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

Replacing hard disk used in existing filesystem

2011-04-18 Thread Mark Fletcher
Hello the list! My Debian (wheezy am464, upgraded from an original squeeze install) system started complaining yesterday that one of my hard disks is about to fail. I suspect it suffered damage in the earthquake that recently hit Japan (I'm in Tokyo) and has been quietly deteriorating since. Anyw