Re: cloning a debian installation

2014-02-05 Thread Kruppt
On 2014-01-31, Kruppt krupp...@fastmail.fm wrote: On 2014-01-31, Fabrice Vaillant fa.vaill...@gmail.com wrote: Hi I'm using debian 7.3 on my laptop (Dell E5530) and it runs perfectly fine. I'm considering remplacing the hdd by a ssd. The thing is I'd rather not go through the hassle of

Re: cloning a debian installation

2014-02-05 Thread Roland Mueller
Hello, 2014-02-05 Kruppt krupp...@fastmail.fm: On 2014-01-31, Kruppt krupp...@fastmail.fm wrote: On 2014-01-31, Fabrice Vaillant fa.vaill...@gmail.com wrote: Hi I'm using debian 7.3 on my laptop (Dell E5530) and it runs perfectly fine. I'm considering remplacing the hdd by a ssd. The

Re: cloning a debian installation

2014-02-05 Thread Roland Müller
Hello again, On 02/05/2014 05:16 PM, Roland Mueller wrote: Hello, 2014-02-05 Kruppt krupp...@fastmail.fm: On 2014-01-31, Kruppt krupp...@fastmail.fm wrote: On 2014-01-31, Fabrice Vaillant fa.vaill...@gmail.com wrote: Hi I'm using debian 7.3 on my laptop (Dell E5530) and it runs perfectly

Re: cloning a debian installation

2014-02-02 Thread Chen Wei
On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 09:36:52PM +, Kruppt wrote: On 2014-01-31, Fabrice Vaillant fa.vaill...@gmail.com wrote: to suit my computer. The question I'm asking is, what would be the simplest way(if it is possible) to clone my existing installation onto the new ssd. Yes you can clone

cloning a debian installation

2014-01-31 Thread Fabrice Vaillant
Hi I'm using debian 7.3 on my laptop (Dell E5530) and it runs perfectly fine. I'm considering remplacing the hdd by a ssd. The thing is I'd rather not go through the hassle of setting up debian to suit my computer. The question I'm asking is, what would be the simplest way(if it is possible)

Re: cloning a debian installation

2014-01-31 Thread Ralf Mardorf
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Re: cloning a debian installation

2014-01-31 Thread Wally Lepore
Hi Fabrice, You have many questions that need answering from advanced users on this list however as a kind suggestion, I can recommend a free program called EaseUS Disk Copy. I have used this software to clone a complete copy of Windows from one hard disk to another. It worked perfect for my

Re: cloning a debian installation

2014-01-31 Thread Henning Follmann
On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 04:02:37PM -0500, Wally Lepore wrote: Hi Fabrice, You have many questions that need answering from advanced users on this list however as a kind suggestion, I can recommend a free program called EaseUS Disk Copy. I have used this software to clone a complete copy of

Re: cloning a debian installation

2014-01-31 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2014-01-31 at 16:21 -0500, Henning Follmann wrote: On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 04:02:37PM -0500, Wally Lepore wrote: Hi Fabrice, You have many questions that need answering from advanced users on this list however as a kind suggestion, I can recommend a free program called EaseUS

Re: cloning a debian installation

2014-01-31 Thread Kruppt
On 2014-01-31, Fabrice Vaillant fa.vaill...@gmail.com wrote: Hi I'm using debian 7.3 on my laptop (Dell E5530) and it runs perfectly fine. I'm considering remplacing the hdd by a ssd. The thing is I'd rather not go through the hassle of setting up debian to suit my computer. The question

Re: cloning a debian installation

2014-01-31 Thread Wally Lepore
On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 4:21 PM, Henning Follmann wrote: Sorry I consider this some form of advertising. This is a Debian group! This program is a windows program. So you need a windows installation to use this. Sure they claim you can create a bootable CD/DVD but you still need a windows

Re: cloning a debian installation

2014-01-31 Thread David
On 1 February 2014 09:16, Wally Lepore wallylep...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 4:21 PM, Henning Follmann wrote: Sorry I consider this some form of advertising. This is a Debian group! This program is a windows program. So you need a windows installation to use this. Sure they

Re: cloning a debian installation

2014-01-31 Thread Gilles Mocellin
Le 31/01/2014 19:45, Fabrice Vaillant a écrit : Hi I'm using debian 7.3 on my laptop (Dell E5530) and it runs perfectly fine. I'm considering remplacing the hdd by a ssd. The thing is I'd rather not go through the hassle of setting up debian to suit my computer. The question I'm asking is,

Re: cloning a debian installation

2014-01-31 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2014-01-31 at 22:41 +0100, Fabrice Vaillant wrote: Your solution seems the easiest of the adequate solution I have received. Howewer I have received a pm about clonezilla which seems like a tool tailored for this kind of job. What are the advantage of each solution ? How do you

Re: cloning a debian installation

2014-01-31 Thread Fabrice Vaillant
On 02/01/2014 12:53 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Fri, 2014-01-31 at 22:41 +0100, Fabrice Vaillant wrote: Your solution seems the easiest of the adequate solution I have received. Howewer I have received a pm about clonezilla which seems like a tool tailored for this kind of job. What are the

Re: cloning a debian installation

2014-01-31 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2014-02-01 at 01:01 +0100, Fabrice Vaillant wrote: On 02/01/2014 12:53 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Fri, 2014-01-31 at 22:41 +0100, Fabrice Vaillant wrote: Your solution seems the easiest of the adequate solution I have received. Howewer I have received a pm about clonezilla which

Re: cloning a debian installation

2014-01-31 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 01/02/14 08:02, Wally Lepore wrote: Hi Fabrice, You have many questions that need answering from advanced users on this list however as a kind suggestion, I can recommend a free program called EaseUS Disk Copy. I have used this software to clone a complete copy of Windows from one hard

Re: cloning a debian installation

2014-01-31 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 05:16:15PM -0500, Wally Lepore wrote: No advertisement at all. I'm a member of this debian user group and have wheezy installed with the kind help of other members on this mailing list. I'm fairly new at this and simply suggesting a clone software that I have used in