#Need Help Figuring Out How to Reinstall ArchLinux???

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bleak lion
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it is under the device menu

gritty cradle
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where is create partition table

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oh

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it says that a new partition cannot be created when there are active partitions

bleak lion
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is the sdcard mounted?

gritty cradle
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shit

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i accidentally closed the command prompt

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what was the command to open it up again

bleak lion
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sudo gparted

gritty cradle
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so i just gotta unmount it

bleak lion
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yes

gritty cradle
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sick

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it still says its active

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should i just take it out then put it back in

bleak lion
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On eash listed partition, you can right click and select unmount

bleak lion
gritty cradle
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ok

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so its telling me its gonna erase all the data

bleak lion
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yes, select gpt

gritty cradle
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and ot select partition table type

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CHAT GPT!?

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jk

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ok

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what nopw

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now

bleak lion
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click apply.

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or ok

gritty cradle
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did that

bleak lion
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create a new partition. Partition -> new

gritty cradle
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alr

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hit add?

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or what do i name it

bleak lion
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yes

gritty cradle
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what should i name it

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smth like steam partition

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or external storage

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or SDStorage

bleak lion
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you don't have to name it, if you want, you should label it bin

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labels are better

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and it has to be all lowercase and no spaces

gritty cradle
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ok

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ext4?

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for the file system?

bleak lion
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yes

gritty cradle
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hit add

bleak lion
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yes

gritty cradle
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ok

bleak lion
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actually, let me ask you a question, do you want to just install an OS on the sdcard itself and not worry about the internal storage?

gritty cradle
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id rather not

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the os is already on the internal storage

bleak lion
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ok then

gritty cradle
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i think thats whats taking up so much fucking space and choking out steam

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yk what i mean?

bleak lion
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yeah

gritty cradle
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also itd probably be bad if like the sd card came out

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if it had the os on it

bleak lion
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so, do you want steam games or apt packages on the sdcard? or both

gritty cradle
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both

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bcus

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ik how to make a steam library on it

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i just dont know how to do apt packages

bleak lion
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ok then, you'll need 2 partitions then. oops

gritty cradle
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its alr lol

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so then i prolly should name them

bleak lion
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right click and remove the partition you just made and go into Partitions -> new again

gritty cradle
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ill name one apps and one games

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then ill label both bin?

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would smth like that work

bleak lion
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no, the labels should be different

gritty cradle
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ok

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so

bleak lion
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you can label one apps and one games. that would be great

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you can also name them that same thing as the label

gritty cradle
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oh wait

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i need to allocate the space

bleak lion
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the label is more for use internally and the name is for user interaction

bleak lion
gritty cradle
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hmmm

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maybe like

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if its 128

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then like 40 or 50 for apps

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the rest for games?

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games are usually bigger

bleak lion
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that should work, i would recommend LVM but thats complicated

gritty cradle
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ok lmao

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ok 80 gigs for games 40 gigs for apps

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sounds good

bleak lion
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yeah

gritty cradle
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and the 3 apps are gonna be like steam discord and proton

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so like

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anyways

bleak lion
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could you send a screenshot of gparted after you create the partitions

gritty cradle
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screenshot 😭

bleak lion
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alright, whats the output of lsblk

gritty cradle
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do i close gparted

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to do that

bleak lion
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you can

gritty cradle
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nvm i can just have second command prompt

bleak lion
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oh wait. I forgot to tell you to apply changes in gparted

gritty cradle
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oops

bleak lion
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press the checkmark

gritty cradle
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lmao

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its alr dw

bleak lion
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I was thinking, that looks weird, why arent partitions showing?

gritty cradle
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lolol

bleak lion
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ok, much better

gritty cradle
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hooray

bleak lion
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run ls /mnt

gritty cradle
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do i do sudo

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sudo ls /mnt

bleak lion
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no, its fine without

gritty cradle
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it didnt do anything

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was it supposed-

bleak lion
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ok, perfect

gritty cradle
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LMAO

bleak lion
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run sudo mount /dev/mmcblk1p1 /mnt

gritty cradle
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asked for password

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after that returned to command prompt

bleak lion
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ok, now we have to copy your apps to the sdcard

gritty cradle
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good

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because there are no apps

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other than the ones given to me through mint

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only one installed was steam

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then i uninstalled it

bleak lion
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dont worry, there are always apps

gritty cradle
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🧟‍♂️

bleak lion
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run file /bin

gritty cradle
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/bin: symbolic link to usr/bin

bleak lion
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ok, great

gritty cradle
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HOORAY!

