07-29-2020, 10:05 AM
(07-29-2020, 09:29 AM)EdK Wrote: I had computer problems yesterday and spent most of the day trying to resolve them. I dual boot Windoze and Linux and neither one would come up properly after installing a Linux upgrade. I ended up having to wipe the drive clean and reinstalling both operating systems. Have I ever said how much I hate Windoze?
I had a similar problem a month ago. I think it was related to a Grub update. I could still boot Mint 19.3 but Windows 10 would no longer boot. It would try and then go into recovery mode but was never able to recover. I had to rebuild the Windows SSD from scratch.
I share your hate of Windows. Luckily I only use it for two applications that only run on Windows. Had one of them was working with Wine but a bug in a Wine update put a stop to that for now. I may replace the other one with a Web based application and assuming Wine is fixed can then get rid of the darn thing.
I also decided to go from Mint 19.3 to 20.0 the "hard but probably safe" way. Given the significant change of the underlying Ubuntu 18 to Ubuntu 20 in the Mint upgrade I put in a spare SSD and installed Mint 20.0 from scratch rather than try the "automated upgrade" via the Update Manager. It is taking longer but I am also weeding out some of the thing I had installed over the last three years but never actually used.
Anyway, just let me know what I can do to help with the printing.
And by the way, what is it? I am guessing a ???? holder that fits in the tool box but am wondering about the ????
Arvid