Re: [Dorset] Burning a live 'disk' Mint 17.1
On 22/01/15 21:44, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Clive, So the DVD is a good one so why does it not work on the laptop, which it the same drive it was burned on? Only thing I can think of, given the DVD starts OK and you get the menu offering Mint to boot, is to edit its kernel command line and remove `splash' and `quiet' as I said before. At least there might be text on the screen when it stops doing anything and that could give a clue. Cheers, Ralph. I am still concerned that you haven't altered the BIOS Boot menu enough to select boot from alternate places. I have seen BIOS's with two places where you have to set this. If you get through to the prompt to boot (existing) Mint 17, without seeing the little prompt at the bottom of the screen to hit any key to boot from CD: Then it is not set up correctly. Where is that damn 'Any' key anyway? Peter -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-02-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Burning a live 'disk' Mint 17.1
Hi Clive, > So the DVD is a good one so why does it not work on the laptop, which > it the same drive it was burned on? Only thing I can think of, given the DVD starts OK and you get the menu offering Mint to boot, is to edit its kernel command line and remove `splash' and `quiet' as I said before. At least there might be text on the screen when it stops doing anything and that could give a clue. Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-02-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Burning a live 'disk' Mint 17.1
Well, tried all suggestions with little return except I tried my DVD on our desktop machine and it worked! So the DVD is a good one so why does it not work on the laptop, which it the same drive it was burned on? I still can't re-install the new copy of Mint until I get a DVD that works. Peter delivered a copy of the KDE version but I've never got on well with KDE (could not get the wireless to work properly on the live disk). C A Wills /Supporting Linux & Open Source/ // On 21/01/15 17:26, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Some items clipped Hi Clive, It's the DVD text menu showing Mint 17.1 and Memcheck, so booted from DVD. Select Mint and that's when it goes to blank screen and nothing more happens. Yes, but that's checking that the download successfully got the image file onto your hard disk. By running `md5sum -c md5sums.txt' or similar from within the DVD's directory, you'll be checking the files are retrievable from the DVD, i.e. that the burn went well. Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-02-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Burning a live 'disk' Mint 17.1
Hi Clive, > It's the DVD text menu showing Mint 17.1 and Memcheck, so booted from > DVD. Select Mint and that's when it goes to blank screen and nothing > more happens. OK, there's probably a means of using that menu to edit the command line that boots Mint. Look for "splash" and "quiet". Remove both. Then boot that entry. The change is temporary. It should show text on the screen as it's booting rather than a pretty, pretty useless, picture. > > Sounds reasonable. If there's a file called md5sum.txt or similar, > > you should find it has a list of files and their digests. If you cd > > to that directory you can have md5sum(1) read that file and check > > that all the digests match what it can retrieve from the DVD. This > > will exercise reading the data off the DVD, confirming it can be > > read without error. `md5sum -c md5sum.txt'. > > md5sum checked out OK when downloaded Yes, but that's checking that the download successfully got the image file onto your hard disk. By running `md5sum -c md5sums.txt' or similar from within the DVD's directory, you'll be checking the files are retrievable from the DVD, i.e. that the burn went well. Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-02-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Burning a live 'disk' Mint 17.1
Hi Clive, > Used Brasero to burn image to DVD, checksum OK, rebooted laptop and > selected Mint 17.1 from boot menu, Is that the BIOS boot menu offering you a choice of media to boot from, and "Mint 17.1" is the name of your burnt DVD, or has it already booted from DVD at that point and that's the DVD's menu system offering the distro, Memcheck+, etc? That would clarify if booting has started to successfully use the DVD. > Looked at DVD and it lists several directories and files, all system > connected, so it did unpack the the image. Sounds reasonable. If there's a file called md5sum.txt or similar, you should find it has a list of files and their digests. If you cd to that directory you can have md5sum(1) read that file and check that all the digests match what it can retrieve from the DVD. This will exercise reading the data off the DVD, confirming it can be read without error. `md5sum -c md5sum.txt'. > Checked boot sequence and it's USB, DVD, HD. All other live disks > from mags work OK. This is a DVD drive built into the laptop and not an external USB one? Have you a USB flash stick big enough to take the image? Unetbootin should be able to install the image on a USB stick for you, being careful to select the right device to write to! Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-02-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Burning a live 'disk' Mint 17.1
On 21/01/15 10:11, Clive Wills wrote: Hi all I've been trying to burn a 'Live' disk/USB of Mint 17.1 Cinnamon 64bit without any luck and would like to know what I'm doing wrong. So far have done the following:- Downloaded The ISO image from the main web site via a UK mirror, software is on the desktop so it's easy to find. Used Brasero to burn image to DVD, checksum OK, rebooted laptop and selected Mint 17.1 from boot menu, then blank screen, DVD spins a few times but nothing happens, left for 30mins incase it was just slow. Nope. Tried burning anyother DVD by right clicking the image and selecting burn image, exactly same results. Looked at DVD and it lists several directories and files, all system connected, so it did unpack the the image. Or is this wrong? Tried to use Unetbootin and all appeared OK but get same results when re-booting. What am I doing wrong, any ideas please? Checked boot sequence and it's USB, DVD, HD. All other live disks from mags work OK. I have a Mint17-KDE DVD I can drop in to you if it will help. P. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2015-02-03 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