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wait did that move them

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lol

bleak lion
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not yet

gritty cradle
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ok

bleak lion
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now run cp -ar /usr/bin/* /mnt

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it will output a lot

gritty cradle
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that was a lot

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it said permission denied

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everytime

bleak lion
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oh add sudo

gritty cradle
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oopsies

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it didnt output anything

bleak lion
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fyi, to add sudo to the previous command, you can run sudo !!

gritty cradle
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oh sick

bleak lion
gritty cradle
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rm: cannot remove '/mnt/lost+found': Is a directory

bleak lion
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right, forgot about that dang lost and found

gritty cradle
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what the fart is that

bleak lion
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sudo rm /mnt/* -rfv && sudo cp -ar /usr/bin/* /mnt

bleak lion
bleak lion
gritty cradle
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ok it removed itr

bleak lion
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ok, could you run ls /mnt

gritty cradle
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green and blue text

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are those all the apps

bleak lion
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great, yes those are all apps

gritty cradle
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im so smart

bleak lion
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close gparted and run sudo apt autoremove gparted && sudo apt install nano

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we are removing gparted to free up space

gritty cradle
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wait does using && make it a string

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i mean script

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essentially

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like it runs one after the other

bleak lion
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using && means run the next command if the previous succeeded

gritty cradle
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sick

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sorry im just very interested like idk how this works lol

bleak lion
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its fine

gritty cradle
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im reading these commands and being like "dafuq that mean"

bleak lion
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do you still have what you used to install mint or was that the sdcard?

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its fine if it was

gritty cradle
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that was a usb drive

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that my brother is actively using

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he took it from me 😭

bleak lion
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he's using ventoy? xD

gritty cradle
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nah he stripped it 😭

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hes putting stl files on it

bleak lion
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3d printing, ok

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anyway, back to fixing aprtitions

gritty cradle
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yea lol with MY 3D printer WITHOUT ASKING

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anyways

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lol

bleak lion
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run ls /dev/disk/by-label

gritty cradle
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with the '

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`

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i mean

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it says

bleak lion
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no, mistype

gritty cradle
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o

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how do i get out of that

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cus it just says

bleak lion
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type another `

gritty cradle
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ok

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it says

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apps games

bleak lion
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amazing, they are recognized

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run sudo nano /etc/fstab

gritty cradle
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whadda flip

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turquoise text

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where format

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wierd*

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weird*

bleak lion
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that is your automounts

gritty cradle
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ok

bleak lion
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we want to automount your apps folder

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so use the down arrow key to go to the bottom and make a new line

gritty cradle
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ok

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do i start it with #

bleak lion
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no

gritty cradle
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ok

bleak lion
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type LABEL=apps /usr/bin ext4 rw,relatime 0 1 spacing does not matter as long as there is at least one space

gritty cradle
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sick

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did that

bleak lion
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now press Ctrl+X

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type y

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and press enter

gritty cradle
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ok

bleak lion
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now the risky part

gritty cradle
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...

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what

bleak lion
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we have to remove all current apps and then reboot

gritty cradle
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hoping and praying it doesnt fucking die?

bleak lion
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yes

gritty cradle
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the only thing i have open im pretty sure is the terminal

bleak lion
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this is not a normal procedure, you normally set this up during installation

gritty cradle
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🧟‍♂️

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i didnt know that

bleak lion
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press ctrl+alt+f2

gritty cradle
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shit

bleak lion
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what

gritty cradle
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logged me out?

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is that what it was supposed to do

bleak lion
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it was supposed to send you to a terminal

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that says login

gritty cradle
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ok my f keys are like not actually f keys

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yea it says login

bleak lion
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ok, enter your login

gritty cradle
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command prompt now

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jr@jr-Terra:~$

bleak lion
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ok, the risky command: sudo rm -rf /usr/bin/*. After you enter that, you will have to force reboot by holding the power button and hope and pray.

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you can fix it with a usb tho

gritty cradle
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lemme do a hail mary hold up

bleak lion
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if it breaks

gritty cradle
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father son and holy spirit

bleak lion
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also, the computer will no longer turn on without the sdcard

gritty cradle
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so force shut it down

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then turn it back on?

bleak lion
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if you have run the command, yes

gritty cradle
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ok

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it shows the bunny :D

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wait we got the mint loading screen

bleak lion
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pess esc

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press*

gritty cradle
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it shows this only

bleak lion
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ok then

gritty cradle
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thats good right

bleak lion
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maybe 🤞

gritty cradle
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it takes a bit to load

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so

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trust the process

bleak lion
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ok

gritty cradle
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not as fast as archlinux that's for sure

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archlinux booted up in like 2 seconds

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this take like a minute

bleak lion
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yesh

gritty cradle
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🙏

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i wish it told me what was going on 🙃

bleak lion
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it should if you press esc

gritty cradle
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bcus i worry

bleak lion
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try ctrl alt f1

gritty cradle
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neither worked

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ok its been like 4 minutes

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its prolly like

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redownloading every app

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or moving them

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that would be my guess

bleak lion
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um... no, that's not how linux works

gritty cradle
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ok 💀

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well i j thought cus like that's what we were doing

bleak lion
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the fstab timeout is 90 seconds

gritty cradle
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whats that mean

bleak lion
bleak lion
gritty cradle
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well uh

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then it failed i assume

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D:

bleak lion
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easiest to hardest: 3,2,1

gritty cradle
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well just kinda upsetting cus like

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2 hrs gone lmao

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and now idk what ima do

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but ig its chill

bleak lion
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yeah, but think of the bright side, you learned a lot

gritty cradle
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yea.

