Re: created live USB drive

2018-04-10 Thread Michael
should I try formatting the mint partition? On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 6:32 PM, Michael wrote: > never mind. I figured it out! I s sure smert. > > On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 6:11 PM, Michael wrote: > >> mkfs.ext 4 only created the partitions under 2 GB in size. The drives are >> much larger than

Re: created live USB drive

2018-04-10 Thread Michael
never mind. I figured it out! I s sure smert. On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 6:11 PM, Michael wrote: > mkfs.ext 4 only created the partitions under 2 GB in size. The drives are > much larger than that (32/64). > $ sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdc1;sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdd1 > $ df -h > /dev/sdc1.8G 2

Re: created live USB drive

2018-04-10 Thread Michael
mkfs.ext 4 only created the partitions under 2 GB in size. The drives are much larger than that (32/64). $ sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdc1;sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdd1 $ df -h /dev/sdc1.8G 2.7M 1.7G 1% /media/bmike1/5698cdb1-4579-4dca-8e3b-03786d959bea /dev/sde1.7G 2.6M 1.6G 1% /media/

Re: created live USB drive

2018-04-10 Thread Michael
I new that! Whaat was I thinking! That was pretty easy. (I googled how to do it) On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 5:38 PM, Stephen Partington wrote: > reformat > > > On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 2:30 PM, Michael wrote: > >> I want it for backups now.How do I go about removing the ISO? >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-

Re: created live USB drive

2018-04-10 Thread Stephen Partington
reformat On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 2:30 PM, Michael wrote: > I want it for backups now.How do I go about removing the ISO? > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to

created live USB drive

2018-04-10 Thread Michael
I want it for backups now.How do I go about removing the ISO? -- :-)~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

Re: installed livecd to boot sector?

2018-04-10 Thread Michael
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 wip

Re: installed livecd to boot sector?

2018-04-10 Thread Michael
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 virtua

Re: installed livecd to boot sector?

2018-04-10 Thread Michael
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. > >

Re: installed livecd to boot sector?

2018-04-10 Thread Michael
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 me

RE: installed livecd to boot sector?

2018-04-10 Thread Carruth, Rusty
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 lap

Re: installed livecd to boot sector?

2018-04-10 Thread Michael
yes sir. thsnk you. On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 12:11 PM, Bob Elzer wrote: > 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 me

Re: installed livecd to boot sector?

2018-04-10 Thread Bob Elzer
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