linuxgeek: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: Mint help needed (slight OT here)

Thursday, April 1, 2010

[LINUX_Newbies] Re: Mint help needed (slight OT here)

--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, "loyal_barber" <loyal_barber@...> wrote:
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> --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, "eric z" <mrsilverman_32@> wrote:
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> > Thank you all for your help before with ny other problems but Mint will not laod for me i have burned a copy with Brazo cd burner.I also have the bios set up but it will not load it to install it does reconize my Ubuntu boot disk though.I am running a Compaq prisario with 1 gig ram a 120 hard disk an have a lightscribe burner.If that helps any im running Ubuntu 9.10 as well.
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> I would look at your boot disk for Mint. If the computer will run
> Ubuntu, it will run Mint. The proper way to burn it is to find it in a
> file manager. For instance start with the menu "Places" followed by
> "home folder". Then navigate to the location of the ISO file. Right
> click on the ISO file and select "Write to Disk." That will burn
> it correctly. Also, did you check the MD5 checksum on the downloaded
> file verses what it should be according to the MD5 number from the
> download site? Also, you might burn with a lower speed.
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> Loyal
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Doesn't Brasero automatically run a checksum?
Mark