Trying to install 7.4 on older Samsung

[vint]

Howdy fellow Lite users,
It's been a while since I've been on the forum and things sure have changed a lot.  I recently decided to revive my late wife's Samsung NP305V5A 15.6" Laptop from 2012 that hasn't been used for almost a decade.  It has a 1.8 gigahertz AMD processor with 4 gb of ram and a new Samsung 870 EVO 250 gb SSD, I thought I would try out a few distros before making a decision about what would be best, I downloaded Linux Mint XFCE newest version and tried it out and liked it a lot so I installed it and all went fine until the end and it wouldn't boot.  I tried several suggested tips and tricks but it wouldn't boot at all.  So I installed Lite 5.8 in the interim because I know it works on my old Presario without any problems and it loaded without any problems at all, so I decided to download Lite 7.4 and installed it and I ran into the same problem.  It wouldn't boot, I am not sure what the problem is, this laptop has legacy bios, meets more than the minimum requirements and the laptop is in good condition so what could be the problem?  

Vint

[stevef]

As you probably found when searching for fixes for your Mint boot problem there are situations in which a system will fail to boot after a seemingly successful installation.  As we only have the information that 'it won't boot' any attempt to suggest what the problem might be is just speculation.  If we could see the installation method you used and what actually happens when you try to boot it might be possible to help.

[vint]

As you probably found when searching for fixes for your Mint boot problem there are situations in which a system will fail to boot after a seemingly successful installation.  As we only have the information that 'it won't boot' any attempt to suggest what the problem might be is just speculation.  If we could see the installation method you used and what actually happens when you try to boot it might be possible to help.

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Thanks for the response back,
I have no clue for Mint but Lite 7.4 should have booted in my opinion and Lite 7.4 looked like it was going to boot but there was an error and it went by so fast I couldn't see what it was. I installed Lite 5.8 on the machine and it works fine right now without any problems so for now I'll just have to do more research. Good to talk to you again and take care.

[stevef]

Thanks for the response back,

You're welcome.

Linux lite 5.x is end of support since April. If you can get Lite 6.x installed and working it will have support until April 2027.

Errors and warnings messages may occur in a good boot and the system just continues.
An error serious enough to stop the boot might be expected to remain visible.

Linux Lite 7.4 on a 2012 machine (even with an SSD) could take several minutes to get to the log in screen, so give it plenty of time.  If your system displays a 'splash' screen while booting, try pressing the 'Esc' key while the splash picture is showing. It may make the boot messages behind the splash picture visible so you can see what's happening in real time.

[vint]

Thanks for the response back,

You're welcome.

Linux lite 5.x is end of support since April. If you can get Lite 6.x installed and working it will have support until April 2027.

Errors and warnings messages may occur in a good boot and the system just continues.
An error serious enough to stop the boot might be expected to remain visible.

Linux Lite 7.4 on a 2012 machine (even with an SSD) could take several minutes to get to the log in screen, so give it plenty of time.  If your system displays a 'splash' screen while booting, try pressing the 'Esc' key while the splash picture is showing. It may make the boot messages behind the splash picture visible so you can see what's happening in real time.

[vint]

Where can I find downloads for older versions of linux lite, like 6.0 series?

[stevef]

I'd go for 6.6.
The release announcement for 6.6 is here
https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/showt...p?tid=8914

You can check out the other 6.x versions by looking in the Release Announcements section
https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/forum...php?fid=11

And here's a couple of links for the 6.6 64 bit iso file from mirrors in the US
http://mirror.clarkson.edu/linux-lite/is...-64bit.iso
https://mirror.freedif.org/LinuxLiteOS/i...-64bit.iso