Condobloke
Well-Known Member
When shifting from one version of Linux Mint to another, i usually opt for the 'upgrade' option in the update manager.
I have reinstalled a couple of times....usually when I have fouled the whole thing up.
Not in love with reinstalls......the install itself is a piece of cake....its the "resetting" of all the many and various settings in thunderbird and 'attaching' the 300Gb separate hdd to take downloads, and all the mundane crap, including settings in apps, etc etc etcthat must be attended to in order to make the thing work to my satisfaction, ....It would easily take me a day to set it up totally.
However....with the onset of LM 19...soon.....I have it in mind to dispense with the 'upgrade' option.......and will instead opt for a 'clean' install
I have jotted down the following blurb....it is rough...Questions:...am i making some sort of sense?....will this approach work?.....am i just making life hard for myself?...comments and suggestions etc etc welcome
my setup consists of :
120Gb SSD
250GB HDD...(backups..system and pics and music)
300Gb HDD ('torrent' disc, downloads, spare os's, backups of pics(again)
(more info below)
Blurb :
Current setup...... my PC
SSD 120gb...root,/home, pics, music, assorted crapola
300gb HDD....movies, OS's, (5), pics backup, timeshifts, (approx 25gb),
250gb HDD......backups via clonezilla, pics backup, bits and pieces.
PLAN.
SSD ....Root ...no swap
on 300GB HDD.....two partitions....1. 150gb for /home (includes pics and music, as it already does on the ssd)
2. 120gb for movies and OS's etc
on 250gb HDD Backups only
So...i would start by clearing crap from the 300gb......shove it in a folder on the 250gb for the time being. Get into gparted and establish the two partitions by basically putting up a 'wall' at the 150gb spot on the 300Gb
Move /home in its entirety (approx 25Gb) from the SSD to the 150gb newly created place. Reinstall a fresh copy of OS on the SSD. ??Repace the old /home stuff with the new /home content????.....so a reinstall of the OS would simply be just that, a reinstall to the 120Gb ssd....nothing else?????? ((Would need to format? that ssd and start with a clean plate.probably not...fresh install will do that for me.))
The above paragraph in blue is screwy.....??? i dont need to move the old /home...it is on a backup if something goes wrong !.....just install the 'new' os to the ssd and then move the /home to the other hdd.
maybe buy another ssd to hold the /home...would that make the whole thing perform quicker...take away the lag...difference in transfer speed between hdd and ssd ???
(question:....are there dramas with having the /home and the root separated in this way??....will they "see" each other ...brain cant wrap itself around that atm)
Make sure the whole thingie works....then move the movies etc from the folder on the 250gb back to the second partition on the 300gb
If in fact the whole show works.......do a backup.
What have i missed?
I have reinstalled a couple of times....usually when I have fouled the whole thing up.
Not in love with reinstalls......the install itself is a piece of cake....its the "resetting" of all the many and various settings in thunderbird and 'attaching' the 300Gb separate hdd to take downloads, and all the mundane crap, including settings in apps, etc etc etcthat must be attended to in order to make the thing work to my satisfaction, ....It would easily take me a day to set it up totally.
However....with the onset of LM 19...soon.....I have it in mind to dispense with the 'upgrade' option.......and will instead opt for a 'clean' install
I have jotted down the following blurb....it is rough...Questions:...am i making some sort of sense?....will this approach work?.....am i just making life hard for myself?...comments and suggestions etc etc welcome
my setup consists of :
120Gb SSD
250GB HDD...(backups..system and pics and music)
300Gb HDD ('torrent' disc, downloads, spare os's, backups of pics(again)
(more info below)
Blurb :
Current setup...... my PC
SSD 120gb...root,/home, pics, music, assorted crapola
300gb HDD....movies, OS's, (5), pics backup, timeshifts, (approx 25gb),
250gb HDD......backups via clonezilla, pics backup, bits and pieces.
PLAN.
SSD ....Root ...no swap
on 300GB HDD.....two partitions....1. 150gb for /home (includes pics and music, as it already does on the ssd)
2. 120gb for movies and OS's etc
on 250gb HDD Backups only
So...i would start by clearing crap from the 300gb......shove it in a folder on the 250gb for the time being. Get into gparted and establish the two partitions by basically putting up a 'wall' at the 150gb spot on the 300Gb
Move /home in its entirety (approx 25Gb) from the SSD to the 150gb newly created place. Reinstall a fresh copy of OS on the SSD. ??Repace the old /home stuff with the new /home content????.....so a reinstall of the OS would simply be just that, a reinstall to the 120Gb ssd....nothing else?????? ((Would need to format? that ssd and start with a clean plate.probably not...fresh install will do that for me.))
The above paragraph in blue is screwy.....??? i dont need to move the old /home...it is on a backup if something goes wrong !.....just install the 'new' os to the ssd and then move the /home to the other hdd.
maybe buy another ssd to hold the /home...would that make the whole thing perform quicker...take away the lag...difference in transfer speed between hdd and ssd ???
(question:....are there dramas with having the /home and the root separated in this way??....will they "see" each other ...brain cant wrap itself around that atm)
Make sure the whole thingie works....then move the movies etc from the folder on the 250gb back to the second partition on the 300gb
If in fact the whole show works.......do a backup.
What have i missed?
