MySQL Linux install: Stupid Laptop
by Mark Nielsen
Copyright 2021
This is not going to be a full installation tutorial. Its just how I installed Linux Mint on
my laptop. I had problems. I will leave the normal full installation steps to the
normal webpages. I felt it was important to record this stupidity.
- Links
- Stupid Laptop
Links
- https://linuxmint.com/download.php
- https://linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=293x
- https://linuxmint-installation-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
- https://windowsreport.com/disable-bitlocker-windows-8/
Stupid Laptop
Of course most laptop makers mostly ignore Linux which makes life hard for real
computer geeks. Here is the stuff I had to do.
- Downloaded ISO : https://mirrors.sonic.net/mint/isos/stable/20.3/linuxmint-20.3-mate-64bit.iso
- Windows, right clicked on ISO and burned DVD.
- In laptop, pressed f12 to get to the configuration of the laptop.
- Changed to boot off of DVD first. Then change the storage controller from RAID
to the other one. Why have raid on a single disk laptop when 99.9% of laptops never use
raid, I don't know. Turned off the secure boot.
- Now Windoze won't boot. It was probably because I disabled raid.
I undid everything but keep secure boot off.
- Realized in Linux Mint installation I had to turn of Windows Bit Locker, which
I can turn back on probably after installation.
- Undid almost everything but safe boot in the BIOS.
- Windows is now the default, but I can select single boot off the DVD in the future.
- Got into Windoze and turned off bitlocker. But this took a while to decrypt
everything. It took hours to decrypt.
- I went back to turn off VMD config and used the older hard drivers. This made Windows
non bootable. To heck with it. I will just delete the partitions. I wasted all that time
doing deryptiong.
- Linux Mint didn't have the drivers to use VMD for storage, so I went back to the old driver configuration on he BIOS.
- Installed Linux Mint. Blew away windows.
I could have done the Ubuntu Mate install, but it wouldn't run, It was very slow. Also,
you have to choose a good password for LinuxMint or it might not set the password and you won't
be able to login in.
Here is a trick to take care of the password.