changed from ubuntu mate to mint 19 SOLVED

[oldbloke]

Hi,

Thank you for this forum.

I dumped windows about 3 months ago. I no longer have windows on my machine.
Installed ubuntu mate.
Yesterday installed MINT 19 cinnamon 64 bit (alongside ubuntu mate)

I prefer MINT.
I have photos and some documents on ubuntu mate (18.10 I think) which I want to keep.

1) How do I find my Ubuntu mate?

On start up MINT loads automatically, I cant find my ubuntu mate installation.

2) Can I transfer the documents and photos that I wish to keep to the MINT installation?

3) If 2) is possible , I would then delete ubuntu mate. How do I do that?

I am not computer competent, any help would be appreciated. (step by step instructions would be great!)

I am using an ASUS laptop K50IJ.

Many thanks.

[richyrich]

You should be able to see the partition(s) which have MATE in Cinnamon's File Manager program (Nemo).
You may have to right-click and choose "Mount drive" or similarly worded to access them.

[philotux]

You should be able to see the partition(s) which have MATE in Cinnamon's File Manager program (Nemo).
You may have to right-click and choose "Mount drive" or similarly worded to access them.

Just left-clicking will do.

[philotux]

1) How do I find my Ubuntu mate?

On start up MINT loads automatically, I cant find my ubuntu mate installation.

You can access the Grub menu by holding down the Shift key at the very start of the boot-up process. Once in the menu, choose Ubuntu to boot up. If you see your Mint's graphical login screen instead of the menu, restart your computer and try again.

[michael louwe]

On start up MINT loads automatically, I cant find my ubuntu mate installation.

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First, we need to look at the hard-disk/drive partitions to try to see what went wrong. From LM, go to Terminal and do a sudo parted -l. Or boot the Live LM media and launch the built-in GParted program, ie >Menu >Administration >GParted. Then tell us what is shown. Live GParted can also be used to delete unwanted partitions.

Normally, with the Live LM media running, you can copy & paste(by right-clicking on the file and then the storage media) any document/photo files from the internal hard-drive/disk to a storage media, eg a USB-stick, or from one partition to another, eg from the Ubuntu Mate partition to the LM partition.

[oldbloke]

Thanks for your prompt and helpful replies.

I can now see I can choose between Mate and Mint on boot up.

I am happy with this.

many thanks.

[michael louwe]

I can now see I can choose between Mate and Mint on boot up.

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You can also try sudo update-grub to get the Grub menu displayed during startup, ie no need to press the SHIFT or ESC key.

Remember, in a dual-boot system on one internal hard-drive, the last OS installed takes over bootloading and the bootloader is installed in the MBR partition at the beginning of the disk = be careful how you delete unwanted partitions. Last resort if you want to get rid of Ubuntu Mate is to reinstall LM by "Erase disk and install LM".

[oldbloke]

Thanks Michael, have done this , and menu is displayed on start up.

I have simply copied any photos and documents I want from Ubuntu Mate to a USB stick, which I am happy with.

I am sticking with Mint for a couple of weeks and then will decide whether to get rid of Ubuntu Mate.

I dont know enough about partitions so will leave things alone.

As far as I understand it, I can reinstall Mint and choose to get rid of Mate then.

Many thanks.