[PLUG] Mint 9

Marvin Kosmal mkosmal at gmail.com
Tue Nov 22 20:39:35 UTC 2011


On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Matt McKenzie <lnxknight at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 11:30 PM, Marvin Kosmal <mkosmal at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I have Mint 9... The 32 bit gnome version..
> >
> > I boot it and I get a command line..
> >
> > I have googled the Mint site and haven't found the key..
> >
> > What do I do from the Command Line to install Mint 9?
> >
> > I was expecting the install disk to come up and ask me if I wanted to
> > install?
> > _______________________________________________
> >
>
> Hi,
>
> Not sure if this was brought up already- is there a particular reason you
> are using an old version of Mint?
> They are on 11 now, and 12 is on the way soon.
>
> Also, can you describe the command line you are getting?
> Is it a standard bash prompt?
>
> (yourusername)@(yourcomputername)$  (standard user prompt)
>
> or
>



I am getting

mint at mint~$

Full screen command line..

I have Ubuntu 8.10 on the box.  So I feel X should not be a problem..

I get an initial splash screen when Mint first boots off the CD...

Marvin





>
> (yourusername)@(yourcomputername)#   (a root level prompt)
>
> or are you getting a prompt like this:
>
> grub>     (the grub boot prompt, if you get this there is a hang up in the
> boot process or the installer)
>
> This info will help us narrow down what might be happening.
>
> Are you booting a live CD version or the installer only version?
>
> Can you use shift+up-arrow or shift+page-up to scroll the screen up, to see
> any error messages?
>
> It is possible your configuration isn't supported for X video mode with the
> default settings.
>
> I would suggest if possible to try the recent live CD of Mint 11, or
> possibly a recent version of Knoppix, just to see if it can boot and bring
> up X11.
>
>
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> LinuxKnight
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