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reinstallation.
24-06-2012 7:07 PM
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Updated mint and all seemed ok but when I came to reboot it rebooted directly into windows, no option of a menu or anything.
Fortunately I had a copy of Rescatux which sorted the problem out but I was curious as to why this might have happened. I have installed Mint 11 & 12 with windows on previous occasions with no problems so wondered what might have caused this.
At what point of the installation process is Grub fully installed, is it at the end or beginning of the installation ?
Re: reinstallation.
24-06-2012 8:04 PM
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I also have Mint installed alongside PCLOS, but can't remember the precise install sequence. I'm fairly sure there was a "Ready to install Grub" panel, with a yes/no type option. But I could be wrong.........
Re: reinstallation.
24-06-2012 9:14 PM
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BTW Did you reach the point at which Mint asked you to reboot after removing the DVD?
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Re: reinstallation.
25-06-2012 9:50 AM
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Re: reinstallation.
25-06-2012 12:54 PM
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One question I have a 250 HD & 80 HD. would it make sense to install Windows on the 80 HD & Linux on the 250 HD (I Hardly use windows for much) or are they better both being on the 250 HD ?
Re: reinstallation.
25-06-2012 2:13 PM
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Re: reinstallation.
25-06-2012 3:23 PM
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At any given moment in the universe many things happen. Coincidence is a matter of how close these events are in space, time and relationship.
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Re: reinstallation.
25-06-2012 5:57 PM
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"In The Beginning Was The Word, And The Word Was Aardvark."
Re: reinstallation.
26-06-2012 11:55 AM
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Not sure what was meant by making a separate/home partition for future use. Why would I need that ? Or if I did need it use Gparted to make an extra partition if I need it at some future date ?
Re: reinstallation.
26-06-2012 1:32 PM
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I never bother re-installing Linux every 6 months, I just keep upgrading the current installation. My laptop started with Fedora 10 when it was new over 3 years ago.
Re: reinstallation.
26-06-2012 10:17 PM
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Quote from: ejs I never bother re-installing Linux every 6 months, I just keep upgrading the current installation.
That's not what Mint recommends though (it is possible to dist-upgrade but in my experience requires more in the way of manual intervention than Ubuntu or Debian).
Re: reinstallation.
27-06-2012 9:49 AM
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Now I use y-ppa-manager to backup my ppa's. Mint-backup to backup my app list and do a fresh install with my existing /home.
Then reinstall y-ppa-manager, restore and update the ppa's to the new version using it, then mint-backup to restore my apps - checking what is installed as there can be a lot of trub.
Re: reinstallation.
02-07-2012 8:21 PM
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Quote from: Hairy I tried a dist-upgrade ONCE. It trashed my system after downloading about 1Gb of data.
I've never had anything that drastic on the couple of times I've done it.
A couple of GRUB files went AWOL during the dist-upgrade from Mint 12 to 13 causing a failure of the GRUB package to configure itself (i copied the missing files from an Ubuntu 12.04 system) but other than that it was mostly niggling apt errors; more tedious and time-consuming than anything else.
Re: reinstallation.
03-07-2012 9:05 AM
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Over all it is quicker to format and re-install than to upgrade.
Re: reinstallation.
03-07-2012 1:47 PM
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I have a 6 years old desktop which has been running Debian Sid since the day I got it, Arch (netbook) and aptosid (MacBook) installs are both about 3 years old; all three are effectively 'rolling' distributions - I guess I'm just in the habit of keeping an install going unless I want to wipe it and try something new.
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