Re: [PLUG] Moving from HDD to SSD

2017-11-30 Thread brooks
If possible I always recommend a fresh install. Copy over your home dir and you should be good. On Thu, 30 Nov 2017, Chuck Hast wrote: I looked at Clonezilla, I was looking a bit more at SSD installs and saw some indications that it might be better just to do a new install and drop my home d

Re: [PLUG] Moving from HDD to SSD

2017-11-30 Thread Chuck Hast
I looked at Clonezilla, I was looking a bit more at SSD installs and saw some indications that it might be better just to do a new install and drop my home directory on the new disk. The home directory was as follows: /home/kp4djt I just went ahead and did a new install, now I guess I will just d

Re: [PLUG] Moving from HDD to SSD

2017-11-30 Thread Neal
Where _was_ the home directory, and do you have room for both drives in the laptop case? NealS ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Moving from HDD to SSD

2017-11-30 Thread brooks
Take a look a clonezilla. http://clonezilla.org/ Kevin On Thu, 30 Nov 2017, Chuck Hast wrote: Folks, I just got a EVO 850 500G SSD I am going to replace a 500G HD on my laptop. I have been looking at how to move the disk image from the HD to the SSD. My first look was at dd, as that

[PLUG] Moving from HDD to SSD

2017-11-30 Thread Chuck Hast
Folks, I just got a EVO 850 500G SSD I am going to replace a 500G HD on my laptop. I have been looking at how to move the disk image from the HD to the SSD. My first look was at dd, as that is what I have used to generate images in the past. But this is the first time I have moved a bootable disk