Confusion during Upgrade to 13
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux Mint |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
I just upgraded from 12 to 13, via a fresh install. A Mint/Vista dual boot. This should have been simple, turned into a nightmare.
1) The main Maya page at http://
Those instructions are a few versions out of date. More important is that although the page had GREAT instructions for using MintBackup to backup files, it has next to nothing to walk users through the actual installation process.
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7) Once you're happy and confident that this newer release is good for you, click on "Install" on the desktop and proceed with a normal installation.
8) When asked by the installer, choose "Specify partitions manually (advanced)", select the partition that you used for your current installation of Linux Mint, assign "/" to it, and reformat it to "ext4".
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That's it - that's the ENTIRE set of instructions on how to upgrade.
2) I had booted from a live USB, and clicked the Install Mint icon on the desktop.
The choices offered were to:
a) Create a NEW installation of Mint while keeping other installed OSs.
b) Wipe out everything, including docs, and just install Mint.
c) Do something else.
REQUEST: Add an option to install/upgrade NEW Mint version over OLD Mint version.
3) The installer does get to the partitioning tool, but the options offered are not terribly clear. Specifically, I had to Google to find out how to assign "/" to my ext4 partition. The option is there, but you need to know which of five buttons will lead you to it. You also need to know where to place the boot loader - not an everyday thing for most users. If you install it on the same ext4 partition selected above (not an unreasonable guess) you wind up borfing the whole GRUB set up.
4) The next stage in the install asked if I wanted to import my Vista Boot loader or profile or something (sorry, I don't recall the exact wording, and aren't about to re-boot back to the live USB right now to find out.
I spent literally an hour on Google trying to figure out what the heck THAT was about, and never did succeed. Seriously, I can't find ANYTHING that would tell me what that might do.
All of this led to way too much lost time and confusion. Can this process be cleaned up?
Release 13 (maya) 64-bit Cinnamon
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600+ × 2
