From: nobody@nowhere.co.uk   
      
   Paul wrote:   
      
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   >>   
   >> There's a reference to some documentation, but before I work through that,   
   have I actually downloaded something that will install Mint on this hardware?   
   >>   
   >> Or do I need to find an "Installer"?   
   >>   
   >   
   > This particular live media contains both   
   >   
   >      Live Session (should show up like my picture does)   
   >   
   >      Install icon on desktop   
   >   
   > The Install icon kicks off the disk drive installation.   
   >   
   > You can also trigger the install process, by using the Install   
   > item on the DVD.   
   >   
   > *******   
   >   
   > So now we have to figure out why the legacy BIOS boot process   
   > didn't work. The disc is a hybrid, it supports MSDOS boot and   
   > GPT boot. On a legacy BIOS, it should do the MSDOS boot thing   
   > via the media.   
      
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   I don't see anything like you describe.  It does not get as far as a   
   "Live Session".  It shows the 6-line menu in a table as I described in   
   my previous post.  And yes, I can use Tab to stop it there.   
      
   The BIOS is set to boot the CD-ROM first, so it should not matter what   
   the hard disk is.  But in my experience, in general a BIOS does try to   
   read something from the HDD before it starts to load from the CD-ROM, so   
   a faulty HDD will prevent a CD-ROM from booting, whereas a completely   
   absent HDD does not.   
      
   The menu option "Hardware detection" allows me to see the SSHD, and   
   shows it has a windows installation on it.  This is because the SSHD   
   came from a machine where the motherboard died.  If I boot the SSHD, it   
   - very slowly - boots to the login prompt for the Windows 10 system on   
   it.  I expect to erase this SSHD - should I do so before trying to boot   
   the Mint DVD?   
      
   What I - perhaps naively - expect is for the Mint DVD to boot and ask me   
   where I want to install Mint, and perhaps warn me that it will overwrite   
   anything already present on the SSHD.   
      
   Your help is very much appreciated.  Sadly I can't do anything more   
   today, so will look for your reply tomorrow.  Thanks.   
      
      
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   Graham J   
      
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