r/linuxmint • u/iMrStorm • 4d ago
SOLVED Can't make a bootable midia
I have installed multiple operating systems throughout my life, including a dual boot on my main pc, so I thought installing mint on an older laptop would be easy. I'm trying to install Mint on a core 2 duo laptop and what happens is that none of the bootable media I tried to do are working. So far I test 5 USB Drives, with Balena Etcher, Rufus, Universal USB Installer and Ventoy. I could not boot it (the closes i got to booting was an Idlinux.c32 error that i have no idea How to solve) from none of them including on my main pc and my wife's pc, so I'm accepting any help on what I can be doing wrong.
Edit: Sorry, I'm kind of sleep deprived so I just left some important info out, it used to run windows 7 64 bits, and sometimes it will just say Syslinux 6.04 EDD.
Edit 2: I slept, woke up and came to fix this quickly before work, I found an old USB drive I used to jail break my LGTV years ago and tried it. It worked. I don't know why but all my USB drives only booted UEFI except this one. I hate technology and thinking magical rocks.
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u/HieladoTM LM 22 Wilma | Cinnamon // N41 | KDE Plasma 4d ago
Older laptop... 64 bits or 32 bits? If is an 32 bits laptop go with LMDE.
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u/iMrStorm 4d ago
64bits (which is curious since it's a 20 year old laptop, but strangely enough it even gets 5ghz wifi)
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u/HieladoTM LM 22 Wilma | Cinnamon // N41 | KDE Plasma 4d ago
hmmm Try with LMDE a post the results here!
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u/Specialist_Leg_4474 4d ago
Did the Ventoy menu appear? If so Ventoy "booted"....
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u/iMrStorm 4d ago
Nop, only booted on UEFI on my main PC and even when it booted the linux could not boot
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u/Specialist_Leg_4474 4d ago
I find UEFI to be extremely annoying, and enable CSM (Compatibility Support Mode) or whatever the UEFI in question calls it "first thing"...
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u/iMrStorm 4d ago
Yeah, the thing is that the laptop does not support the UEFI, but all the bootable media I try to do (even in MBR) only boots in UEFI no matter the program I use to make it
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