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    Series 9 notebook - NP900x3a

    Discussion in 'Samsung' started by sw17, Jan 31, 2015.

  1. sw17

    sw17 Newbie

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    Hi
    I've just given up with Windows as I kept getting the boot message that I need to 'repair', which I did but that resolved nothing & told me to 'repair' again - which I did 3 times. Still no good.

    So I booted up onto a pendrive & installed LinuxMint 64bit. That worked ok & Linux installed fine, partitioning the whole SSD.

    But on re-boot I now get a 'boot-loop' and a 'Realtek PCI GBE family controller' error when I try to boot off the SSD to run Linux.

    I expected that the SSD was dead but I didnt really expect to see this kind of error message for the SSD.

    Anyone got any thoughts ? Is it the SSD ? or is it really the network controller ?

    Cheers
     
    sw17, Jan 31, 2015
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  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    Does Live Linux work OK, including the network?

    Is there a Linux utility (preferably from the SSD manufacturer) to read the SSD's SMART data?

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Jan 31, 2015
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