well..... I figured it out.... the hard drive was about to die. On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 5:11 PM, Michael wrote: > could this be a sign the computer is gasping for breath? > > On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 4:39 PM, Michael wrote: > >> 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. 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