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ig i could just like

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force it to install steam directly to the sd card

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isnt that possible

bleak lion
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yes

gritty cradle
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like through sudo apt

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yea

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well

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what do i do now

bleak lion
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you could fix it using one of the three methods, install another os, or use the computer as a test computer for other random things

gritty cradle
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ig yea

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i gotta get a flashdrive

bleak lion
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I actually bought a 1tb harddrive from amazon for $20

gritty cradle
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So like

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Damn

bleak lion
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yeah, sorry abt the computer, luckily it didn't have anything on it. (If it did, i probably would have said don't do it)

gritty cradle
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I gotta get mine back now

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yea

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Its fine man

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I'll just redo the os

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And I'll have to figure out how to force it to download on the SD card

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Idk how to do thay

bleak lion
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I could explain how to do it on arch...

gritty cradle
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should i just shut it down

bleak lion
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yeah

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you could put this on your minecraft "protobeta" series

gritty cradle
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aint no way bro looked at my youtube 😭

bleak lion
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hey, you linked it

gritty cradle
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i forgot 💀

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for a second i felt like attacked

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cus i was like "how-"

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💀

gritty cradle
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@bleak lion how do I undo the partitions

bleak lion
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define undo

gritty cradle
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Like

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See

bleak lion
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you want to reformat the sdcard?

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also, nice job getting mint back

gritty cradle
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Thanks

gritty cradle
bleak lion
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you can use gparted or fdisk, i recommend gparted. It's slower but easier

gritty cradle
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Ok

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How

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Lol

bleak lion
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unless you are trying to recover data. Then you have to use photorec, testdisk, or others

bleak lion
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and choose the sdcard

gritty cradle
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Should I wipe the SD card

bleak lion
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If you want to go back to only 1 partition, it would be easiest to wipe it and create a new partition table

gritty cradle
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Ok

bleak lion
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Device -> Create partition Table ... -> GPT -> Apply

gritty cradle
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Wait so

bleak lion
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Partitions -> New -> <Your settings> -> Create

gritty cradle
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Italy not letting me delete them

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Wait I gotta unmount

bleak lion
bleak lion
gritty cradle
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Yes

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They're mounted

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So what should I label this

bleak lion
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whatever you want. As I said way before, labels are used internally. Names are what are shown in the file manager

gritty cradle
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Wait im trying to delete the partitions but it's telling me they're unallocated and the delete is pending

bleak lion
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oh, then click the green check

gritty cradle
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I see

bleak lion
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A new partition table is the only operation that happens instantly

gritty cradle
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Ok

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I'm making it I labeled it sdcard

bleak lion
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ok.

gritty cradle
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Ok so now

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do u have any idea how to like

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Used the cmd prompt to

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Download steam to the SD card

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Or should I consult the mint discord (they never answer(

bleak lion
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steam to an sdcard. um... You either have to bootstrap debian to the sdcard (Probably dont do this) or use the non packaged steam installer

gritty cradle
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ok...

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So like

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Would that be download it off google

bleak lion
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no, after googling, it appears that steam does not like being installed on an sdcard. Why not install steam internally and put the games on the card?

gritty cradle
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Because

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There is not enough storage

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and steam freaks out

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When it tries to update

bleak lion
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OK, let me provide you with an idea (just an idea): arch (with archinstall) with xfce and steam with a library on a sdcard OR install mint on the sdcard

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those are the options that I see for you

gritty cradle
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Ig I could install mint on the sd

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Is there a way I could just transfer mint to the sd

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Or is that like

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Not possible

bleak lion
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I think you could with a usb drive

gritty cradle
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Ok ok I see yea

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Same USB drive right don't need to do nothing to it?

bleak lion
gritty cradle
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Just when I get to the one prompt I would select the sd instead

bleak lion
bleak lion
gritty cradle
bleak lion
gritty cradle
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Ah I see ok

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Welp

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3rd times the charm

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Maybe I could use the storage on the chromebook specifically for steam

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Yk what I mean

bleak lion
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yeah. Steam has support for multiple game libraries. Could work

gritty cradle
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Yea

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We'll I mean

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Os and games on SD

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steam itself on the internal

bleak lion
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no: OS, games, and steam on SD. More games on internal.

gritty cradle
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Oh I see

bleak lion
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Use that configuration and it will all work

gritty cradle
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How much storage is mint

bleak lion
gritty cradle
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Damn

bleak lion
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minimum 15GB

gritty cradle
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I'm struggling to like

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Idk how tf I'm supposed to reinstall this

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I can't seem to get to the boot menu

bleak lion
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um... idk, i've never used a chromebook for more than an hour

gritty cradle
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Cus usually I just ctrl u when the logo pops up but that ain't workin

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I'll try

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Uhh

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Nvm I'm stupid

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Got it

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Idk

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If this is gonna work

bleak lion
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I dont see why it wouldn't

gritty cradle
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Wait maybe idk

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I'm trying to

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Make sure it actually installs to the sd

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Alr well

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It didn't prompt me this time with where to put it

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this is getting fucking annoying

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I betcha there's something up with the USB drive now that I gotta reset it

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Because it's not automatically installing it