Solved!!! Hello again to KGill and to kc1di.
My new computer is a Qotom
Onboard CPU: Intel Celeron J1900 Processor, quad core 2.0 GHz, up to 2.42 GHz
• HD Video + VGA, dual display.
• Dual Gigabit LAN:
• DDR3L SO-DIMM & mSATA SSD. Q190S-S02 support 2.5" SATA SSD/ HDD.
It has 8 GB of ram
There is a boot error. When I put in the USB for Peppermint 11, it automatically detects this error and opens Recovery Utilities. This is the problem. I am NOT proficient at grub commands.
I found several tutorials - all pretty much identical but missing "one" essential element to get this to install.
Here is what I do. When the screen opens to Recovery Utilities I type `e': and then f2 to get to grub>
Then I follow the instructions:
ls
{I find what I need}
ls (hd0)
{Filesystem info shows up here}
set prefix=(hd0)/boot/grub
set root= (hd0)
insmod normal
normal
I have tried all of these with and without spaces etc. to no avail.
Then a second screen opens telling me "you need to install the boot first". That's what is says today. Every other day it has said "You need to install the boot into the MBR". Maybe I managed to fix the MBR problem - don't know. I need maybe one more command or 2. Maybe one of them needs to be altered to enter the boot image. I know I am so close to getting this installed.
My new computer is a Qotom
Onboard CPU: Intel Celeron J1900 Processor, quad core 2.0 GHz, up to 2.42 GHz
• HD Video + VGA, dual display.
• Dual Gigabit LAN:
• DDR3L SO-DIMM & mSATA SSD. Q190S-S02 support 2.5" SATA SSD/ HDD.
It has 8 GB of ram
There is a boot error. When I put in the USB for Peppermint 11, it automatically detects this error and opens Recovery Utilities. This is the problem. I am NOT proficient at grub commands.
I found several tutorials - all pretty much identical but missing "one" essential element to get this to install.
Here is what I do. When the screen opens to Recovery Utilities I type `e': and then f2 to get to grub>
Then I follow the instructions:
ls
{I find what I need}
ls (hd0)
{Filesystem info shows up here}
set prefix=(hd0)/boot/grub
set root= (hd0)
insmod normal
normal
I have tried all of these with and without spaces etc. to no avail.
Then a second screen opens telling me "you need to install the boot first". That's what is says today. Every other day it has said "You need to install the boot into the MBR". Maybe I managed to fix the MBR problem - don't know. I need maybe one more command or 2. Maybe one of them needs to be altered to enter the boot image. I know I am so close to getting this installed.
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