Is Linux Mint compatible with Ubuntu 18.04? [on hold]
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I've been a user of Ubuntu for a few months. A week ago or so I installed Linuxmint in the same laptop just to see whether there is any advantage in it, but then I started having problems with Ubuntu. I reinstalled Ubuntu, but then grub could not be installed. In fact the message I got was that the package grub-efi-amd64 cannot be installed.
Also, gparted no longer works, and reinstalling it give me a dpkg error, and then it no longer works. Is there anything I can do?
Incidentally, Linux Mint seems to work all right. But I'd like both of them work...
It looks as if Ubuntu could not update grub.
dual-boot grub2
asked Nov 22 at 17:20
Jesuo
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I've been a user of Ubuntu for a few months. A week ago or so I installed Linuxmint in the same laptop just to see whether there is any advantage in it, but then I started having problems with Ubuntu. I reinstalled Ubuntu, but then grub could not be installed. In fact the message I got was that the package grub-efi-amd64 cannot be installed.
Also, gparted no longer works, and reinstalling it give me a dpkg error, and then it no longer works. Is there anything I can do?
Incidentally, Linux Mint seems to work all right. But I'd like both of them work...
It looks as if Ubuntu could not update grub.
dual-boot grub2
asked Nov 22 at 17:20
Jesuo
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put on hold as unclear what you're asking by wjandrea, guiverc, Kevin Bowen, Eric Carvalho, pomsky Nov 23 at 20:41
Please clarify your specific problem or add additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it’s hard to tell exactly what you're asking. See the How to Ask page for help clarifying this question. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
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You really need to explain what you mean, in the question, by "installed Linuxmint in the same laptop".
– jdv
Nov 22 at 17:38
To answer the question in the title, yes, dual-booting Ubuntu and Mint should work fine. To answer the question in the body, you need to give more details. Please edit to add the exact error messages you get, in full. You might need to use code formatting to make it look nice.
– wjandrea
Nov 22 at 19:20
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You can only have one MBR (grub stage 1) - which is the first sector of the first hard drive (as determined by bios; i'm ignoring uefi). The last to write it's grub-stage-1 (or MBR) is the grub that has control over your system; for it contains the link to /boot/ on the partition that will be used to load later stages of grub (1.5, 2 or the menu). As Sergiy noted - this will have nothing to do withgpartedor your other issues, which I cannot help with as you've provided no details (just vague assertions)
– guiverc
Nov 23 at 0:09
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@guiverc thanks for that excellent explanation - it agrees perfectly with what I have seen on my dual-Linux-booting systems and finally explains why they act that way.
– Organic Marble
Nov 23 at 1:58
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Please don't post pictures of text. Instead, copy the text, edit it into your post, and use the formatting tools like code formatting to make it look nice. And to get the error messages in English, see instructions here.
– wjandrea
Nov 23 at 3:25
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I've been a user of Ubuntu for a few months. A week ago or so I installed Linuxmint in the same laptop just to see whether there is any advantage in it, but then I started having problems with Ubuntu. I reinstalled Ubuntu, but then grub could not be installed. In fact the message I got was that the package grub-efi-amd64 cannot be installed.
Also, gparted no longer works, and reinstalling it give me a dpkg error, and then it no longer works. Is there anything I can do?
Incidentally, Linux Mint seems to work all right. But I'd like both of them work...
It looks as if Ubuntu could not update grub.
dual-boot grub2
asked Nov 22 at 17:20
Jesuo
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I've been a user of Ubuntu for a few months. A week ago or so I installed Linuxmint in the same laptop just to see whether there is any advantage in it, but then I started having problems with Ubuntu. I reinstalled Ubuntu, but then grub could not be installed. In fact the message I got was that the package grub-efi-amd64 cannot be installed.
Also, gparted no longer works, and reinstalling it give me a dpkg error, and then it no longer works. Is there anything I can do?
Incidentally, Linux Mint seems to work all right. But I'd like both of them work...
It looks as if Ubuntu could not update grub.
dual-boot grub2
dual-boot grub2
asked Nov 22 at 17:20
Jesuo
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asked Nov 22 at 17:20
Jesuo
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edited Nov 22 at 23:48
asked Nov 22 at 17:20
Jesuo
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asked Nov 22 at 17:20
Jesuo
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asked Nov 22 at 17:20
Jesuo
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put on hold as unclear what you're asking by wjandrea, guiverc, Kevin Bowen, Eric Carvalho, pomsky Nov 23 at 20:41
Please clarify your specific problem or add additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it’s hard to tell exactly what you're asking. See the How to Ask page for help clarifying this question. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
put on hold as unclear what you're asking by wjandrea, guiverc, Kevin Bowen, Eric Carvalho, pomsky Nov 23 at 20:41
Please clarify your specific problem or add additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it’s hard to tell exactly what you're asking. See the How to Ask page for help clarifying this question. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
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You really need to explain what you mean, in the question, by "installed Linuxmint in the same laptop".
– jdv
Nov 22 at 17:38
To answer the question in the title, yes, dual-booting Ubuntu and Mint should work fine. To answer the question in the body, you need to give more details. Please edit to add the exact error messages you get, in full. You might need to use code formatting to make it look nice.
– wjandrea
Nov 22 at 19:20
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You can only have one MBR (grub stage 1) - which is the first sector of the first hard drive (as determined by bios; i'm ignoring uefi). The last to write it's grub-stage-1 (or MBR) is the grub that has control over your system; for it contains the link to /boot/ on the partition that will be used to load later stages of grub (1.5, 2 or the menu). As Sergiy noted - this will have nothing to do withgpartedor your other issues, which I cannot help with as you've provided no details (just vague assertions)
– guiverc
Nov 23 at 0:09
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@guiverc thanks for that excellent explanation - it agrees perfectly with what I have seen on my dual-Linux-booting systems and finally explains why they act that way.
