Laptop

[Stephen Partington]

Generally if the USB live media boots and detects the hardware you are in
good shape.

On Oct 28, 2016 7:19 PM, "Michael" <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ouch! The external drive is OOOh SOOOOO slow. At least now I know Linux
> will run on this computer so there is NO reason not to install mint on this
> thing.
>
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 12:39 PM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> it finally installed to the external drive and it works!
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 10:44 AM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> yeah.... I was wondering that. I suppose I'll try to install to the hard
>>> drive if it fails this time.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 7:39 PM, Stephen Partington <
>>> cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Why are you installing to an external drive? USB 2 will not work well
>>>> for any OS.
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 27, 2016 1:03 PM, "Michael" <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> another thing: before I turned off efi it would install in about 5
>>>>> minutes but sometime it would boot and sometimes not
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 3:59 PM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> the  main problem is that I am getting a bunch of write errors  when
>>>>>> it writes to swap.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 3:54 PM, Anon Anon <lokotejones at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You installed Linux on an external drive? USB 2.0? You are going to
>>>>>>> have a bad time.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Oct 27, 2016 12:53, "Michael" <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> a spinner. Maybe the deal is that it is an external drive.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 3:34 PM, Anon Anon <lokotejones at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Weird. Mine is fast as heck. Did yours have the SSD or the regular
>>>>>>>>> pleb HD?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Oct 27, 2016 12:21 PM, "Michael" <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> it only took an hour but the progress changed from 'copying
>>>>>>>>>> files' to 'installing system'/
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 2:37 PM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> my goodness this is taking a long time! I think it is working
>>>>>>>>>>> because the progress bar is moving... albeit slowly.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 1:17 PM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> All done now to see if it will install!
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 1:02 PM, Anon Anon <
>>>>>>>>>>>> lokotejones at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Google how to switch from UEFI to legacy on 11e. It's first
>>>>>>>>>>>>> hit.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Oct 27, 2016 10:00, "Michael" <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> UEFI options are not selectable.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 12:51 PM, Kevin Fries <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> kevin at fries-biro.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I just bought an HP with a 7th gen i5, it currently runs
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Arch, absolutely without compromise.  What I did was:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - copied the Arch Linux install ISO to flash stick
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - turned off secure boot
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - turned on legacy boot
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - changed boot order to make USB device 1st
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - wiped entire drive
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - installed a proper sized GPT partition
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - installed as normal
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> At least on my laptop, the GPT was undersized to meet
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Microsoft's minimal specifications, causing issues if you tried to put
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> other OSes on it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I followed the technical spec, which if I remember right was
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 512mb.  Also, once it is set up correctly, you will not need a /boot
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> partition, you can use that GPT partition mounted on /boot.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Good Luck
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Kevin
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Oct 27, 2016 9:35 AM, "Anon Anon" <lokotejones at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Go into bios. Set secure boot crap to off. Install using
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> legacy bios. Try that.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Oct 27, 2016 08:17, "Keith Smith" <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> techlists at phpcoderusa.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I would make that my mission.  Are you booting from USB?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Have you tried a live DVD?  Install directly on the HD?  Any error messages?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2016-10-27 07:56, Michael wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I wish I knew.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 12:43 AM, Keith Smith
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <techlists at phpcoderusa.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If it were me I'd want to know why your current laptop
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> will not
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> constantly boot Linux.  And once you know, you may not
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> need to buy
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> another laptop.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2016-10-26 21:28, Michael wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> what do you recommend I get? a link?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 10:53 PM, Keith Smith
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <techlists at phpcoderusa.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I noticed the other day New Egg has some affordable
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> refurbished
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> laptops.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2016-10-26 19:37, Michael wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The laptop I got is no good with Linux.  I put it on and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sometimes it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> boots but usually not. The USB port I can boot from
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sometimes is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> one
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> port and other times another. I got $300-350 to play
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with. Which
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> laptop can I put linux and kodi on? WOuld making this
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lenovo
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thinkpad
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 100% linux be the best bet?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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