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Angie_9

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I am currently attempting to install linux mint for my new pc I built with no operating system. I have tried to boot from a usb stick, and a boot from a written dvd. The dvd had the iso file, straight from the website, burned on it. I am using an MSI 990FXA Gaming motherboard if that makes any difference. Please help as I am excited to get to playing with my new toy.

Thanks,

Angie
 
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photonboy


THIS.
You need to use a program like IMGBURN for the DVD, or Rufus if using the USB thumb drive to properly extract the ISO into a bootable state.

NEXT, you need to make sure it's actually the thing being booted. You need to go into the BIOS and select the DVD drive or USB (may need to be inserted already) as the FIRST boot device. With your HDD or SSD blank it should go to the NEXT device in the BOOT list, but you still need your device on the list in the first place.

(You may have a "quick" boot option which allows you to point to the device to boot for that time only)

Just FYI, there seems to be an issue with Linux Mint and other...
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Angie_9

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It keeps on saying reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key. This is where I keep getting stuck because even if I tell it to boot from the usb or the DVD it still says this.
 
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photonboy

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THIS.
You need to use a program like IMGBURN for the DVD, or Rufus if using the USB thumb drive to properly extract the ISO into a bootable state.

NEXT, you need to make sure it's actually the thing being booted. You need to go into the BIOS and select the DVD drive or USB (may need to be inserted already) as the FIRST boot device. With your HDD or SSD blank it should go to the NEXT device in the BOOT list, but you still need your device on the list in the first place.

(You may have a "quick" boot option which allows you to point to the device to boot for that time only)

Just FYI, there seems to be an issue with Linux Mint and other distros failing to boot properly after installing and running. I install it, then I guess something updates and then when I try to boot I get a black screen with flashing cursor (same thing happens to some people with Ubuntu and SteamOS and others).

Is it a video driver issue? I can't find out.

Also, I have an NVidia card and got screen tearing due to a lack of VSYNC. I could not get it enabled. It worked fine on an old PC with an Intel iGPU though. Sigh.
 
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Yeah you cant just drag and drop the files onto the drive, not sure if you did that, or the program you used to burn it is not working properly. I personally like to use a program called Rufus to burn my iso images, but you can also use something like win32 disk imager.
 
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jaymc

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I found rufus is very good... you can select the os iso your extracting... Lynux Mint is in the list... makes it bootable. I had the same problem myself when trying to install mint.
 
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''It keeps on saying reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key''

did you set the optical drive as first boot device ?? I don't usr the pen drive way just the dvd way works best for me not as much hoop jumping to set up a usb stick

https://www.linuxmint.com/documentation/user-guide/Cinnamon/english_18.0.pdf

the dvd should be pretty much cut and dry

''I am using an MSI 990FXA Gaming motherboard if that makes any difference. ''

none at all should work excellent on it
 
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