On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Matt McKenzie <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 11:30 PM, Marvin Kosmal <[email protected]> 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@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. > > > ---------- > Matt M. > LinuxKnight > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
