On 2024-04-22 16:50, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
What are the old and new hard drive model numbers and specs?
The old drive is a Western Digital WD5000YS (500GB SATA).
The new drive is a Western Digital Red, WF40EFPX (4TB SATA).
If the old hard drive was spinning rust, it is acceptable to replace it
with a solid state drive. I did it several times in the past. But
nowadays a new machine usually (always?) comes with a SSD, so you
usually don't need to upgrade for performance reasons.
Both drives are spinning rust. I'm upgrading for the increased
capacity, i.e. to store more MP3s and videos.
Many thanks to all who have replied. When my schedule permits me to
continue experimenting, I'm going to try copying /etc from the old drive
to the new one. I've already learned how _not_ to do this:
Boot from the new drive
$ su root
# cd /
# mv etc etc.ori
# rsync -av /mnt/backup/etc .
The second line makes the system fall over and makes logins impossible.
It took a boot from the rescue CD to undo the damage, which fortunately
was easy since the deadly step at least succeeded in backing up /etc.
Next time I'll do it while booted from the old drive.
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