Hi,
Had mint 17.3 installed and after upgrade to 4.0 kernel system was unstable. An error I got often was 'couldn't copy xauthority file'. Attempted a fresh install from live USB and fails to create ext4 file system. Have tried deleting all partitions as has been suggested to no avail. Checked drive with badblocks with no errors. Am attempting to install mint 17.3. Later releases are not an option due to hardware support issues.
TIA
System: Host: mint Kernel: 3.19.0-32-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 4.8.2)
Desktop: Cinnamon 2.8.6 (Gtk 3.10.8~8+qiana)
Distro: Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa
Machine: Mobo: ASUSTeK model: P8H61-M LX v: Rev x.0x
Bios: American Megatrends v: 4001 date: 04/20/2012
CPU: Quad core Intel Core i5-3450 (-MCP-) cache: 6144 KB
flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 24744
clock speeds: max: 3500 MHz 1: 1600 MHz 2: 1614 MHz 3: 1600 MHz
4: 1600 MHz
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Juniper XT [Radeon HD 5770]
bus-ID: 01:00.0
Display Server: X.Org 1.17.1 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: 800x600@60.3hz
GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD JUNIPER
GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.5.9 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card-1 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Juniper HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5700 Series]
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 01:00.1
Card-2 C-Media CMI8788 [Oxygen HD Audio]
driver: snd_oxygen port: c000 bus-ID: 05:04.0
Card-3 Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio Controller
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k3.19.0-32-generic
Network: Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: d000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 748.5GB (10.7% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: Hitachi_HDS72105 size: 500.1GB temp: 32C
ID-2: /dev/sdb model: KINGSTON_SUV400S size: 240.1GB temp: 0C
ID-3: USB /dev/sdc model: STORE_N_GO size: 8.3GB temp: 0C
Optical: /dev/sr0 model: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22NS40
rev: NL01 dev-links: cdrom
Features: speed: 48x multisession: yes
audio: yes dvd: yes rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition: ID-1: / size: 2.0G used: 56M (3%) fs: overlay dev: N/A
ID-2: swap-1 size: 4.26GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sdb5
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8C mobo: 27.8C gpu: 42.0
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 183 Uptime: 13 min Memory: 600.0/3919.9MB
Init: Upstart runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.4
Client: Shell (bash 4.3.111) inxi: 2.2.28
Bus 002 Device 006: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 2001:3319 D-Link Corp.
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 046d:c534 Logitech, Inc.
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 18a5:0304 Verbatim, Ltd
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Ssd mount failure on install
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Re: Ssd mount failure on install
Hi arielfisher1983,
Welcome to the wonderful world of Linux Mint and its excellent forum!
It would help to know more about your system setup. If you run "inxi -Fxzd" and "lsusb" from the console terminal prompt, highlight the results, copy and paste them back here, that should provide enough information. This can be run from the Live installation version of Linux Mint as well.
Welcome to the wonderful world of Linux Mint and its excellent forum!
It would help to know more about your system setup. If you run "inxi -Fxzd" and "lsusb" from the console terminal prompt, highlight the results, copy and paste them back here, that should provide enough information. This can be run from the Live installation version of Linux Mint as well.
Phd21: Mint 20 Cinnamon & KDE Neon 64-bit Awesome OS's, Dell Inspiron I5 7000 (7573, quad core i5-8250U ) 2 in 1 touch screen
Re: Ssd mount failure on install
updatedphd21 wrote: ⤴Sun Nov 18, 2018 1:53 pm Hi arielfisher1983,
Welcome to the wonderful world of Linux Mint and its excellent forum!
It would help to know more about your system setup. If you run "inxi -Fxzd" and "lsusb" from the console terminal prompt, highlight the results, copy and paste them back here, that should provide enough information. This can be run from the Live installation version of Linux Mint as well.
Re: Ssd mount failure on install
HI arielfisher1983,
I do not see anything wrong with the results of the "inxi -Fxzd" console terminal command, so that is a good thing.
You have an Intel i5 quad-core CPU with 4gb of system ram, so you should not have a problem installing any Linux Mint edition or version including the newer versions. I would highly recommend installing Linux Mint 18.3 (based on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial) with long-term support (LTS) until 2021 or Linux Mint 19 (based on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic) with LTS until 2023.
If Linux Mint is going to be the only operating system on the computer, select use the entire disk during installation no need for manual disk partitioning. There are some installation considerations in the Linux Mint release notes and installation guides on their downloads web pages that everyone should read before installing Linux Mint. Turn off secure boot if that is in your Bios, check that your Bios is using the SATA drive options for AHCI, etc...
Are you trying to "dual-boot" Linux Mint with another operating system? Are you trying to use an encrypted Home folder?
Hope this helps ...
I do not see anything wrong with the results of the "inxi -Fxzd" console terminal command, so that is a good thing.
You have an Intel i5 quad-core CPU with 4gb of system ram, so you should not have a problem installing any Linux Mint edition or version including the newer versions. I would highly recommend installing Linux Mint 18.3 (based on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial) with long-term support (LTS) until 2021 or Linux Mint 19 (based on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic) with LTS until 2023.
If Linux Mint is going to be the only operating system on the computer, select use the entire disk during installation no need for manual disk partitioning. There are some installation considerations in the Linux Mint release notes and installation guides on their downloads web pages that everyone should read before installing Linux Mint. Turn off secure boot if that is in your Bios, check that your Bios is using the SATA drive options for AHCI, etc...
Are you trying to "dual-boot" Linux Mint with another operating system? Are you trying to use an encrypted Home folder?
Hope this helps ...
Last edited by phd21 on Mon Nov 19, 2018 11:44 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Ssd mount failure on install
Hi arielfisher1983,
You have 3 drives connected when you ran the "inxi -Fxzd", two hard drives and a USB stick (appx: 8gb)
Hope this helps ...
You have 3 drives connected when you ran the "inxi -Fxzd", two hard drives and a USB stick (appx: 8gb)
Your system thinks the first drive is the Hitachi size: 500.1GB (sda) and the second drive is KINGSTON size: 240.1GB (sdb). Is the second drive the Kingston an SSDrive because usually the system will show SSD. If the second drive is an SSD and or the drive you want to install Linux Mint onto, then change the Bios Boot priority to make drive two the first drive (SDA), or change (swap) the actual SATA cables for the drives. It is recommended to use an SSDrive for the boot-up drive with the operating system on it which greatly improves system performance. You could also tell the Linux Mint installation to install to the second drive (sdb), but with your current system configuration, it will try to boot to the first drive, so you would still have to change the Bios boot priority to the second drive, or select that drive using your computer's boot menu on booting up.Drives: HDD Total Size: 748.5GB (10.7% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: Hitachi_HDS72105 size: 500.1GB temp: 32C
ID-2: /dev/sdb model: KINGSTON_SUV400S size: 240.1GB temp: 0C
ID-3: USB /dev/sdc model: STORE_N_GO size: 8.3GB temp: 0C
Hope this helps ...
Phd21: Mint 20 Cinnamon & KDE Neon 64-bit Awesome OS's, Dell Inspiron I5 7000 (7573, quad core i5-8250U ) 2 in 1 touch screen