Removing redundant install of LM
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Removing redundant install of LM
I inadvertently installed LM13 twice, first time partially, second time fully. How do I get rid of the partial installation and reallocate the freed space to my root? Thanks!
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Re: Removing redundant install of LM
Reboot with live cd/usb start gparted delete partitions associated with the partial install. Next use gparted to grow/expand the remaining into the freespace.
Only problem - do you know which partitions were made for the partial install?
Reinstall grub as required.
As this is a new install it may be easier to just reinstall again and have mint take over the disk.
Only problem - do you know which partitions were made for the partial install?
Reinstall grub as required.
As this is a new install it may be easier to just reinstall again and have mint take over the disk.
Re: Removing redundant install of LM
I figured out that the partial install occupies the smaller and randomly named disk area. How do I reinstall grub?
Thanks!
Thanks!
Re: Removing redundant install of LM
Reinstall grub with following steps
boot and run from Linux Live DVD/CD
from a terminal sudo os-prober, and look for the mint partition this should be the / partition (root)
mount it with sudo mount /dev/sdaX /mnt, replace X with actual root partition of your selection
reinstall grub with sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sda
nb sda may be different on yours.
boot and run from Linux Live DVD/CD
from a terminal sudo os-prober, and look for the mint partition this should be the / partition (root)
mount it with sudo mount /dev/sdaX /mnt, replace X with actual root partition of your selection
reinstall grub with sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sda
nb sda may be different on yours.
Re: Removing redundant install of LM
It appears that something about the boot of the complete installation was affected by the first and partial install. Does that make sense? I was sent to grub-safety>, which was a dead-end. Thanks to all!