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On Tuesday, 24 July 2018 15:14:32 BST Philip Webb wrote: |
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> 180723 Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> > On Fri, 20 Jul 2018 09:04:26 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: |
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> >> Linux Mint 19 leads you along to a point where you've told it |
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> >> where to install, you click 'proceed' & it chugs along nicely, |
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> >> then it says it's trying to install a bootloader |
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> >> without asking whether you want it to or where to do it. |
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> > For future reference, start the Mint installer with "ubiquity -b", |
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> > then it doesn't install a boot loader at all |
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> > and you can add it to your Gentoo bootloader after rebooting. |
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> I started the Mint installer by clicking on its desktop button. |
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> What is 'ubiquity' & how would I use it ? |
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> > WinErr 018: Unrecoverable error - System has been destroyed. |
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> > Buy a new one. Old Windows licence is not valid anymore. |
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> That's how I felt for 30 min after Mint played its dirty trick above |
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> (grin). |
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See attached screenshot. |
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Meanwhile I'm still at a loss why on a BIOS with GPT system GRUB installed |
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fine without any mishaps, but upon a GRUB update some days later it refused to |
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install without me creating a new protective MBR partition marked as ef02. |
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:-/ |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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