Re: Root location

2021-08-14 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 12:11:37PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Hi, > > On 2021-08-13 11:47 a.m., Gunnar Gervin wrote: > > Thx to Polyna especially, for telling me that I have x86-64 machine. Do > > not yet know x86 part but 64bit it certainly is. > > In Mint 32bit i686 still. b

Re: Root location

2021-08-13 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-08-13 11:47 a.m., Gunnar Gervin wrote: > Thx to Polyna especially, for telling me that I have x86-64 machine. Do > not yet know x86 part but 64bit it certainly is. > In Mint 32bit i686 still. but now > I know a little bit (!) more about this machine, how chmod is not wise > to use, etc

Re: Root location

2021-08-13 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-08-13 8:33 a.m., Henning Follmann wrote: > On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 11:15:10AM +0300, Gunnar Gervin wrote: >> I tried to partition with rEFInd because Linux Mint 19 i386 xfce 32bit >> worked with EFI. In hope to upgrade to x86-64bit. After it looked like all >> good, I went out, thinkin

Re: Root location

2021-08-13 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-08-13 8:00 a.m., Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 01:53:44PM +0200, deloptes wrote: >> Gunnar Gervin wrote: >> >>> (Later upgrade to 64bit if I can). >> >> I am not sure if you can upgrade 32 to 64bit OS. AFAIK you reinstall > > This is called a "crossgrade" sometimes (a

Re: Root location

2021-08-13 Thread Gunnar Gervin
Thx to Polyna especially, for telling me that I have x86-64 machine. Do not yet know x86 part but 64bit it certainly is. In Mint 32bit i686 still. but now I know a little bit (!) more about this machine, how chmod is not wise to use, etc. Kinda fun, cos Mint lets me in again. So far. My Mini PC Win

Re: Root location

2021-08-13 Thread Steve McIntyre
Greg Wooledge wrote: >On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 01:53:44PM +0200, deloptes wrote: >> Gunnar Gervin wrote: >> >> > (Later upgrade to 64bit if I can). >> >> I am not sure if you can upgrade 32 to 64bit OS. AFAIK you reinstall > >This is called a "crossgrade" sometimes (a portmanteau of "cross" and >"

Re: Root location

2021-08-13 Thread Joe
On Fri, 13 Aug 2021 08:00:35 -0400 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 01:53:44PM +0200, deloptes wrote: > > > > I am not sure if you can upgrade 32 to 64bit OS. AFAIK you > > reinstall > > This is called a "crossgrade" sometimes (a portmanteau of "cross" and > "upgrade"). It is

Re: Root location

2021-08-13 Thread Henning Follmann
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 11:15:10AM +0300, Gunnar Gervin wrote: > I tried to partition with rEFInd because Linux Mint 19 i386 xfce 32bit > worked with EFI. In hope to upgrade to x86-64bit. After it looked like all > good, I went out, thinking it was OK. But installation came back to start, > asking

Re: Root location

2021-08-13 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 01:53:44PM +0200, deloptes wrote: > Gunnar Gervin wrote: > > > (Later upgrade to 64bit if I can). > > I am not sure if you can upgrade 32 to 64bit OS. AFAIK you reinstall This is called a "crossgrade" sometimes (a portmanteau of "cross" and "upgrade"). It is NOT supporte

Re: Root location

2021-08-13 Thread deloptes
Gunnar Gervin wrote: > Better I try boot > Then see what happens. very good idea > (Later upgrade to 64bit if I can). I am not sure if you can upgrade 32 to 64bit OS. AFAIK you reinstall -- FCD6 3719 0FFB F1BF 38EA 4727 5348 5F1F DCFE BCB0

Root location

2021-08-13 Thread Gunnar Gervin
I tried to partition with rEFInd because Linux Mint 19 i386 xfce 32bit worked with EFI. In hope to upgrade to x86-64bit. After it looked like all good, I went out, thinking it was OK. But installation came back to start, asking me to choose put boot in Mbr, Partition with Gparted or Abort. Mbr resu