1

I'm trying to install Linux Mint xfce x86 on an old laptop that I have in my possession, but I keep getting an error when trying to boot into Live CD; it says:

[sdb] No Caching mode page found

[sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through

And then it's just stuck there. The USB that I'm trying to install it off of does work (tried it on my Core 2 Duo machine) and it boots perfectly fine.

It doesn't work in compatibility mode, it just spits out a black screen after what looks like initialization of the live CD.

Jeff Schaller
  • 67,283
  • 35
  • 116
  • 255
Tekunikaru
  • 13

3 Answers3

1

In my experience the usb_live_boot disk booted fine on my newer laptop but wouldn't boot on a slightly older laptop.

The fix for me was to remove persistent from the boot string. So it was just casper quiet splash.

My 2¢.

0E800
  • 11
0

Boot linux mint with nouveau.blacklist=1 nolapic parameters (see KernelBootParameters )

to permanently add the parameters after installing the system ,edit your /etc/default/grub change the line:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet"

To

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="nouveau.blacklist=1 nolapic quiet"

And update grub:

sudo update-grub
GAD3R
  • 66,769
  • a little thing here, i keep getting 'failed to get canonical path of aufs' when running sudo update-grub, the only fix i found reinstalls grub and thus resetting the grub file, any possible fix to this? – Tekunikaru Sep 27 '17 at 18:44
  • follow this answer , https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/96981/153195 , use sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sdX , instead of sudo grub-install /dev/sdX . sdX is your hdd , also replace sda6 with your root partition – GAD3R Sep 27 '17 at 18:53
  • @Tekunikaru are you solved your problem? – GAD3R Sep 28 '17 at 13:58
  • That doesnt seem to work either, running sudo updat-grub outputs sudo: unable to resolve host mint: Connection refused and /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: cannot find a device for / (is /dev mounted?)., when running that grub install command you gave me it outputs sudo: unable to resolve hostname mint: Connection refused, grub-probe: error: cannot find a device for /boot (is /dev mounted?)., Installing for i386-pc platform and grub-install.real: error: cannot find a device for /mnt/boot/grub (is /dev mounted?)., whats going on here? – Tekunikaru Sep 28 '17 at 14:03
  • Remove the kernel parametre and try to boot without it , just keep GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet" then run sudo update-grub and reboot. – GAD3R Sep 28 '17 at 14:06
  • I tried booting without the kernel parametre right after installing Linux Mint, no luck, it looks like a giant graphical glitch then an equal sign pops up then it does nothing for some reason – Tekunikaru Sep 28 '17 at 14:46
  • @Tekunikaru see https://askubuntu.com/a/868209 to blacklist nouveau from the terminal. – GAD3R Sep 28 '17 at 14:48
  • meh, this looks like too much work for something i'll barely use, i'll pass, thanks for your help anyways! – Tekunikaru Sep 28 '17 at 14:51
  • @Tekunikaru step 3 to 6 – GAD3R Sep 28 '17 at 14:53
0

I had this issue as well, but underneath it was actually a problem with graphics drivers. I added nomodeset to boot options and booted successfully. For more information see https://askubuntu.com/questions/947830/errors-from-nouveau-when-installing-or-booting-from-live-usb

Roman Sobkuliak
  • 1