When the 64bit LMDE was released, I installed it in the place of Isadora.
I have now downloaded LinuxMint-xfce and want to install it to the hard drive on which the 32bit LMDE is installed.
It seems a simple task, doesn't it? However, I thought I would do a few checks first.
Start up Manager shows that LMDEx64 is installed on /dev/sda. However, quite disturbingly, it doesn't show the LMDEx32 installation as an alternative boot option!
Looking at FileSystem /etc/fstab I see:
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FileSystem /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'vol_id --uuid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# / was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=385ecae6-bd34-41c3-a524-974b8cd6d17f / ext3 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda2 during installation
UUID=c6876978-438f-4a1e-ae53-dacdf22d1e4a none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
# /dev/sda4 swap swap sw 0 0
UUID=ba348924-3cad-464e-bd76-5a6b8c36541e swap swap sw 0 0
# /dev/sda1 /boot ext2 rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0
UUID=7426a5a6-11e7-401a-a9e1-6f7177d5a728 /boot ext2 rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0
# /dev/sda2 / ext4 rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0
UUID=43f10de6-5b24-4343-8cff-50e412ec3936 / ext4 rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0
# /dev/sda3 /home ext4 rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0
UUID=ee833a68-1d3d-41d6-ac2b-0947fd884163 /home ext4 rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0
But when I have a look in FileSystem - System Information - Filesystems, I see
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FileSystem - System Information - Filesystems
/dev/sb2 /
/dev/sdb1 /boot
/dev/sdb3 /home
I then decided to go further and have a look at the installation through the eyes of GParted. This shows
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/dev/sda (183.31 BiB
/dev/sda1 ext4 94.00 MiB boot Used 25.46 MiB
/dev/sda2 extended 186.22 GiB
/dev/sda5 linux-swap 3.72 GiB
/dev/sda6 ext4 18.62 GiB Used 6.43 GiB
/dev/sda7 ext4 163.87 GiB Used 20.13 GiB
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/dev/sdb (183.31 GiB)
/dev/sdb1 ext2 /boot 101.94 MiB Used 31.65 MiB
/dev/sdb2 ext4 / 14.65 GiB Used 7.51 GiB
/dev/sdb3 ext4 /home 171.06GB Used 22.84 GiB
unallocated 6.16 MiB
/dev/sdb4 linux-swap 506.00 MiB
Any insights from those more knowledgeable than I would be very much appreciated, please?