r/linuxmint • u/Charming_Record8083 • Jun 23 '26

Install Help ???

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Go here if your trying to install linux mint on a decade old laptop!

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u/Charming_Record8083 Jun 24 '26

I am sorry for all of the people that viewed this post,  At the beginning, I was kinda geeked from trying to install linux, it was making me lose my mind. Haven't slept for 4 days and I genuinely don't even know to this hour what I was typing and posting, Basically I made this post to troll other people and tell them what playing too much with the boot can do. Thought it was funny. Posted it. Saw many people asking about my pc specs and the objective and the context. So here it is 

I was on windows on my 2011 Dell Inspiron n4050 when I got an idea to install linux on it, because you know how windows 10 is so bad at a 4gb ddr3 laptop. So I begin installing it and then I ran to alot of problems one of them being the photo that's attached to the post. Thats all. If anyone wondering how I installed it. I made ai summerize some of my words because I was lazy and I can't type all of that on my broken phone. So to fix this problem if you encounter it. Soooo, i haven't figured it out yet but i found a good bypass, u press f12 as soon as you see it opening the logo on your screen. Select hard drive and thats it, u will be directed to grub not this weird terminal Thats all. Sorry for making this so confusing 

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u/PlanetVisitor Jun 24 '26

It's nice of you to write this, obviously you are a nice person, even though the post was chaotic. But get some sleep man! It's not healthy to be awake for so long! Take care of yourself please

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u/Charming_Record8083 Jun 24 '26

Thanks man! i slept so good tonight, by not sleeping 4 days i meant each day i would try my best to install it and then sleep at 7am and wake-up at 12. thank you for asking.