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Hi a and Brian,<br>
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It looks like the dd command <i>might </i>have worked for
partition 1. Partition 2 looks like the issue, and it should be
fixable with mkswap and swapon. However, I'm scared to tell you how
to fix it. Since a) I think there are more errors than we are lead
to believe; b) you can still break things.<br>
<br>
There are several things I would like to point out.<br>
<ol>
<li>You're only using ~50% of the SSD.</li>
<li>dd command should *never* be ran on a system where the user
doesn't grok dd commands. If you can't live without the HDD,
then dd is a dangerous game.</li>
<li>Did you setup the partitions on /dev/sda? I don't see a boot
partition. Just odd.</li>
</ol>
I recently heard on Linux Unplugged about kindd,
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/LinArcX/Kindd">https://github.com/LinArcX/Kindd</a><br>
<br>
Though it probably wouldn't change anything. Maybe having a GUI to
dd is a better approach(?)<br>
<br>
I personally recommend taking out the old HDD to your laptop. Then
installing the OS (your choice to which OS) on the SSD first. Then
mount the HDD externally. Then rsync the old drive to a folder in
your home directory. Or selectively copy files to that location.
Then once you have the files, granted no errors from your 'copying',
then move what .files you may want, and any user data you want to
retain. Once you're satisfied; delete any extra files/folders from
the target (to save on SSD space). Then I would place the old HDD in
a static bag, just in case you need it for something in the future.<br>
<br>
^^^ that would be the safest way I can think of. I skipped over some
steps, so please if you're still confused please consider waiting
for someone that can sit down with you. <br>
<br>
If the old HDD is giving I/O errors, you might want to consider
ddrescue, or something that has error handling.<br>
<b><br>
For you, a.<br>
</b>I would consider having a lugger help you out in person.
Typically I never recommend anyone doing this on their own without
prior experience with data recovery.<br>
<br>
You need to maximize the safety with your data. If time isn't
critical; then I would wait for someone that sit down with you and
has done this many times in the past.<br>
<br>
I agree with Brian. If we have to deeply explain the commands to dd
or rsync, then you are probably are going to have issues. Testing
these things in a VM before actually doing it to the data you want
to preserve is probably the thing to do if you yourself want to do
this.<br>
<br>
Just my 2¢. I wish you luck at the next Santa Fe meeting. (if this
sounded harsh, it's not intended to be. Just running out of time
today. Sorry if I repeated anything!)<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Jared<br>
<b></b><b><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/5/19 2:45 PM, Brian O'Keefe wrote:<br>
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<p>Hi a and Jared,</p>
<p>I've never cancelled a dd operation nor had the mounted issue,
whatever that issue is here. Fingers crossed.</p>
<p>Below is your last email to me a, so that Jared can review it:</p>
<p>Brian this is where i am at now</p>
<p>Brian</p>
<p>I downloaded to ssd just under two hours got the message
invalid partition table on /dev/sdd ----signature aa74 so i
cancelled download because I realized it may not be mounted
reason does no show on the file list. so tried to open gparted
but will not open. Any suggestions? Thanks a<br>
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<p>dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdd bs=1M conv=notrunc,noerror</p>
a@alap:~$ lsblk<br>
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT<br>
sda 8:0 0 298.1G 0 disk <br>
├─sda1 8:1 0 294.1G 0 part /<br>
└─sda5 8:5 0 4G 0 part [SWAP]<br>
sdd 8:48 0 465.8G 0 disk <br>
├─sdd1 8:49 0 294.1G 0 part <br>
└─sdd2 8:50 0 1K 0 part <br>
sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom
<p>Brian<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/5/19 2:35 PM, ABQLUG wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:29a84849-3f42-5758-da08-7cc1b54bdea0@abqlug.com">Hi a,
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Are you still able to access other applications? <br>
<br>
Regards, <br>
<br>
Jared <br>
<br>
On 6/5/19 2:20 PM, a wrote: <br>
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