This is upsetting! I don't know why it always loads the liveCD. I did not save the live CD to the drive! On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 4:36 PM, Michael wrote: > 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 < >> Rusty.Carruth@smartm.com> 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~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: