Problem installing Mint 19 cinnamon on Acer Nitro 5

[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.

[catweazel]

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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[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.

[catweazel]

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.

[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.

[pegasis]

which kernel ?

[legacypowers]

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 ?

[AndyMH]

You are responding to a post that is three years old to a user that has not been back since??

[legacypowers]

i didn't revived the topic tho.

[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.