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

Fri Aug 9 17:24:41 UTC 2013

This may sound daft, but have you tried plugging the stick in and then checking the bios for hard drives?  My netbook doesn't usually show the option unless the stick is plugged in.  Once it's in, however, I can easily change the source drive.

Paul

Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2013 23:39:25 +0100
From: nic.deane at btinternet.com
To: chester at mailman.lug.org.uk
Subject: Re: [Chester LUG] Fwd: Help with installing Linux Mint on to a	Korean	Samsung NC110 without USB or CD mounting

    Many thanks, Les, for your speedy
      response and forwarding to others 
          :-) 

      Nic

      On 08/08/13 22:35, Les Pritchard wrote:

      Hi all,

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

        Les

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            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

                by
                  Nic Deane 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  . 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  .

                  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
              by
                Bolle1961 on Wed Jul
                31, 2013 7:26 am 

              Ok, 1 last shot  

              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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