Don't see Daves email but if he wants to meet me at Citrus Heights Starbucks some time next week I would see what I can do. No promises as I haven't worked with Mint before though I use Debian so most of it should be familiar Richard
On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 3:31 PM, Bill Kendrick <n...@sonic.net> wrote: > > Dave here emailed me directly at the root@ address, and I offered > to pass his question along to vox-tech list, to see if someone > here might be willing to lend a hand: > > ======================================================================== > > Dave here in Citrus Heights. Hoping for help on using 64gb usb drive > for Linux tasks; and original hard drive C Windows 8 for other > tasks. (I visit Davis every 60 days or so, in case help is available.) > > I'm a new user of Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon; it runs fine on HP laptop > on 16gb bootable usb drive with 4 gb persistence file (in bios, boot > order is usb diskette first; secure boot is disabled). > > I have failed in the following tasks: > > * on a Mint bootable 64 gb usb drive with 4 gb persistence file: > failed in attempts with gparted app. to revise persistence upward to > tap unallocated space of around 58 gb. > > * today, using 16gb bootable Mint usb drive, tried "full install" onto > 64 gb usb drive (no persistence file). It said installation completed; > I powered off, and tried re-boot, but 64 gb usb will not boot Mint (it > seems to look for usb drive, but boots to Windows 8). > > **** > > * also, if time allows, would like to work on Mint 16gb bootable usb > drive to revise persistence upward to tap unallocated space. > > ***** > > ======================================================================== > > > Thanks in advance! > > > -- > -bill! > Sent from my computer > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech >
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