> 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.
Do not think cloning is a good idea since it is an exact binary copy, you probably need to copy the file or as you did below keep configuration files and reinstall. > 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 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
