Re: Help: disk swap

2022-08-02 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 7/27/2022 1:51 PM, Erik Mathis wrote: > I would look at the UEFI vs BIOS boot options in the "backup" server and > compare it to the "broken" server and make sure they are the same. Also check > for BIOS updates and such. > > > -Erik- > > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 7:59 AM tony wrote: > >

Re: Help: disk swap

2022-08-02 Thread mick.crane
On 2022-08-02 05:17, David wrote: And then use something like this: https://www.newegg.com/sabrent-ec-dflt-dock/p/N82E16817366069 to connect disk "A" to machine "B". StarTech external caddies/connectors seem OK. mick

Re: Help: disk swap

2022-08-02 Thread Jude DaShiell
The second disk would need to be connected to the running linux in some way either by a disk dock or a disk caddy such that the running linux could find the second disk using lsblk and blkid. Once located, parted -a optimal /dev/xxx and then print to show the partition table then quit on /dev/xxx

Re: Help: disk swap

2022-08-01 Thread David
On Tue, 2 Aug 2022 at 13:25, David Wright wrote: > On Thu 28 Jul 2022 at 14:29:32 (+0100), tony van der Hoff wrote: > > On 27/07/2022 16:07, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > Thanks for your help. Sadly, I'm not getting very far with this. I > > guess I'm not understanding your instructions too well: > >

Re: Help: disk swap

2022-08-01 Thread David Wright
On Thu 28 Jul 2022 at 14:29:32 (+0100), tony van der Hoff wrote: > Thanks for your help. Sadly, I'm not getting very far with this. I > guess I'm not understanding your instructions too well: > > On 27/07/2022 16:07, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > Have the running linux system on the machine. Run

Re: Help: disk swap

2022-07-28 Thread David
On Fri, 29 Jul 2022 at 02:32, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > Then your new /etc/fstab record should > look like: > The email program split that line all > of that should be on one line > space-separated. hth. > 3fe30767-f7d7-4e6d-b48e-f80eef2d4b71 > /dev/sda9 ext4 defaults,nofail 1 2 Although it does

Re: Help: disk swap

2022-07-28 Thread Jude DaShiell
Then your new /etc/fstab record should look like: The email program split that line all of that should be on one line space-separated. hth. 3fe30767-f7d7-4e6d-b48e-f80eef2d4b71 /dev/sda9 ext4 defaults,nofail 1 2 On Thu, 28 Jul 2022, tony van der Hoff wrote: > Thanks for your help. Sadly, I'm

Re: Help: disk swap

2022-07-27 Thread Charlie Gibbs
On Wed Jul 27 10:30:05 2022 tony wrote: > I turned on my main home server after a few weeks absence, and got > smoke from its power supply. Fortunately, I have a backup system, > which does work; both are running Debian 10, so I swapped use to that > machine. and am able to work with that, but

Re: Help: disk swap

2022-07-27 Thread Erik Mathis
I would look at the UEFI vs BIOS boot options in the "backup" server and compare it to the "broken" server and make sure they are the same. Also check for BIOS updates and such. -Erik- On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 7:59 AM tony wrote: > Hi, > > I turned on my main home server after a few weeks

Re: Help: disk swap

2022-07-27 Thread Felix Miata
tony composed on 2022-07-27 12:37 (UTC+0100): > I turned on my main home server after a few weeks absence, and got > smoke from its power supply. Fortunately, I have a backup system, which > does work; both are running Debian 10, so I swapped use to that machine. > and am able to work with that,

Re: Help: disk swap

2022-07-27 Thread David Christensen
On 7/27/22 04:37, tony wrote: Hi, I turned on my main home server after a few weeks absence, and got smoke from its power supply. Fortunately, I have a backup system, which does work; both are running Debian 10, so I swapped use to that machine. and am able to work with that, but some of the

Re: Help: disk swap

2022-07-27 Thread gene heskett
On 7/27/22 08:02, tony wrote: Hi, I turned on my main home server after a few weeks absence, and got smoke from its power supply. Fortunately, I have a backup system, which does work; both are running Debian 10, so I swapped use to that machine. and am able to work with that, but some of the

Re: Help: disk swap

2022-07-27 Thread Jude DaShiell
Have the running linux system on the machine. Run lsblk to locate the name of the boot partition. Once you have the name run blkid and copy the uuid for use in the end of /etc/fstab and put in the path to the boot device, the disk format ext4, defaults,nofail 1 2 on an fstab entry. Next, run