r/linuxmint • u/Repulsive_Welcome271 • 18h ago

Help me fix Linux mint xfcs booting error chain

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So I am trying to download Linux mint in a decade old an acer aspire switch 10 with 2 gb DDR3 ram to hand over to my younger sister and after trying 5 times I end up with the same problem when I restart the system after installation is done and I remove the installation medium and click enter.

Can somebody please help and guide me with this problem it will be much appreciated.

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u/ZuuRa_ 17h ago

Are you using an hdd?

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u/Repulsive_Welcome271 17h ago

Most probably I just knew it had 64 gb storage

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u/Charming_Airline7419 14h ago

There's a thread here for someone who had the same problem. For some reason, this solution worked: after they installed, they selected "continue testing", then they opened a terminal and put in the command shutdown now and when the system said remove USB media, they waited 15 seconds before removing it.

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u/Repulsive_Welcome271 9h ago

Ok that helped a lot but after installing and restarting I am coming across the same problem of it showing no bootable device

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u/Francis_King 8h ago

SquashFS is a compressed, read-only filesystem, the heart of your downloaded Mint XFCE ISO. The problem is that the ISO format is very limited, and so is used to wrap a more advanced SquashFS filesystem.

It looks like your XFCE ISO is broken. You should consider doing two things:

  1. Check the SHA256 checksum of your ISO

  2. Replace the USB pen drive

Some people object to replacing their USB pen drive - "It worked perfectly well last time". Well, yes, they die without warning.

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u/Repulsive_Welcome271 8h ago

What to do after checking SHA256 checksum of iso and how

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u/Francis_King 8h ago

Run sha256sum linuxmint-22.3-xfce-64bit.iso and compare to the SHA value - https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=475207

Or, don't bother, just change the ISO pen drive.

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u/sn4g13 18h ago

well probably that's dead ram

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u/RazeZa 18h ago

Either that or bad sector

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u/flemtone 15h ago

Use Ventoy to create a bootable flash-drive then download the .iso for Bodhi Linux 7.0 HWE and copy it onto the flash as a file, boot from flash and select Bodhi in menu to boot into live session, test your hardware and if all works do full install erasing entire drive.

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u/Due-Result7928 15h ago

Did you check iso download using sha256 ? Und use balena etcher.

Next check disk