Recent content by PeterWhite658

Hi Jerome, yes, sorry about the abject failure of nerve (and the late response). I think running Linux as a virtual machine on the Windows 10 might be an option. If we do it, I'll let you & the forum know. Very best.

Good idea. Whatever's most helpful. I did toy with other defeatist terms, but abandoned sums it up. Tx

Hi all, just to say I’ve marked this as solved. It isn’t really, I just want no one to spend any more time on it. Reality is, having spoken to a local expert, I think that the motherboard just is not compatible with Linux. More to the point, that’s what Gigabyte, who make the motherboard...

Hi Jerome Latest news is not a lot of progress, I’m afraid. Slightly different error messages with sata controller disabled: `Initramfs unpacking failed: decoding failed` I also, later and separately, tried the `nomodeset` option. No difference, still unhappy about the AHCI controller being...

Hi Jerome, I can't find any mention of the asmedia. This is what I have: Under Offboard SATA controller configuration, I have: SATA Controller 0 Configuration Settings - BUS 5 Dev 0 Fun 0 (see offboard pic) Under SATA Configuration I have three things enabled—see SATA pic Advice about which...

That's terrific, many thanks Jerome. It may be the weekend before I get time to go through this. But I really appreciate your thoughtfulness and perseverance. I will report back.

Hi Jerome, just to be clear, are you saying I should disable the SATA controller and then try to install Linux? Or is that just a preparatory move before going for "nomodeset"? I'm aware I haven't posted the result of lspci -v | grep -i ahci Can I get this from a command line from Windows? I...

Great, thanks Jerome, I'll definitely do that. I did check the BIOS quite early on in the process, thinking that if it was RAID I could switch it to AHCI and all would be well. But it was already set to AHCI. I will disable the controller option, as you suggest. Many thanks.

OK, I found out how to rustle up the grub. Just pressing shift when rebooting seems to work.

Hi Jerome, many thanks for this. I checked that the BIOS was set to AHCI. I'll work through your other suggestions when I get a chance. I'm planning on trying the install on "nomodeset". I read about this & it sounds fine. But I'm not sure what to do if it goes wrong. If I don't load the video...

Many thanks for this. I'll follow up and see what happens. Enjoy the sunshine!

Hi all I’m trying to install Linux Cinammon Mint on a brand new PCSpecialist mini pc. I’ve installed Linux on a couple of old laptops and a PC in the past. But I’m definitely not a geek. Bumbling through with fingers crossed and lots of help from online searches. But this has failed so far...

Hi, quick hello from a newbie. We’ve just bought a mini pc from PCS, with the plan of installing Linux. This is for my partner, who needs a reliable machine but doesn’t want anything to do with Microsoft or Windows 10. She’s not a geek, and neither am I. But we reckon we should be able to figure...