Boot Linux Mint into CLI to upgrade Nvidia Drivers

inxi -F && dmesg | grep -i error

System: Host: lestat Kernel: 4.9.6-040906-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: Cinnamon 3.2.7 Distro: Linux Mint 18.1 Serena Machine: Mobo: MSI model: Z270 GAMING M5 (MS-7A78) v: 1.0 Bios: American Megatrends v: 1.50 date: 02/15/2017 CPU: Quad core Intel Core i7-7700K (-HT-MCP-) cache: 8192 KB clock speeds: max: 4500 MHz 1: 3081 MHz 2: 799 MHz 3: 2546 MHz 4: 4264 MHz 5: 812 MHz 6: 799 MHz 7: 3101 MHz 8: 799 MHz Graphics: Card: NVIDIA Device 1b81 Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: nvidia (unloaded: fbdev,vesa,nouveau) Resolution: [email protected], [email protected] GLX Renderer: GeForce GTX 1070/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 375.39 Audio: Card-1 Intel Device a2f0 driver: snd_hda_intel Card-2 NVIDIA Device 10f0 driver: snd_hda_intel Card-3 Sony driver: USB Audio Card-4 Shure X2u Adapter driver: USB Audio Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.9.6-040906-generic Network: Card: Qualcomm Atheros Device e0b1 driver: alx IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 4c:cc:6a:b3:7b:a6 Drives: HDD Total Size: 11242.2GB (0.6% used) ID-1: /dev/sda model: Samsung_SSD_850 size: 1000.2GB ID-2: /dev/sdb model: Corsair_Force_GT size: 240.1GB ID-3: /dev/sdc model: WDC_WD5001FZWX size: 5001.0GB ID-4: /dev/sdd model: ST5000DM000 size: 5001.0GB Partition: ID-1: / size: 184G used: 41G (24%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2 ID-2: swap-1 size: 20.00GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sdb5 RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8C mobo: 27.8C gpu: 59C Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A Info: Processes: 235 Uptime: 5 min Memory: 1298.5/32131.9MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.2.35 [ 4.709637] EXT4-fs (sdb2): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro

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