing Mint 19 cinnamon on Acer Nitro 5
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 4:44 am
by flipmode99
I was Windows user for my whole life and i switched to Mint half an year ago and now i cant live without it
I will wait for fix and i will install it again.
Re: Problem installing Mint 19 cinnamon on Acer Nitro 5
Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2021 11:03 am
by pegasis
which kernel ?
Re: Problem installing Mint 19 cinnamon on Acer Nitro 5
Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2021 11:47 am
by legacypowers
flipmode99 wrote: ⤴Mon Sep 24, 2018 4:44 am
I was Windows user for my whole life and i switched to Mint half an year ago and now i cant live without it
I will wait for fix and i will install it again.
Are you running the latest version of the BIOS ?
Re: Problem installing Mint 19 cinnamon on Acer Nitro 5
Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2021 12:34 pm
by AndyMH
You are responding to a post that is three years old to a user that has not been back since??
Re: Problem installing Mint 19 cinnamon on Acer Nitro 5
Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2021 12:38 pm
by legacypowers
i didn't revived the topic tho.
Re: Problem installing Mint 19 cinnamon on Acer Nitro 5
Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2021 12:42 pm
by SMG
Moderator note: Locking 3-yr-old topic. The issue appears to have been one of a user installing Mint on what was then the latest hardware available. Nowadays, we have the Edge ISOs to help people get Mint installed on the latest available hardware.