– Organic Marble
Nov 23 at 1:58
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Please don't post pictures of text. Instead, copy the text, edit it into your post, and use the formatting tools like code formatting to make it look nice. And to get the error messages in English, see instructions here.
– wjandrea
Nov 23 at 3:25
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You really need to explain what you mean, in the question, by "installed Linuxmint in the same laptop".
– jdv
Nov 22 at 17:38
To answer the question in the title, yes, dual-booting Ubuntu and Mint should work fine. To answer the question in the body, you need to give more details. Please edit to add the exact error messages you get, in full. You might need to use code formatting to make it look nice.
– wjandrea
Nov 22 at 19:20
2
You can only have one MBR (grub stage 1) - which is the first sector of the first hard drive (as determined by bios; i'm ignoring uefi). The last to write it's grub-stage-1 (or MBR) is the grub that has control over your system; for it contains the link to /boot/ on the partition that will be used to load later stages of grub (1.5, 2 or the menu). As Sergiy noted - this will have nothing to do withgpartedor your other issues, which I cannot help with as you've provided no details (just vague assertions)
– guiverc
Nov 23 at 0:09
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@guiverc thanks for that excellent explanation - it agrees perfectly with what I have seen on my dual-Linux-booting systems and finally explains why they act that way.
– Organic Marble
Nov 23 at 1:58
1
Please don't post pictures of text. Instead, copy the text, edit it into your post, and use the formatting tools like code formatting to make it look nice. And to get the error messages in English, see instructions here.
– wjandrea
Nov 23 at 3:25
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You really need to explain what you mean, in the question, by "installed Linuxmint in the same laptop".
– jdv
Nov 22 at 17:38
You really need to explain what you mean, in the question, by "installed Linuxmint in the same laptop".
– jdv
Nov 22 at 17:38
To answer the question in the title, yes, dual-booting Ubuntu and Mint should work fine. To answer the question in the body, you need to give more details. Please edit to add the exact error messages you get, in full. You might need to use code formatting to make it look nice.
– wjandrea
Nov 22 at 19:20
To answer the question in the title, yes, dual-booting Ubuntu and Mint should work fine. To answer the question in the body, you need to give more details. Please edit to add the exact error messages you get, in full. You might need to use code formatting to make it look nice.
– wjandrea
Nov 22 at 19:20
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You can only have one MBR (grub stage 1) - which is the first sector of the first hard drive (as determined by bios; i'm ignoring uefi). The last to write it's grub-stage-1 (or MBR) is the grub that has control over your system; for it contains the link to /boot/ on the partition that will be used to load later stages of grub (1.5, 2 or the menu). As Sergiy noted - this will have nothing to do with
gparted or your other issues, which I cannot help with as you've provided no details (just vague assertions)– guiverc
Nov 23 at 0:09
You can only have one MBR (grub stage 1) - which is the first sector of the first hard drive (as determined by bios; i'm ignoring uefi). The last to write it's grub-stage-1 (or MBR) is the grub that has control over your system; for it contains the link to /boot/ on the partition that will be used to load later stages of grub (1.5, 2 or the menu). As Sergiy noted - this will have nothing to do with
gparted or your other issues, which I cannot help with as you've provided no details (just vague assertions)– guiverc
Nov 23 at 0:09
1
1
@guiverc thanks for that excellent explanation - it agrees perfectly with what I have seen on my dual-Linux-booting systems and finally explains why they act that way.
– Organic Marble
Nov 23 at 1:58
@guiverc thanks for that excellent explanation - it agrees perfectly with what I have seen on my dual-Linux-booting systems and finally explains why they act that way.
– Organic Marble
Nov 23 at 1:58
1
1
Please don't post pictures of text. Instead, copy the text, edit it into your post, and use the formatting tools like code formatting to make it look nice. And to get the error messages in English, see instructions here.
– wjandrea
Nov 23 at 3:25
Please don't post pictures of text. Instead, copy the text, edit it into your post, and use the formatting tools like code formatting to make it look nice. And to get the error messages in English, see instructions here.
– wjandrea
Nov 23 at 3:25
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You really need to explain what you mean, in the question, by "installed Linuxmint in the same laptop".
– jdv
Nov 22 at 17:38
To answer the question in the title, yes, dual-booting Ubuntu and Mint should work fine. To answer the question in the body, you need to give more details. Please edit to add the exact error messages you get, in full. You might need to use code formatting to make it look nice.
– wjandrea
Nov 22 at 19:20
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You can only have one MBR (grub stage 1) - which is the first sector of the first hard drive (as determined by bios; i'm ignoring uefi). The last to write it's grub-stage-1 (or MBR) is the grub that has control over your system; for it contains the link to /boot/ on the partition that will be used to load later stages of grub (1.5, 2 or the menu). As Sergiy noted - this will have nothing to do with
gpartedor your other issues, which I cannot help with as you've provided no details (just vague assertions)– guiverc
Nov 23 at 0:09
1
@guiverc thanks for that excellent explanation - it agrees perfectly with what I have seen on my dual-Linux-booting systems and finally explains why they act that way.
– Organic Marble
Nov 23 at 1:58
1
Please don't post pictures of text. Instead, copy the text, edit it into your post, and use the formatting tools like code formatting to make it look nice. And to get the error messages in English, see instructions here.
– wjandrea
Nov 23 at 3:25