If you format the partition, then yes. But it’s been so long since I installed Manjaro that I don’t even know whether it offers you the option of installing without formatting. This was a new computer anyway, and I’ve never had to reinstall since I first installed it in 2019.
OK I’m farther than ever before!
I now see Manjaro as an option off the grub menu.
However when I select it, it starts to boot Manjaro. Then I get scrolling:
[FAILED] Failed to start OpenVPN service for Server
[FAILED] Failed to start OpenVPN service for Server
[FAILED] Failed to start OpenVPN service for Server
[FAILED] Failed to start OpenVPN service for Server
[FAILED] Failed to start OpenVPN service for Server
[FAILED] Failed to start OpenVPN service for Server
[FAILED] Failed to start Samba NMB Daemon.
It then hangs there and goes no further.
Are these services even necessary? I’m not networked at all on the PC other than accessing the internet.
Why in the world is openvpn service so important?
Why can’t I just remove the blinging thing. I’m not even a server! I don’t want to be.
And I was just thinking, “What I need is to spend 3 or 4 days just trying to get the computer to work like it always has!”
Yeah that’s making progress in life. Hooray.
What if I were to boot off the live USB, then copy/backup these directories off the hard disk recursively, to a Passport drive:
usr
bin
opt
Then reinstall Manjaro off the live USB. Then copy/overwrite these directories back to the new system?
Everything else is in the separate /home filesystem already.
Would that not then just reinstall the system, and leave you with everything loaded still intact? Why would that not work?
Here’s what I did:
I did a reinstall of Manjaro off the liveUSB, replacing the root filesystem, and leaving the rest of them intact.
It was risky… but with the ship already sunk, why not.
This repaired the installation, and now it BOOTS woohoo!!!
It also fixed the grub menu.
I lost all my docking bar shortcuts… but it kept the desktop ones.
And likely the programs. BUT. Will carry on.
I think we can label this closed. What a week. Thanks folks!