[solved] I want to install MX-18.3 to partition #19 on my HDD, but...

[jbMacAZ]

I got the new installer, but it is complaining about libqt5core5a >= 5.11.0-rc1 and mine is 5.7.1+dfsg-3+deb9u1

Sounds like it will take quite a few updates to get this working??

[JayM]

Hmm, maybe 19.8 is intended for MX-19 which is based on Debian Buster. Here's version 19.7 from July that I know works on MX-18 as I've used it:
https://www95.zippyshare.com/v/iVQzYtN3/file.html
Uninstall 19.8 using gdebi prior to installing 19.7. :)

[jbMacAZ]

Thanks. I'll take my chances on the antix 19 beta ISO.

[fehlix]

download the latest monthly snapshot ISO that includes updates up to mid-July from Sourceforge

That should have been probaly the first question to ask: What version of MX Linux ISO did OP used to try to install?
The latest version MX 18.3-July, should have all fixes, including those with a greater number of partitions.
I think running this on the latest LiveISO/USB:

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sudo partition-info  -f all

should show all partitions available on the system, and so should also the MX Installer.
If not than that would be a bug.

[jbMacAZ]

I used the 18.3 final linked on the forum home page. I was not able to boot the 18.3-july snapshot, it hung before getting to grub with "\EFI\BOOT\mmx64.efi - Not Found". With 18.3 final that message flashes briefly just before the grub menu appears. mmx64.efi appears to have absolutely nothing to do with MX-Linux. Since I was able to boot the "final" 18.3 I stopped there. The md5s match on my downloaded ISO's.

I had a 3 download fails on antix 19 b2, I'll try again later this morning.

[dolphin_oracle]

you can also update the running live system, so no real need to download the july snapshot.

[jbMacAZ]

I updated and remastered my liveUSB before installing MX18.3 over an old swap partition. It'll take me about an hour to DL antiX 19 b2.

[fehlix]

it hung before getting to grub with "\EFI\BOOT\mmx64.efi - Not Found"

mmx64.efi - so your UEFI is trying to load EFI MokManager, which is not on the USBstick.
That might be related to an unsuccessful boot and leaving UEFI in the state to try load the EFI-MokManager at the next boot.
You can try to turn off secure boot and anything related to 3rd party secureboot eif-key's.
Or alternatively try to copy grubx64.efi to mmx64.efi on that stick on the ESP partition on the USBstick.

[jbMacAZ]

The antiX19b2 installer has the same first 15 partition limitation as MX-Linux 18.3.

about the mmx64.efi: Secure boot is off. I ran into the same thing (mmx64.efi not found) with the antiX beta. I worked around it by formatting a USB stick to fat32, mounting the ISO image and copying it to the usb. This still gave me the error on the next boot attempt. So I copied the \EFI\BOOT\ folders from my working 18.3 liveUSB to my hacked liveUSB, but I also hacked the grub.cfg. The replacement .efi files were larger on the 18.3 final ISO than the antiX ISO. I've had issues on Manjaro with not enough modules in their .efi files.

Since no one else has run into this liveUSB won't boot, there is probably an issue with my system, perhaps the BIOS is too stale. I need to narrow down the exact change that gives me bootable USBs. I can't rule out anything including flaky USB ports or sticks.

BTW, the new antiX looks kind of cool! I'll be looking forward to MX-19. (Writing from antiX 19-b2)

[jbMacAZ]

I was able to "fix" my liveUSB boot problem by substituting my bootx64.efi from MX18.0 onto the /EFI/BOOT/bootx64.efi on the antiX-19-b2 on the liveUSB ESP partition. The older (12-19-2018) .efi file is about 200K larger. This liveUSB had been made using the liveUSBMaker and previously did not boot.

I still have an open partition (19) if anyone needs me to test any changes to the installer. Thanks for all the help and suggestions.