Re: [gentoo-user] Re: scanner problem : latest

[Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>]

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On Tuesday, 24 July 2018 15:14:32 BST Philip Webb wrote:
> 180723 Neil Bothwick wrote:
> > On Fri, 20 Jul 2018 09:04:26 -0400, Philip Webb wrote:
> >> Linux Mint 19 leads you along to a point where you've told it
> >> where to install, you click 'proceed' & it chugs along nicely,
> >> then it says it's trying to install a bootloader
> >> without asking whether you want it to or where to do it.
> > 
> > For future reference, start the Mint installer with "ubiquity -b",
> > then it doesn't install a boot loader at all
> > and you can add it to your Gentoo bootloader after rebooting.
> 
> I started the Mint installer by clicking on its desktop button.
> What is 'ubiquity' & how would I use it ?
> 
> > WinErr 018: Unrecoverable error - System has been destroyed.
> > Buy a new one. Old Windows licence is not valid anymore.
> 
> That's how I felt for  30 min  after Mint played its dirty trick above
> (grin).


See attached screenshot.

Meanwhile I'm still at a loss why on a BIOS with GPT system GRUB installed 
fine without any mishaps, but upon a GRUB update some days later it refused to 
install without me creating a new protective MBR partition marked as ef02.

:-/

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Regards,
Mick

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