[Chester LUG] Fwd: Help with installing Linux Mint on to a Korean Samsung NC110 without USB or CD mounting

[Les Pritchard]

Hi all,

This email came to me by mistake and was meant for the whole LUG. Can
anyone help out Nic?

Les

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Nic Deane <nic.deane at btinternet.com>
Date: 8 August 2013 17:47
Subject: Help with installing Linux Mint on to a Korean Samsung NC110
without USB or CD mounting
To: lugmaster at chesterlug.org.uk


 Dear friends,

I have been lurking in the background watching all your traffic with
interest. Although I have used Linux for some years now I am still very
much a newbie in abilities. I live very close to the Rake and Pikel and
would love to drop in sometime but Thursday evenings are not always good
for me.

I wonder if anyone from the LUG group could help me with my netbook
problem. I posted on the Mint Forums and got some pointers as indicated
below:

How to install Mint 15 Mate on Samsung NC110 without
USB/DVD<http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=141014#p747373>

[image: Post] <http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=747373#p747373>by
*Nic Deane<http://forums.linuxmint.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=115373>
* on Mon Jul 29, 2013 7:22 am
I run Mint 15 Cinnamon on my Inspiron 15 - have been using Mint now for
some years [image: :)] . Last year, while visiting South Korea, I bought a
Samsung NC 110P (Model code NT NC110 PSW) with a Korean keyboard - so I
could I type in Korean easily. It came with Windows 7 Starter in Korean. I
hoped I might be able to load Linux Mint but on opening the BIOS I
discovered it has no option to boot into USB - it doesn't have a DVD drive.
I've tried loading Mint on to a USB stick but, of course, that won't boot,
either. I have used Mint4win and can run Mint 15 MATE within Windows and
everything that I need seems to work. As far as I can see the hardware for
a NC110 will run Mint 15 (MATE 32bit at least - I seem to have an
accelerator problem for Cinnamon with this netbook).

Is there any way of installing Mint as my main OS on this netbook and
wiping Windows from the hard drive because Mint would then run much faster,
wouldn't it? I no longer have Windows on my Inspiron [image: :)] .

Any ideas? If any of the Korean friends can help me - that would be an
added bonus! 누구나 저를 도와 주시면 감사하겠읍니다!

Many thanks!

Nic Deane

 Re: How to install Mint 15 Mate on Samsung NC110 without
USB<http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=141014#p748185>

[image: Post] <http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=748185#p748185>by
*Bolle1961<http://forums.linuxmint.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=43228>
* on Wed Jul 31, 2013 7:26 am
Ok, 1 last shot [image: :wink:]

Plop boot manager, it seems that you can install it on your hard drive
http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager/full.html
http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager/download.html

I also checked in the Tutorials and came across
http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/171 describing How to install
Mint with no USB/CD. I tried working through things as per the Tutorial but
I've got a bit stuck and don't feel confident to go any further.

I wonder if there was anyone who would be willing to give me a couple of
hours - perhaps at the Rake and Pikel (I'll be glad to host refreshments!)
- to get Mint installed properly on to my netbook. I can run Mint within
Windoz but it is just a bit slower and I don't need (Korean) Windows 7 and
so would be glad to ditch it from the netbook once Mint is up and running.

My wife and I are leaving for the USA for a couple of weeks holiday on the
28th August and would like to take the netbook with me as my traveling
computer.

Is there any chance of a little help before then?

Many thanks for your attention.

Best wishes,

Nic Deane
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