saper-2

Installation tips

I use only Debian and net-inst image to install linux, and I use text install 😄

• When partitioning primary disk where will be Debian installed, create first partiton of size 256-512M as EFI System partition - this will set this partition as Bootable, and FileSystem=vfat .
• Don't forget about swap partition if you have not much too much RAM (at least of size of RAM), I usually create 4-8GB as 2nd partition on disk.
• You can optionally create partition for /boot that have about 1-2GB , FS=ext4,
• Or just use whole disk as / , FileSystem=ext4 - I almost always choose this setup - it's the most optimal.

hgomez

Mint upgrade procedures

Some investigation and tests on how to upgrade Mint machine.

Tests performed on Mint Cinnamon 14/15/16, on physical machine 14->15 and VirtualBox VMs for 14->15->16 and 14->16.

As usual you could break your machine, so please do backups before and cross fingers.

Mint 14 -> Mint 15