jacres 2017-01-30 12:45:21
hey everyone, wondering if anyone has any thoughts on a decent way of doing the following. I currently have a 250gb SSD with Windows 10 + Ubuntu on it, OSes only. Data/Programs are currently on a HDD. I'm replacing the HDD with a 500gb SSD and looking to move Windows 10 completely to the 500gb SSD, and making the 250gb SSD Ubuntu only. What's the least painful way of doing this (aside from reinstalling
jacres 2017-01-30 12:45:23
everything).
jacres 2017-01-30 12:46:05
goes without saying, but the HDD has 2 partitions right now (one each for linux/win)
k1l 2017-01-30 12:50:47
jacres: i dont know how windows likes to be put to another disk. but after windows is deleted from ssd250gb you can stretch the ubuntu partition to full extend of the disk and copy the data from the hdd onto it. you will need a live ubuntu for that.
genii 2017-01-30 12:50:57
jacres: You could boot to livecd/usb and dd the 250 over to the 500. Then use gparted to expand the partitions. If you still wanted to use the 250 in same system with 500, also change it's UUID because otherwise both will have same UUID
jacres 2017-01-30 12:52:08
thanks, those are good ideas. I have an unused 250gb partition on the HDD - i'll clone the ssd to that so I have everything backed up on that single HDD
jacres 2017-01-30 12:53:01
and then resize/delete the windows one from the 250gb SSD.. does it matter that the windows partition is before the ubuntu one? can I shift it down?
genii 2017-01-30 12:54:35
jacres: That is why I'm saying to dd the entire 250 to the 500, then gparted. Because it will calculate the partition offsets correctly to make windows boot OK if you remove Ubuntu
jacres 2017-01-30 12:56:25
genii: thanks that makes sense. I'm wondering about on the 250gb SSD, it's [win10][ubuntu] for partitions.. if I get rid of win10 on the 250, it'll be [unallocated][ubuntu]. I've extended partitions forward, but can they be moved "down"?
k1l 2017-01-30 12:56:43
yes
genii 2017-01-30 12:56:45
yes
jacres 2017-01-30 12:56:48
ok great
jacres 2017-01-30 12:57:10
thanks for the ideas
jacres 2017-01-30 12:57:35
be back in 2 days with "Lost all my data and had no backups. How can I restore everything?"
k1l 2017-01-30 12:57:45
:)
bazhang 2017-01-30 12:57:53
create backups now
MarcoP 2017-01-30 12:58:07
this way is recommended to change interface name but I do not see this file: sudo cp /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules.back
MarcoP 2017-01-30 12:58:25
the persistent.net.fules file
genii 2017-01-30 12:58:29
If you use dd, add some bs= with reasonable size to make it go faster. If you want to check progress, look into using pv with dd so you can see how much is done
bhikkhusubhuti 2017-01-30 12:59:13
Hello, somehow my computer all of a sudden does not allow cheese to use the camera with out running in root (that took a lot of time to figure out). anyone know how that happened..
bhikkhusubhuti 2017-01-30 12:59:21
it says device not found
jacres 2017-01-30 12:59:28
for sure, I learned my lesson. Have dailies now + offsite. Had to use an hd recovery tool to get everything back, never again
jacres 2017-01-30 13:00:07
genii: thanks, I didn't know about pv, will look into it - dd has left me hanging quite a few times (well thinkging it was frozen)
jeffreylevesque 2017-01-30 13:04:44
what's the package for syslog?
jeffreylevesque 2017-01-30 13:04:52
apt-get install syslog, apt-get install syslogd?
genii 2017-01-30 13:05:30
jacres: For dd hard drive to a new larger drive with pv I usually do like: sudo dd if=sda bs=512M | pv | of=/dev/sdb
jacres 2017-01-30 13:06:55
genii: great, I'll give that a go. Thanks
genii 2017-01-30 13:07:35
jacres: Do you want the windows drive to still use GRUB, or revert to Windows MBR?
jacres 2017-01-30 13:07:57
i'm ok with using grub. I like the option on boot
jacres 2017-01-30 13:08:01
and i'll be UEFI
genii 2017-01-30 13:08:23
jacres: OK, so then no modifications in this case to the instructions already provided
jacres 2017-01-30 13:08:25
does that simplify putting things on different drives? that's one thing I'm not sure about
jacres 2017-01-30 13:08:40
in terms of windows being happy on D:\
genii 2017-01-30 13:09:15
jacres: If it thinks it's on C: now it will still think it's on C: after the move
jacres 2017-01-30 13:09:49
so put the 500gb SSD as C:\, and the 250 Ubuntu as D:\
jacres 2017-01-30 13:10:12
grub would go on the 500gb SSD
genii 2017-01-30 13:11:02
jacres: With the method I described earler, after dd and gparted process, you move the 500 now to where the 250 used to be on the hardware
genii 2017-01-30 13:11:18
jacres: And the 250 some other place
jacres 2017-01-30 13:11:33
that makes sense. And then delete win on 250, resize
genii 2017-01-30 13:11:39
And windows will not know the difference from before
jacres 2017-01-30 13:11:58
ok completely makes sense now - i see it
jacres 2017-01-30 13:13:34
thanks for the help ++appreciated
genii 2017-01-30 13:17:33
jacres: Glad to assist
JohnDoe2 2017-01-30 13:18:42
hello, does anyone know what sshfs logs at debug3 are saying? I can't figure it out: http://paste.ubuntu.com/23896724/ that's what was output as it crashed when I clicked the ssh mount in Nautilus. And it keeps happening every few seconds.
PrincessBob 2017-01-30 13:24:58
can i ask questions bout the ubuntu one store here?
Guest54145 2017-01-30 13:28:22
Is there a native colour-temperature app in the respositories, or is f.lux d/l still the way to go?
Guest54145 2017-01-30 13:28:34
erm...
k1l 2017-01-30 13:28:37
Guest54145: redshift is in the repos
Guest54145 2017-01-30 13:29:12
k1l:Ah, thanks.
Guest54145 2017-01-30 13:29:36
Is that the first part of a Can. postal code, k1l?
k1l 2017-01-30 13:29:48
no
PrincessBob 2017-01-30 13:31:34
ok.... i am new to ubuntu... just made an ubuntu one account.... it lets me log in under firefox windows 10... but i cant log in under ubuntu VM...
PrincessBob 2017-01-30 13:31:37
any ideas?
dimisdas 2017-01-30 13:33:01
have you tried turning it off and on again?
PrincessBob 2017-01-30 13:34:25
no
PrincessBob 2017-01-30 13:34:30
lemme try that
PrincessBob 2017-01-30 13:34:31
one min
PrincessBob 2017-01-30 13:34:35
lol
PrincessBob 2017-01-30 13:42:51
still nothing