[nmglug] cloning upsize

[Brian O'Keefe]

Hello All

As a prelude, I am reaching capacity on my internal 256GB SSD and so am 
wanting to utilize the 1TB SSD I have. I'm running Ubuntu Mint on an 
ASUS 15" laptop, version 20.04.

I successfully cloned my 256GB SSD to a 1TB SSD. I used the entire space 
as one partition. When I check with GParted I see that is actually the 
fact. However when I boot the laptop with the 1TB SSD as a USB drive the 
machine boots from that drive automatically.  When I check the BIOS on 
booting I only see the 1TB SSD as a Boot option if it's connected as a 
USB drive, not the still installed 256GB SSD.  If I unplug the 1TB drive 
the laptop boots from the internal drive. In the BIOS I can see in each 
instance the specific drive (the 1TB USB drive or the internal 256GB 
drive) as the only option to boot as opposed to seeing the external 1TB 
drive and the internal drive and being able to choose.  Why the machine 
boots automatically from the plugged in 1TB USB drive is an unknown to 
me. At least the drive is cloned and will boot. Before I replace the 
internal drive I'd like to have that full 1TB available. If I can make 
that happen then I can upgrade the distro and replace the internal drive 
with it. Any ideas on how to get those almost 750GB on the 1TB drive to 
be accessible?

Thanks for any help!


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