Hi guys just getting back with a report of what I did to try clone my hard drive.
I tried to clone it in linuxcnc first as described and failed. then tried clone zilla, then tried a few other programs to decrease the size. using G parted I reduced the size of the disc down to 40 gb and then used clone zilla to zone it to the SSD. both programs seemed to work fine. But I couldn't boot from that point. at that point I just re wiped the SSD with my linuxcnc boot stick and gave up. took me 30 mins to download everything I was missing and I was away making parts later that afternoon. thanks everyone for taking time to help me out. I learnt a lot of stuff but never actually succeeded. and after a while I decided it was a waste of time anyway. I could just keep my config files and re install. The whole reason I was trying to clone was then I would keep the probe basic gui install files.. regards Andrew On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 8:34 AM Chris Albertson <albertson.ch...@gmail.com> wrote: > All the advice to use "dd" is OK. But it will spend hours copying many > gigabytes of blank areas of the disk. I bet there is only a few > megabytes of data you really need. > > The simple way is to make a bootable disk or SD card (or better an SSD) > from scratch. Just the same way everyone installs from scratch. Then > boot that drive, mount the old disk and copy those files you need across. > This is MUCH faster. Buy a cheap USB SSD, it is much faster and more > reliable than an SD card. Small ones are realy cheap now. > > But BEFORE you do anything at all BACKUP the important data off the failing > drive. Do this twice then verify you can read the backups then place the > backup someplace out of reach. No need to backup data you can download > from the Internet. Only backup the files you made yourself. > > Then think about how to automate the backup so you never have to worry > about losing data. Even SSDs can fail. > > Now that you have a safe backup make the new boot drive. I would not > "clone" the old drive. > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 7:25 PM andrew beck <andrewbeck0...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hey guys. > > > > Just a quick question here > > > > I recently heard some funny clanking noises in my old 2nd hand hard drive > > on my VMC and thought I better change it out and get a SSD in there. > > > > I have a bunch of stuff loaded onto the hardrive for probe basic gui and > > other stuff and would like to clone the drive and keep everything. > > > > I can manage a windows cloning I am just not sure if the process will > work > > on a linux system. I am using a crucial brand SSD and can download the > > drive cloning software (it is rebadged acronis cloning software) > > > > anyway some help would be appreciated. > > > > > > regards > > > > Andrew > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > -- > > Chris Albertson > Redondo Beach, California > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
