On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.john...@cox.net> wrote: > Do you mean the "replace the existing drive with a larger capacity drive" > form of "beefing up"?
yes. exactly that, i am considering installing a larger drive. > What exactly were your search terms? something along the lines of "debian migrate to a larger drive." if you want to know word for word what i search in my 3 attempts you will have to wait till tomorrow when i go back to work. > That kind of hardware mod is pretty specific to the make and model of kit > that you have. How is it dependent whatsoever upon the OS (Linux, Windows, > BSD, etc) that you run? > > IOW, without telling us what kind of laptop you have, WTF makes you think > that we can help you??????????? as this is the debian list figured most would assume this is a debian question. it is now obvious that is not true. debian linux lenny running on a lenovo thinkpad x61 tablet. hard disk currently in system is a 80gig slow lil 5400rpm sata. looking to upgrade to a 7200 160 or 250 drive On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> wrote: > That's really not enough information, Jeremy. For example, you didn't > tell us whether you need to keep the information on the old drive or > not. A hard disk upgrade is much simpler, for example, if you're > going to wipe the hard disk and start over from scratch than if you're > going to need to keep some or all of the existing data. what i am hoping for however is to more or less mirror the current drive / instillation over to the larger drive that will be installed. i would rather not have to re-install debian and all its configurations to the larger drive. > Then there are hardware issues. Sometimes there is a "system partition" > or a "host protected area" where stuff is stored, and there are > special migration procedures needed to avoid loss of hardware functionality, > etc. You really need to dig into the details with your hardware vendor > to check into this possibility. In other words, you're going to need > to do your homework and plan this carefully. which is why i wanted to ask the mailing list for tips and help with the issue. > One tool which may aide you in the process is the partman utility > present in the Debian installer. I believe it has the capability > to copy partitions. Whether it can copy between partitions on different > hard drives I don't know. I've never tried that scenario, since > I've never used it on a machine with more than one hard drive. > Also, it doesn't necessarily support all filesystems. Again, you > have to do some homework and planning. A Debian live CD may provide > more tools, such as gparted. There's no "one size fits all" > five-minute answer. It depends on the exact situation. Do your homework! ok, does it help if i have another machine where i can mount both the old laptop drive and the newer laptop drive and then do a copy everything from old to new and still retain a working machine? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/f8d5d4f31003182052j5cb0e1cag3a63ce16abc6d...@mail.gmail.com
