<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> </head> <body><div class="auto-created-dir-div" dir="auto" style="unicode-bidi: embed;"><div><p>Thanks for your input team 😊</p><p><br></p><p>I've downloaded Mint Cinnamon 20.1 onto the laptop and have checked the download is legit using the sha256sum and pgp links. I now wish to copy it onto a USB stick, but first I need to delete the old ISO from the stick or format the stick perhaps. How do I do that? In addition to that, may I please ask for details as to how to create a separate /home partition as suggested by both Dick and Marcus.</p><p><br></p><p>Thanks team, look forward to hearing from you 😊</p><p><br></p><p>Bill Thomson<br></p></div><br><br><blockquote style="margin: 0 auto;padding: 0 2.0em;border-left: 2.0px solid rgb(0,173,229);"><br><br>------ Original Message ------<br>From: "Dick Bain via Swlug" <<span class="wt_Email">swlug@mailman.lug.org.uk</span><span></span>><br>To: "South Wales Linux User Group" <<span class="wt_Email">swlug@mailman.lug.org.uk</span><span></span>><br>Cc: "Dick Bain" <<span class="wt_Email">dick.bain@gmail.com</span><span></span>><br>Sent: Saturday, 6 Feb, 21 At 13:03<br>Subject: Re: [Swlug] forgotten administrative password<br><br><div dir="auto"><div>I always create a separate /home partition so that it is okay to install the latest version onto the root partition and your user data will be safer, of course you must back up everything too 😉<div dir="auto">For preference I use Linux Mint or Ubuntu and so the user password is in the list of sudo-ers</div><div dir="auto">If you really want to retain the current Linux you can interrupt the boot process when grub comes up and follow the instructions from Jon 😉 </div><div dir="auto">Dick</div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 6 Feb 2021, 11:56 Marcus Davage via Swlug, <<a href="mailto:swlug@mailman.lug.org.uk" target="_blank"><span class="wt_Email"><span class="wt_Email">swlug@mailman.lug.org.uk</span><span></span></span><span></span></a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0 0 0 0.8ex;border-left: 1.0px rgb(204,204,204) solid;padding-left: 1.0ex;"><div dir="auto">I'd personally reinstall with the latest version having being downloaded on USB first. If you had separated the /home directory from / at the beginning, that would make life easier. If you hadn't, then back up the /home directory first, reinstall, then restore.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I use Mint on all my kit at home, with a dual boot Windows partition. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best of luck!</div><div dir="auto">Marcus</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 6 Feb 2021, 11:46 Bill Thomson via Swlug, <<a href="mailto:swlug@mailman.lug.org.uk" target="_blank"><span class="wt_Email"><span class="wt_Email">swlug@mailman.lug.org.uk</span><span></span></span><span></span></a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0 0 0 0.8ex;border-left: 1.0px rgb(204,204,204) solid;padding-left: 1.0ex;"><u></u> <div><div dir="auto" style="unicode-bidi: embed;">Hi team, I hope you're all well :)</div><div dir="auto" style="unicode-bidi: embed;"><p><br></p><p>I have a slight problem. I installed Linux Mint 19.3 onto a friend's computer to create a dual boot (Windows/Linux Mint) capability. When I installed the Linux Mint 19.3, from a USB drive, I set an administrative password for future updates etc. However, I have forgotten the password I set, and the list of updates is now quite impressive!</p><p><br></p><p>Is there any way of reminding myself of the password, or of changing it?<br></p><p><br></p><p>Alternately, I could reinstall Linux for my friend. How do I go about doing that? Do I have to uninstall the original installation first, and if so, how?</p><p><br></p><p>The very few files that are on the Linux installation have already been backed up onto a separate USB stick.</p><p><br></p><p>I'd welcome your expertise on this knotty little problem please. It's obviously important that my friend's Windows installation stays intact.</p><p><br></p><p>I look forward to hearing from you. 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