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 We got a laptop manufactured 8-12 years ago - HP Pavillion 7.  We thought it'd be a good guinea pig to test installing linux, since it's a magical operating system that can revive old hardware like old unsupported Windows. We got a laptop manufactured 8-12 years ago - HP Pavillion 7.  We thought it'd be a good guinea pig to test installing linux, since it's a magical operating system that can revive old hardware like old unsupported Windows.
  
-===== what do =====+===== August 25 2025 =====
  
   - saw this post https://gg8473.com/blog/post/2025-08-20-linux-1.html   - saw this post https://gg8473.com/blog/post/2025-08-20-linux-1.html
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   - it crashed due to faulty hard drive?!?!  time to restart i guess??   - it crashed due to faulty hard drive?!?!  time to restart i guess??
   - "ubi partman exit code 10", try https://askubuntu.com/questions/1032905/ubi-partman-failed-with-exit-code-10-ubuntu-18-04   - "ubi partman exit code 10", try https://askubuntu.com/questions/1032905/ubi-partman-failed-with-exit-code-10-ubuntu-18-04
 +  - didn't work, going to talk with kat
 +  - doing some terminal shit with ''fdisk'' and ''sudo'' but nothing's working
 +  - restarted to start anew
 +  - install Linux Mint again
 +  - this time there's no option to install with windows cuz i think it was wiped, so just install regularly (not "something else" option)
 +  - error 5 this time, usb might be faulty UHH tried different usb slot same issue
 +  - going to try re-burning linux to the USB with [[https://rufus.ie/en/|rufus]]
 +  - usb doesn't work now.  it's corrupted or w/e and just won't appear on me or shane's computers.  Gonna try another USB and get a refund for BOTH of these that fucked up.  Until tomorrow!