[Swlug] Installing Mint Mate 17.3 Rosa 64-bit - problems

[Dick Bain]

Marcus I'm going in to see Bill on Monday so hope to sort it out then ;-)
Dick

On 7 Sep 2016 14:24, "Marcus Davage via Swlug" <swlug at mailman.lug.org.uk>
wrote:

> Hmmm... Not much help, but I installed 17.3 on an old Samsung laptop OK,
> but I recently installed Mint 18 on my brand new Asus Zenbook UX305, and it
> installed perfectly, and is stunning. Do you have any output messages?
> Screenshots? Have you tried Mint 18?
>
>
> Marcus
>
> On 07/09/16 11:59, Bill Thomson via Swlug wrote:
>
> Hi team,
>
> I'm having problems installing the above on my HP elitebook laptop. I have
> a burnt copy of Mint 17.3, but it won't install properly, and now I can't
> even turn the machine off. I've had to disconnect from the mains and remove
> the battery to power down.
>
> I've had problems like this with a previous HP elitebook which seemed to
> be the interface between the BIOS and the hard drive.
>
> I'd be grateful if I could receive some help me on this - I live in the
> centre of Carmarthen, so maybe one of the Carmarthen SWLUG members could
> call around? - they'd be very welcome [image: *:) happy] All I want is a
> good working laptop!
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Bill Thomson
>
>
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