[nmglug] HDD > SSD

[Brian O'Keefe]

Hi a,

If you have a functioning OS then perhaps take a step back for a bit to 
ensure success?

Brian

On 6/5/19 6:45 PM, a wrote:
>
> Brian
>
> When I run dd what should be mounted or unmounted?
>
> Thanks, a
>
> On 6/3/19 8:35 PM, a wrote:
>>
>> Brian
>>
>> Thanks for the thoughts, tomorrow I have busy day, time permitting,I 
>> will let you know if your suggestion is "fool Proof", since I 
>> consider myself an an "a demonstrably qualified  fool" along the 
>> lines of linux.
>>
>> Best a
>>
>>
>> On 6/3/19 7:08 PM, Brian O'Keefe wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I've mentioned before but dd makes this a simple and fool-proof 
>>> method of cloning the old drive to the new one. It takes an 
>>> enclosure for the new drive w/ usb connection and that's it. After 
>>> checking the drive names to get the correct info into the command 
>>> line it is simply running something along the following (in case 
>>> your drives show up differently but this is what I did upon fellow 
>>> NMGLUGgers. Special thanks to Eric almost 10 years ago!!):
>>>
>>> dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=1M conv=notrunc,noerror
>>>
>>>
>>> ...will copy everything from hard drive sda to sdb  (i.e. all
>>> partitions, swap and all data), a true clone.  No need to create
>>> partitions or format them on the target hard drive as the dd command
>>> will create them because it is copy of every single block of sda.
>>>
>>> Now if you where copying a single partition to a new drive yes you
>>> would have to create the target partition on the new hard drive.
>>>
>>> dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/dev/sdb1 bs=1M conv=notrunc,noerror
>>>
>>> In the command above this would clone partition 1 on drive sda to
>>> partition 1 on drive sdb.  In this case you would not need to format
>>> the new target partition either as it is again copying every block of
>>> partition 1 of the source sda1 to the target sdb1.
>>>
>>> Hope this helps.
>>>
>>> - Eric
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/3/19 6:47 PM, a wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Jason
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the good thought, i do not know who that person, to meet 
>>>> early, could  be?. If you will be around Thursday lunch get things 
>>>> rolling, under 300Gb. or wait till later in the week, see how 
>>>> things "shake out", another meeting is okay, the ssd has arrived I 
>>>> have a usb adapter,
>>>>
>>>>  Best a
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 5/30/19 9:02 PM, jason schaefer wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi a
>>>>>
>>>>> I highly recommend coming to a meeting to get this done in person. 
>>>>> For something like this its good to get confirmation that someone 
>>>>> is willing and able to help you at the meeting. It would also be 
>>>>> good to meet this person early to allow time for such a migration. 
>>>>> I might be able to be this person next week but my days are so 
>>>>> crazy its hard to say what time I would be able to get to the meeting.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jason
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 5/30/19 5:42 PM, a wrote:
>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have ordered a 500G ssd to install my laptop, with my limited knowledge and support devices.(i no need a live disc) My tentative plan follow the Https below transfer to external HDD  then reverse
>>>>>> the process to the ssd?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> IN 1.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ( SUDO LINE BELOW FROM;https://www.ostechnix.com/backup-entire-linux-system-using-rsync/) USING THERE SITE EXAMPLE FOLLOWING:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   $ sudo rsync -aAXv / --exclude={"/dev/*","/proc/*","/sys/*","/tmp/*","/run/*","/mnt/*","/media/*","/lost+found"} /mnt
>>>>>>   
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Q.) IS MY DESTINATION CORRECTLY CONFIGURED?. SUBSTITUTING /MNT LAST PART PREVIOUS LINE FOR:  /home/a//media/a/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec/backup_HDD TO GET
>>>>>> THE COMPOSITE LINE BELOW:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> $ sudo rsync -aAXv / --exclude={"/dev/*","/proc/*","/sys/*","/tmp/*","/run/*","/mnt/*","/media/*","/lost+found"} /home/a//media/a/6fbdc743-fc0f-46e4-aea3-8160914c34ec/backup_HDD
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> BEST.a
>>>>>>
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