Upgrade to Linux Mint 14 "Nadia" on My Legacy Notebook PC

Fresh upgraded to Linux Mint 14 "Nadia" with linuxmint-14.1-cinnamon-dvd-32bit.iso on My Legacy 32bit Notebook Computer.

Desktop upgraded to Linux Mint 14 "Nadia" 

System Environment: 

Type: Legacy 32bit Notebook Computer

Model: Toshiba dynabook Satellite J50 

・ CPU： Pentium M740 (1.73 GHz) → M760 (2.00 GHz) に換装。

・ メモリ： SODIMM PC2-533 1GB × 2 = 2 GB
・ HDD： 500 GB SATA-II 換装

Linux Mint 13 "Maya" と Windows XP +SP3 との Dual-boot システムで運用中。

Linux Mint 14 "Nadia" に Fresh Upgrade する。

Procedure for Installation - Fresh Upgrades.

See "How to upgrade to a newer release" :  these instructions.

1. Download the ISO for Linux Mint 14 "Nadia": linuxmint-14.1-cinnamon-dvd-32bit.iso from here.

   Check its MD5 signature.
 
Check the 32-bit ISOs of Linux Mint 14 use a PAE kernel. If your processor is not compatible with PAE please use Linux Mint 13 "Maya" LTS instead. Linux Mint 13 is supported until 2017.

Open terminal and give command lines as follows:

baian@dynabook-Satellite-J50 ~ $ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep pae                                                                                        

[sudo] password for baian: 

flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm pbe up bts est tm2

baian@dynabook-Satellite-J50 ~ $                                                                                                                                                  

2. Create a bootable Live USB stick running Linux Mint 14 -cinnamon-32bit.    

Using with LinuxLive USB Creator on Windows XP +SP3, creates portable, bootable and virtualized USB stick running Linux. Available to download here.    

LinuxLive USB Creator is a free and open-source software for Windows. It will help you in your journey of discovery with Linux.

Execute LinuxLive USB Creator on Desktop in Windows XP

3. Plug in a bootable Linux MInt 14 Live USB stick to one of USB ports on My Legacy 32 bit Notebook PC.

4. Boot from the live USB stick and select the option "Check disk integrity".

5. Boot from the live USB stick and select "Start Linux Mint".

Once on the live desktop, check that your hardware is properly recognized (graphics card, wireless..etc)

the Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon 32bit live desktop 

6. 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.

7. 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".

8. Installation succeeded then reboot your computer.