Re: [gentoo-user] Copying root to SSD in one go...a good idea...or?

2020-04-05 Thread William Kenworthy
On 6/4/20 1:12 am, tu...@posteo.de wrote: Hi, currentlu I am preparing a new Gentoo Linux by compiling all the application I had on my old system. Due to delivery problems (corona) my SSD was delivered today (or yesterday...it depends...;) . When the whole compilation has finished and the sy

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying root to SSD in one go...a good idea...or?

2020-04-05 Thread tuxic
On 04/05 08:41, J. Roeleveld wrote: > On 5 April 2020 19:12:45 CEST, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > >Hi, > > > >currentlu I am preparing a new Gentoo Linux by compiling all > >the application I had on my old system. > > > >Due to delivery problems (corona) my SSD was delivered today > >(or yesterday...it

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying root to SSD in one go...a good idea...or?

2020-04-05 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 5 Apr 2020 14:09:16 -0500, Dale wrote: > >> I've used the watch command but don't quite get it yet.  With the >> command below, how would watch be added to that to make it update every >> set number of seconds, say 10 seconds or so? >> >> smartctl -a /dev/sdd | grep T

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying root to SSD in one go...a good idea...or?

2020-04-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 5 Apr 2020 21:03:23 +0200, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > And yes, Michael, same here. I am not veru convinced, that everything > is well tested and tested for all use cases... > I would say that copying an OS to the drive is the first use case most SSDs experience, and one that occurs well wit

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying root to SSD in one go...a good idea...or?

2020-04-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 5 Apr 2020 20:37:04 +0200, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > which rises a question about how to resume an interrypted > rsync-session. Just run the rsync command again. -- Neil Bothwick Death is proven to be 99.9% fatal to all laboratory rats. pgpvox39WKZa8.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying root to SSD in one go...a good idea...or?

2020-04-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 5 Apr 2020 14:09:16 -0500, Dale wrote: > I've used the watch command but don't quite get it yet.  With the > command below, how would watch be added to that to make it update every > set number of seconds, say 10 seconds or so? > > smartctl -a /dev/sdd | grep Temp watch -n 10 '(smartctl

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying root to SSD in one go...a good idea...or?

2020-04-05 Thread Dale
tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > ...I just wanted to check, whether there is water in the pool... :) > > I minute ago I found this: > https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/203018/interrupting-rsync-with-ctrl-c-should-i-use-partial-or-append > > which rises a question about how to resume an interrypted

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying root to SSD in one go...a good idea...or?

2020-04-05 Thread Dale
tu...@posteo.de wrote: > On 04/05 01:08, Dale wrote: >> tu...@posteo.de wrote: >>> On 04/05 10:33, Mark Knecht wrote: On Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 10:13 AM wrote: > Hi, > > currentlu I am preparing a new Gentoo Linux by compiling all > the application I had on my old system. > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying root to SSD in one go...a good idea...or?

2020-04-05 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 5 Apr 2020 13:08:08 -0500, Dale wrote: > >> If you are using rsync or cp -u you could start the copy then stop at it >> certain points to let the SSD cool, then start it again.  It will >> basically pick up where it left off. > Don't use cp -u, if you interrupt it whi

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying root to SSD in one go...a good idea...or?

2020-04-05 Thread tuxic
On 04/05 07:22, Michael wrote: > On Sunday, 5 April 2020 18:54:25 BST tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > On 04/05 10:33, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > On Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 10:13 AM wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > currentlu I am preparing a new Gentoo Linux by compiling all > > > > the application I had o

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying root to SSD in one go...a good idea...or?

2020-04-05 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 5 April 2020 19:12:45 CEST, tu...@posteo.de wrote: >Hi, > >currentlu I am preparing a new Gentoo Linux by compiling all >the application I had on my old system. > >Due to delivery problems (corona) my SSD was delivered today >(or yesterday...it depends...;) . > >When the whole compilation has fi

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying root to SSD in one go...a good idea...or?

2020-04-05 Thread tuxic
On 04/05 01:08, Dale wrote: > tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > On 04/05 10:33, Mark Knecht wrote: > >> On Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 10:13 AM wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> currentlu I am preparing a new Gentoo Linux by compiling all > >>> the application I had on my old system. > >>> > >>> Due to delivery probl

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying root to SSD in one go...a good idea...or?

2020-04-05 Thread tuxic
On 04/05 11:12, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 10:54 AM wrote: > > > > On 04/05 10:33, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > On Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 10:13 AM wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > currentlu I am preparing a new Gentoo Linux by compiling all > > > > the application I had on my

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying root to SSD in one go...a good idea...or?

2020-04-05 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 5 Apr 2020 13:08:08 -0500, Dale wrote: > If you are using rsync or cp -u you could start the copy then stop at it > certain points to let the SSD cool, then start it again.  It will > basically pick up where it left off. Don't use cp -u, if you interrupt it while a file is being copied, t

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying root to SSD in one go...a good idea...or?

2020-04-05 Thread Michael
On Sunday, 5 April 2020 18:54:25 BST tu...@posteo.de wrote: > On 04/05 10:33, Mark Knecht wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 10:13 AM wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > currentlu I am preparing a new Gentoo Linux by compiling all > > > the application I had on my old system. > > > > > > Due to delivery

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying root to SSD in one go...a good idea...or?

2020-04-05 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 10:54 AM wrote: > > On 04/05 10:33, Mark Knecht wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 10:13 AM wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > currentlu I am preparing a new Gentoo Linux by compiling all > > > the application I had on my old system. > > > > > > Due to delivery problems (cor

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying root to SSD in one go...a good idea...or?

2020-04-05 Thread Dale
tu...@posteo.de wrote: > On 04/05 10:33, Mark Knecht wrote: >> On Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 10:13 AM wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> currentlu I am preparing a new Gentoo Linux by compiling all >>> the application I had on my old system. >>> >>> Due to delivery problems (corona) my SSD was delivered today >>> (o

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying root to SSD in one go...a good idea...or?

2020-04-05 Thread tuxic
On 04/05 10:33, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 10:13 AM wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > currentlu I am preparing a new Gentoo Linux by compiling all > > the application I had on my old system. > > > > Due to delivery problems (corona) my SSD was delivered today > > (or yesterday...it depen

Re: [gentoo-user] Copying root to SSD in one go...a good idea...or?

2020-04-05 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 10:13 AM wrote: > > Hi, > > currentlu I am preparing a new Gentoo Linux by compiling all > the application I had on my old system. > > Due to delivery problems (corona) my SSD was delivered today > (or yesterday...it depends...;) . > > When the whole compilation has finished

[gentoo-user] Copying root to SSD in one go...a good idea...or?

2020-04-05 Thread tuxic
Hi, currentlu I am preparing a new Gentoo Linux by compiling all the application I had on my old system. Due to delivery problems (corona) my SSD was delivered today (or yesterday...it depends...;) . When the whole compilation has finished and the system boots it needs to be transfered to the SS