Help! ASUS E402S wont install linux mint

[Volwrath]

i have tried for 2 days now to install Linux mint on my ASUS E402S from a USB using multiple programs to wright the install USB (win32diskimager, etcher, linuxlive USB creator, rufus). some installs are detected by the bios while some are not, also of the ones that are detected some when booted to will lock up the system on a black screen and others will say "isolinux.bin missing or corrupt". i have installed Linux plenty of times on multiple desktops and my lenovo y510p but this bios has me stumped. i have also tried other USB ports

 

any help will be greatly appreciated

[Radium_Angel]

4 minutes ago, Volwrath said:

i have tried for 2 days now to install Linux mint on my ASUS E402S from a USB using multiple programs to wright the install USB (win32diskimager, etcher, linuxlive USB creator, rufus). some installs are detected by the bios while some are not, also of the ones that are detected some when booted to will lock up the system on a black screen and others will say "isolinux.bin missing or corrupt". i have installed Linux plenty of times on multiple desktops and my lenovo y510p but this bios has me stumped. i have also tried other USB ports

 

any help will be greatly appreciated

You certain your USB stick is good?

[Volwrath]

ive swapped it for 2 others a 16gb kingston and a 32 gb sandisk

[Radium_Angel]

4 hours ago, Volwrath said:

ive swapped it for 2 others a 16gb kingston and a 32 gb sandisk

So fire up a VM on your existing system and see if you can install Linux from the USB stick into the VM. If you can, then the stick and distro is good, and the issue is elsewhere

[Volwrath]

2 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

So fire up a VM on your existing system and see if you can install Linux from the USB stick into the VM. If you can, then the stick and distro is good, and the issue is elsewhere

ive never used a VM before. any recommendation on softwear

 

[Radium_Angel]

Just now, Volwrath said:

ive never used a VM before. any recommendation on softwear

 

Oracle VM Virtualbox.

Super easy to install and setup. Hand holds you through every step. And it's free. All we are testing is if the USB stick and install is good.

Start with that, report back

[Volwrath]

34 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

Oracle VM Virtualbox.

Super easy to install and setup. Hand holds you through every step. And it's free. All we are testing is if the USB stick and install is good.

Start with that, report back

thank you for your help. it was the distro. i downloaded another version of mint... mate instead of cinnamon and it worked on the VM and laptop

[Radium_Angel]

1 minute ago, Volwrath said:

thank you for your help. it was the distro. i downloaded another version of mint... mate instead of cinnamon and it worked on the VM and laptop

Score!

 

Glad you found the issue

[vorticalbox]

On 1/28/2019 at 9:48 PM, Volwrath said:

thank you for your help. it was the distro. i downloaded another version of mint... mate instead of cinnamon and it worked on the VM and laptop

Mint jas a whole page dedicated to verifying media.

 

https://linuxmint.com/verify.php