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What error did you get? And which options did you try in Boot-repair to get that error?

 

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oh wow, an edit. Didn't see that in the quote...

 

Glad you got it working.  You should share what you did and mark that post as solved, in case others need help. :)

Well the problem is that the error wasn't really anything I could work with. It was just telling me while trying to repair/reinstall GRUB that some packages were corrupt. Not which nor anything that could have been useful.

Though what I can say is that after installing Linux Mint and not having it start up at all and also not being able to integrate it into the boot manager with EasyBCD I reinstalled Linux Mint with custom partitions in the following way (which you, as I found out, have to do this way with most systems now):

I created only a

" / "     root partition

" /home "      home partition

" /swap "       swap partition

 

Initially I also created a boot partition (100MB) as well as a bios boot part (only 1MB) as suggested on a website. As I found out though, with an EFI system (you can find that in windows, if you have it or not) you don't need these and it will  only mess up GRUB. It should look for the the EFI partition created by Windows and install itself there, but what it does when you create those two small partitions is trying to install itself there and mess up.

 

Keep in mind that all of this ONLY APPLIES FOR A DUAL BOOT WINDOWS WITH LINUX MINT ON A SINGLE HDD/SSD.

 

 

 

Thanks everyone for the input and links you sent me.

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When i started to using linux (before 5-6 years) i started with Ubuntu. In his glory time.

But now, i would definitely recommend you to use Linux Mint. It's Debian, it's simple, and having a great community it's something that is always plus.

I recommend you to start learning "Terminal" commands.

As in Windows you have "Command prompt", in Linux everyone is using "Terminal", it's much more harder then CMD but much more powerful and you can basically do everything with him.

When you learn how to use Terminal, you will master Linux by the time.

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Well I WANTED a dual-boot with Windows, but now only windows is starting...

 

Assuming you properly installed the OS and it just isn't booting to the selection screen, I think I can help. :)

 

Since you cannot access Linux, put the LiveCD back in and run these steps:

 

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair

(works on Linux Mint. Follow the default options and instructions it gives)

 

It should update/fix your GRUB (boot) and allow you to select which OS to boot into. I had this same problem when I came off of old motherboards and it just keep putting me into Windows.

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Assuming you properly installed the OS and it just isn't booting to the selection screen, I think I can help. :)

 

Since you cannot access Linux, put the LiveCD back in and run these steps:

 

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair

(works on Linux Mint. Follow the default options and instructions it gives)

 

It should update/fix your GRUB (boot) and allow you to select which OS to boot into. I had this same problem when I came off of old motherboards and it just keep putting me into Windows.

The thing is...I already tried that....not working. The only "success" I had from this was that now GRUB is uninstalled completely as it seems, and when trying to reinstll it I only get an error, and when trying to reinstall Linux alltogether, it wont recognize that I have Windows on this machine because Boot "repair" probably killed that bootmanager too......

 

 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. I wanna die.

 

EDIT: I did it. I messed up the installation because I wanted to create a boot partition, which apparently with EFI I don't have to or even shouldn't! ;-)

I asked my brother, and he told me to do so. Now I reserached on my own and it worked.

So far I am fine. I really need to get into the terminal now and figure out what is useful to do. Just plainly using is fine so far. Gotta get used to the filesystem though.

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The thing is...I already tried that....not working. The only "success" I had from this was that now GRUB is uninstalled completely as it seems, and when trying to reinstll it I only get an error, and when trying to reinstall Linux alltogether, it wont recognize that I have Windows on this machine because Boot "repair" probably killed that bootmanager too......

 

 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. I wanna die.

 

 

What error did you get? And which options did you try in Boot-repair to get that error?

 

edit

 

oh wow, an edit. Didn't see that in the quote...

 

Glad you got it working.  You should share what you did and mark that post as solved, in case others need help. :)

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What error did you get? And which options did you try in Boot-repair to get that error?

 

edit

 

oh wow, an edit. Didn't see that in the quote...

 

Glad you got it working.  You should share what you did and mark that post as solved, in case others need help. :)

Well the problem is that the error wasn't really anything I could work with. It was just telling me while trying to repair/reinstall GRUB that some packages were corrupt. Not which nor anything that could have been useful.

Though what I can say is that after installing Linux Mint and not having it start up at all and also not being able to integrate it into the boot manager with EasyBCD I reinstalled Linux Mint with custom partitions in the following way (which you, as I found out, have to do this way with most systems now):

I created only a

" / "     root partition

" /home "      home partition

" /swap "       swap partition

 

Initially I also created a boot partition (100MB) as well as a bios boot part (only 1MB) as suggested on a website. As I found out though, with an EFI system (you can find that in windows, if you have it or not) you don't need these and it will  only mess up GRUB. It should look for the the EFI partition created by Windows and install itself there, but what it does when you create those two small partitions is trying to install itself there and mess up.

 

Keep in mind that all of this ONLY APPLIES FOR A DUAL BOOT WINDOWS WITH LINUX MINT ON A SINGLE HDD/SSD.

 

 

 

Thanks everyone for the input and links you sent me.

PC: AMD Ryzen 7 7700 || Noctua NH-U12S SE2 || 32GB DDR5 6000 CL32  || 
|| Powercolor RX 9070 Reaper || Asus B650E-I  || WD 850X 2TB ||  Corsair SF600 || Intertech IM 1 |||
Peripherals: Sennheiser PC  360 G4ME || AOC CQ27G2U || Viewsonic PX701HD || Keychron V1 || Logitech G303 Shroud Edition||| Laptop: XPS 13 2in1 7390 || Steam Deck 256 GB (64GB Version) ||| Cameras: Fujifilm XH-1 || Fujifilm X100T

 

 

Elite 110 build log (update:05/15/2018)

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I started out with Linux in 2006. A classmate of mine told me to check it out. He gave me a few pointers on the Debian netinst, which at that time didn't involve a gui for installation. You had to set things up with commands. 

 

The Linux distros I've used most:

 

- Arch

- Debian

- Fedora

- Funtoo

- Gentoo

- Mageia

- Mandriva

- Manjaro

- Opensuse

- PCLinuxOS

- Sabayon

- Salix

- Slackware

- Ubuntu

- Xubuntu

- Zenwalk 

 

Favourites:

 

- Arch

- Funtoo

- Gentoo

- Manjaro

- Salix

- Slackware

- Zenwalk

 

Recommended for beginners:

- Deepin

- ElementaryOS

- Kubuntu

- Manjaro

- Netrunner

- Xubuntu

- ZorinOS

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So apparently the printer driver was a b****, but after completely reinstalling hplip it just decided to work. ;-) 

 

Just how PCs work. Try one thing and if it doesn't work do the exact same thing again and just watch it work. Perfect. So basically Linux is now fully opertational on my Laptop for office and University use with my Math prgrams runnning fine and Libre Office being preinstalled on Mint.

 

I really enjoy the experience and am thinking about going all Linux on my Laptop and maybe only keeping Windows as a secondary OS around, for the occasional gaming on my Laptop (which almost never happens).

I also feel like it is a little faster than Win8.1. But that might be an illusion.

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Peripherals: Sennheiser PC  360 G4ME || AOC CQ27G2U || Viewsonic PX701HD || Keychron V1 || Logitech G303 Shroud Edition||| Laptop: XPS 13 2in1 7390 || Steam Deck 256 GB (64GB Version) ||| Cameras: Fujifilm XH-1 || Fujifilm X100T

 

 

Elite 110 build log (update:05/15/2018)

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