What should I do to wipe the drive? Make like new@! On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 4:05 PM, Michael wrote: > I don't know aboiut the virtual machine. Darktable seems to need 8G of ram > to run (it doesn't run with 4 G) and the virtual maachine will chop that in > half. I only have 8G in my machine. > > On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 12:33 PM, Carruth, Rusty > wrote: > >> Excellent advice. Both the backup and the ‘bare metal clone’. I doubt >> that I could have said it better myself… >> >> >> >> I’m also becoming more and more in favor of running a virtual machine. >> I’ve got one on my work laptop and my personal laptop, and I might just >> create another one on the personal laptop in which to run ‘everything’ >> (other than the virtual machine which I’m using for developing some >> software). >> >> >> >> >> >> Rusty >> >> >> >> *From:* PLUG-discuss [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org] *On >> Behalf Of *Bob Elzer >> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 10, 2018 9:12 AM >> *To:* Main PLUG discussion list >> *Subject:* Re: installed livecd to boot sector? >> >> >> >> Michael, I don't know how to fix the current problem but I can help you >> from getting into these situations in the future. >> >> >> >> Backup Backup Backup >> >> >> >> Before you start making changes to your OS, you need to make a bare metal >> backup. >> >> The easiest way to accomplish this is to clone the OS drive. >> >> >> >> After you clone, then if you screw up the Os you can just do a reverse >> clone and you are back to where you started. >> >> >> >> Also you need to stop doing open heart surgery, for an ingrown toenail. >> If you're having issues with darktable, post a question about the problem, >> upgrading the OS seems like overkill. >> >> >> >> I've mentioned this before, you should look at running your system in a >> virtual machine. >> >> >> >> Then before making changes to the system you can take a snapshot, make >> the changes and then test them. If things go wrong, you just reboot to the >> previous snapshot, if all is fine after a week, you can delete the old >> snapshot. >> >> >> >> You could also clone the virtual system and do testing in the clone >> before updating the original. >> >> >> >> Backup Backup Backup >> >> >> >> If you had a bare metal backup, you'd be up and running already. >> >> >> >> Hope this helps for the future. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 9, 2018, 8:22 PM Michael wrote: >> >> I forgot to mention that when I load 18.2/18.3 the cdrom icon shows the >> disk I have in and the install icon is also visible. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 10:22 PM, Michael wrote: >> >> well, I just realized, of course they are not going to be available.... I >> haven't installed them on the new os. now I just meed to load into the os >> instead of the live os >> >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 9:46 PM, Michael wrote: >> >> okay..... if I load the livecd and then load from local disk I can load >> my home directory but not with everything. For instance kmymoney is not >> available, darktable is not available, Chrome is not available, and others >> as well. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 9:06 PM, Michael wrote: >> >> I have no idea what I did wrong...... >> >> first..... darktable was messing up so I decided to upgrade Mint to the >> newest version to see if that would fix it. >> >> I put the disk in and installed it but upon restarting the live disk >> loaded again. Then I tried installing it again but it would load the OS >> from the live disk (I guess) but then when the gui started it would access >> the hard disk drive. I then tried putting a previous version on and this >> time it installed (instead of failing) but when I restart the computer it >> loaded the live disk (which was not in the computer at the time. What in >> the world did I do? >> >> >> >> -- >> >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> >> >> -- >> >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: