Re: Trouble logging in after cloning ssd
Jim via PLUG-discuss said on Sun, 12 Nov 2023 21:21:50 -0700 >Thanks Steve. I tried dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sde status=progress. It >finished. I used Gparted to expand the 240GB from the original sd to >fill the 1TB ssd it was copied to. I replaced the original ssd with >the 1TB ssd, booted and it worked perfectly first time. Thanks. From >now on I'll use dd to backup the ssd this beast boots from. Nice!!! SteveT Steve Litt Autumn 2023 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21 --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Trouble logging in after cloning ssd
Thanks Steve. I tried dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sde status=progress. It finished. I used Gparted to expand the 240GB from the original sd to fill the 1TB ssd it was copied to. I replaced the original ssd with the 1TB ssd, booted and it worked perfectly first time. Thanks. From now on I'll use dd to backup the ssd this beast boots from. On 11/12/23 17:59, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote: Jim via PLUG-discuss said on Sun, 12 Nov 2023 16:52:04 -0700 I have a Dell Optiplex 7010 with 32GB RAM and kubuntu 22.04 installed on it. I used clonezilla to make a copy of a 240 GB SSD onto a 1TB SSD. When I tried to boot from the copy, I got to the gui login screen. I gave it my password and pressed enter. Nothing happened. I tried ctrl alt f2 to get to the console and was able to log in there. I went back to the gui, but the screen was black with a mouse pointer which moved with the mouse. I pressed ctrl alt backspace which took me back to the login screen. I gave it my password and the gui screen stopped. Like the first time, the mouse pointer moved as I moved the mouse. I replaced the new ssd with the old one and everything booted normally. Does anyone have any idea what's going on? I'm skeptical of Clonezilla. I would have used dd, rebooted, and if it worked, use a rescue CD and enlarge the partition to accommodate the whole of the SSD. Unfortunately you're using a Ubuntu derived OS, which makes it like pulling teeth to boot straight to CLI, and then run startx, which would be my suggestion for getting more data about the problem. As a matter of fact, the difficulty of doing this is what made me move from Ubuntu to Debian. Of course within a few months Debian inserted systemd and I moved to Void Linux :-) SteveT Steve Litt Autumn 2023 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21 --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Trouble logging in after cloning ssd
I found out how to get it to boot to a command line. I tried this on the cloned ssd. When I entered startx I geo Xfce instead of KDE. I suppose I could look up how to clone the SSD using dd. On 11/12/23 17:59, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote: Jim via PLUG-discuss said on Sun, 12 Nov 2023 16:52:04 -0700 I have a Dell Optiplex 7010 with 32GB RAM and kubuntu 22.04 installed on it. I used clonezilla to make a copy of a 240 GB SSD onto a 1TB SSD. When I tried to boot from the copy, I got to the gui login screen. I gave it my password and pressed enter. Nothing happened. I tried ctrl alt f2 to get to the console and was able to log in there. I went back to the gui, but the screen was black with a mouse pointer which moved with the mouse. I pressed ctrl alt backspace which took me back to the login screen. I gave it my password and the gui screen stopped. Like the first time, the mouse pointer moved as I moved the mouse. I replaced the new ssd with the old one and everything booted normally. Does anyone have any idea what's going on? I'm skeptical of Clonezilla. I would have used dd, rebooted, and if it worked, use a rescue CD and enlarge the partition to accommodate the whole of the SSD. Unfortunately you're using a Ubuntu derived OS, which makes it like pulling teeth to boot straight to CLI, and then run startx, which would be my suggestion for getting more data about the problem. As a matter of fact, the difficulty of doing this is what made me move from Ubuntu to Debian. Of course within a few months Debian inserted systemd and I moved to Void Linux :-) SteveT Steve Litt Autumn 2023 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21 --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Trouble logging in after cloning ssd
Jim via PLUG-discuss said on Sun, 12 Nov 2023 16:52:04 -0700 >I have a Dell Optiplex 7010 with 32GB RAM and kubuntu 22.04 installed >on it. I used clonezilla to make a copy of a 240 GB SSD onto a 1TB >SSD. When I tried to boot from the copy, I got to the gui login >screen. I gave it my password and pressed enter. Nothing happened. I >tried ctrl alt f2 to get to the console and was able to log in there. >I went back to the gui, but the screen was black with a mouse pointer >which moved with the mouse. I pressed ctrl alt backspace which took >me back to the login screen. I gave it my password and the gui screen >stopped. Like the first time, the mouse pointer moved as I moved the >mouse. I replaced the new ssd with the old one and everything booted >normally. > > >Does anyone have any idea what's going on? I'm skeptical of Clonezilla. I would have used dd, rebooted, and if it worked, use a rescue CD and enlarge the partition to accommodate the whole of the SSD. Unfortunately you're using a Ubuntu derived OS, which makes it like pulling teeth to boot straight to CLI, and then run startx, which would be my suggestion for getting more data about the problem. As a matter of fact, the difficulty of doing this is what made me move from Ubuntu to Debian. Of course within a few months Debian inserted systemd and I moved to Void Linux :-) SteveT Steve Litt Autumn 2023 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21 --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Trouble logging in after cloning ssd
I have a Dell Optiplex 7010 with 32GB RAM and kubuntu 22.04 installed on it. I used clonezilla to make a copy of a 240 GB SSD onto a 1TB SSD. When I tried to boot from the copy, I got to the gui login screen. I gave it my password and pressed enter. Nothing happened. I tried ctrl alt f2 to get to the console and was able to log in there. I went back to the gui, but the screen was black with a mouse pointer which moved with the mouse. I pressed ctrl alt backspace which took me back to the login screen. I gave it my password and the gui screen stopped. Like the first time, the mouse pointer moved as I moved the mouse. I replaced the new ssd with the old one and everything booted normally. Does anyone have any idea what's going on? Thanks Jim --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
