Re: Replacing hard disk used in existing filesystem

2011-04-19 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Mon, 2011-04-18 at 11:32 -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > You had it pretty much correct; don't worry. Double-check your > backups are good before beginning. Thanks a lot, Dan! Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Re: Replacing hard disk used in existing filesystem

2011-04-18 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Mark Fletcher put forth on 4/18/2011 9:52 AM: > The only issue is that I don't have enough spare power connectors on my > PC's power supply to attach both the new and the old disks at the same > time. > What I want to know is how can I remove the current drive from the > filesystem so I can remov

Re: Replacing hard disk used in existing filesystem

2011-04-18 Thread Dan Ritter
On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 11:52:34PM +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote: > Anyway the disk concerned is a 1TB disk on which is mounted /opt, so I > feel I should be able to replace it without major hassle. I have already > backed it up fully to NAS. > > The only issue is that I don't have enough spare power

Re: replacing hard disk

2009-06-02 Thread Seeker5528
On Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:12:17 -0400 Stefan Monnier wrote: > > Are there any tips on moving the whole system from the old disk to > > the new one? Or do I just have to re-install ubuntu, re-install > > any updates and extra programs which are installed, find and copy > > modified config files, mail

Re: replacing hard disk

2009-06-02 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 04:43:12PM -0300, Claudio wrote: > I think this tool *dd*, resolve your problem. > > http://www.linuxweblog.com/dd-image > > http://www.mckeay.net/2004/10/18/using-dd-to-clone-a-hd/ Or, you can use tar to create to stdout, pipe the output to another tar process to extract

Re: replacing hard disk

2009-06-02 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: > Are there any tips on moving the whole system from the old disk to > the new one? Or do I just have to re-install ubuntu, re-install > any updates and extra programs which are installed, find and copy > modified config files, mails, bookmarks, etc? Disclaimer: I have no

Re: replacing hard disk

2009-06-01 Thread thveillon.debian
Stefan Monnier wrote: >> Are there any tips on moving the whole system from the old disk to >> the new one? Or do I just have to re-install ubuntu, re-install >> any updates and extra programs which are installed, find and copy >> modified config files, mails, bookmarks, etc? > > If you can connec

Re: replacing hard disk

2009-06-01 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Are there any tips on moving the whole system from the old disk to > the new one? Or do I just have to re-install ubuntu, re-install > any updates and extra programs which are installed, find and copy > modified config files, mails, bookmarks, etc? If you can connect both disks at the same time,

Re: replacing hard disk

2009-06-01 Thread Claudio
I think this tool *dd*, resolve your problem. http://www.linuxweblog.com/dd-image http://www.mckeay.net/2004/10/18/using-dd-to-clone-a-hd/ -- Claudio Bazán. Registered User LINUX #439481 On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: > My wife's computer which runs ubuntu "heron

Re: replacing hard disk

2009-06-01 Thread Tony Baldwin
Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: My wife's computer which runs ubuntu "heron" made a funny sound today. I now think it must have come from the hard disk, which is quite old; the motherboard and cpu are fairly new, however. And just now the computer became unusable because it could no longer save any fil

Re: replacing hard disk

2009-06-01 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 07:39:08PM +0200, Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: > So tomorrow it's off to the computer shop to get a new hard disk. > > Are there any tips on moving the whole system from the old disk to > the new one? Or do I just have to re-install ubuntu, re-install > any updates and extra