You need to install it the same way that Windows is installed, if Windows is installed in EFI mode then Linux must be installed in EFI mode too, same for legacy mode. More detailed instructions are in the guide I posted but here's a quick summary:

- First go into Windows and ensure that "Fast Startup" is turned off, then go into the system's BIOS menu and make sure that secure boot and quick boot (might be named differently but should be something similar at least) are both disabled.

- Next boot the Mint disc/USB using the boot override option in the BIOS menu. Make sure to pick the correct boot option (UEFI or legacy depending on which mode Windows is installed in).

- Install Mint on to the system. It's easiest to use the automatic option for installing alongside Windows & the installer will allow you to resize Windows' partition to create space, but if you've already set aside some space as in the first link you posted then manually setting up the partitioning might be best.

When it's done, reboot & as long as it's installed in the same mods as Windows + stuff like secure boot is turned off it should work. If you're still having problems then let me know & I'll try to help :)


Mint used to follow the latest versions of Ubuntu, but when Canonical shortened the support period for non-LTS releases they stopped doing that and now just use the LTS releases of Ubuntu. As written in the guide: ... and Mint 19.x will be based on Ubuntu 18.04 :)

If what you're using now works fine for you now & you don't need/want features added in newer versions of Mint then no need to upgrade, the available packages should mostly be the same and the available kernels will all be the same.

Hmmm, really appreciate the quick reply and the tip about secure boot that is certainly something I didn't do before. (Mainly because I lost the ability to boot into windows when I did that) Will try again and get back to you with results. Could use more detail about point number 2 though, don't think I got what you were saying -

Windows 10 only boots when the secure boot is on though if it answers the question about which mode windows is installed in

Great giveaway +1

I would like to be in please -

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind GOTY Edition

I used Linux for many years, supposed to be getting an old pc soon, sounds like a great time to get nix back on my home network. Wonder if Suse is still about.....made me think, thank you, will go have a look see :)

In the BIOS menu there should be a boot override option so you can tell it to boot using a different drive/bootloader, ignoring the usual boot order. Most systems have a compatibility mode ("Compatibility Support Module" or so) for booting in legacy mode rather than UEFI mode, so unless that's not present (or disabled) you'll have two options for booting from the installer disc/USB: one legacy, the other UEFI. It should be easy to tell which is which.

It should work just fine with secure boot disabled... what does it do/say if you try to boot with secure boot disabled?

Also check your system's boot order- it's possible that with secure boot disabled it's now trying to use the bootloader from one of your previous Ubuntu install attempts (which may now be broken by the previous attempts at fixing it and/or if you've removed the failed Ubuntu install since then) rather than Windows' bootloader.

Edit: To explain further, when you install an OS in UEFI mode it should tell the UEFI that it's been installed & where to find its bootloader, and it will create an entry for it at the top of the boot order list. Since you had secure boot enabled, the UEFI wouldn't have been able to start it so it'd go to the next in the list (causing it to boot straight into Windows instead).

Disabling secure boot would then mean it would try to use the bootloader that Ubuntu installed, but if the bootloader has been broken by the attempts at fixing it or you've removed the Ubuntu install without removing the bootloader or changing the boot order manually then that could cause it to fail with an error instead.

Sounds easy, I was affraid trying different operating system.

Thank you Adamhm. (-:


CDPR yes You!
When does The Witcher 3 Windows Embargo expire!?

I want to play my Damn Witcher 3 on Linux with Vulcan!!

Thanks for the giveaway! Count me in for:

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

Sam & Max Hit the Road

Oh thanks for telling about the new LM version. Will upgrade 18.1 >> 18.2 sometime this weekend.

Thanks for yet another lovely giveaway but NOT in this time.

All questions that I knew the answers to were already nicely answered.

Tried the secure Boot disabling thing and turned out I was disabling uefi previously. However even then it didn't work so I almost came to post here but then I decided to check again since I hadn't tried troubleshooting for this problem with mint and I find this. Wasn't too optimistic but I tried it and it worked for me. Rebooted the system thrice consecutively just to assure myself that this was not a one time fix. It works now, thank you very much adamhm for pointing out that thing about secure boot. :)

I am in for these titles:

1st - Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun ;
2nd - Hotline Miami.

Thanks for the giveaway.

Thanks for the giveaway.

I'm in for Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun.

Thank you adamhm for another great giveaway.

I'm in for:
> Mirror's Edge
> The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind GOTY Edition
> Infinifactory
> Defender's Quest

Thanks for the efforts in making gaming on Linux easier.

Have the games on that list I'm interested in, so not part of the give-away.

Didn't know Mint had come out with 18.2, but then I'm still on 17.1. I'm of the mind "if it works, why risk it".

Great giveaway, as always! Thank you for your generosity and +1.

I'd like to be in for

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Infinifactory


I do have one question about Mint though. Is it easy to install it as a Live-System on a DVD or USB Stick that does not change anything on the installed hard drive?

I'd like to try my luck for Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, thank you very much! :)

Just burn the .iso to a disc or make a bootable USB drive & boot from that to use the live environment; no changes will be made to anything on the system unless you tell it to do so. If you want to run the live environment as a semi-permanent install with changes to settings etc kept between reboots, you can make a bootable USB drive and enable persistence.