jeremy jozwik wrote at 2010-03-28 22:05 -0500:
On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 7:57 PM, green greenfreedo...@gmail.com wrote:
Sjoerd mentioned using chroot; are you? Hmm, maybe you need to bind mount
proc, sys, and dev also...
i did try a chroot into the external drive per someone else
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 9:31 AM, green greenfreedo...@gmail.com wrote:
Are you saying that you booted from a drive that was connected externally via
a
USB/PATA or USB/SATA adapter?
no, but the option does exist.
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On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Sjoerd Hardeman
sjo...@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl wrote:
Finally, chroot to /media/newdrive, do a grub-install /dev/sda (or
whatever other device your new drive is mounted on),
everything is copied over to the new drive. grub-install is kicking me however.
#
On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 9:51 AM, green greenfreedo...@gmail.com wrote:
Yeah, I forgot to mention checking /etc/fstab.
truthfully i dont know what i should be looking for here, but this is
a nano of fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# file system mount point type options
jeremy jozwik wrote at 2010-03-28 10:45 -0500:
On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 9:51 AM, green greenfreedo...@gmail.com wrote:
Yeah, I forgot to mention checking /etc/fstab.
truthfully i dont know what i should be looking for here, but this is
a nano of fstab
Basically, you just want to make sure
jeremy jozwik wrote at 2010-03-28 10:42 -0500:
On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Sjoerd Hardeman
sjo...@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl wrote:
Finally, chroot to /media/newdrive, do a grub-install /dev/sda (or
whatever other device your new drive is mounted on),
everything is copied over to the new
On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 7:57 PM, green greenfreedo...@gmail.com wrote:
Sjoerd mentioned using chroot; are you? Hmm, maybe you need to bind mount
proc, sys, and dev also...
i did try a chroot into the external drive per someone else instructions.
Check your device.map means look at
On 2010-03-19 23:07, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
Ron Johnson put forth on 3/19/2010 2:24 AM:
7200RPM (remember, that's 1200RPS) drives get *hot*. I wouldn't put one
in a laptop. (It's one of the tradeoffs you make for buying something
that small.)
Ron, your calculator is borked. A 7200 rpm drive
Ron Johnson wrote at 2010-03-19 21:55 -0500:
On 2010-03-19 20:58, green wrote:
Ron Johnson wrote at 2010-03-19 02:24 -0500:
7200RPM (remember, that's 1200RPS) drives get *hot*. I wouldn't put
one in a laptop. (It's one of the tradeoffs you make for buying
something that small.)
ThinkPad
On 2010-03-20 09:06, green wrote:
Ron Johnson wrote at 2010-03-19 21:55 -0500:
On 2010-03-19 20:58, green wrote:
Ron Johnson wrote at 2010-03-19 02:24 -0500:
7200RPM (remember, that's 1200RPS) drives get *hot*. I wouldn't put
one in a laptop. (It's one of the tradeoffs you make for buying
green schreef:
ok, does it help if i have another machine where i can mount both the
old laptop drive and the newer laptop drive and then do a copy
everything from old to new and still retain a working machine?
You need a separate Linux, ideally. So you can use a different computer with
On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Sjoerd Hardeman
sjo...@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl wrote:
Probably the easiest way is to get yourself a usb 2.5'' sata case. Get
the old drive out of your laptop and put the new one in. Boot with a
live cd (knoppix, debian) and make the partitions to your liking on
Sjoerd Hardeman wrote at 2010-03-20 10:30 -0500:
Finally, chroot to /media/newdrive, do a grub-install /dev/sda (or
whatever other device your new drive is mounted on), and check that if
you have a swap partition the pointers in /etc are still okay. When
done, reboot. If things fail, you'll
Ron Johnson wrote at 2010-03-20 09:31 -0500:
On 2010-03-20 09:06, green wrote:
Ron Johnson wrote at 2010-03-19 21:55 -0500:
I'm impressed. What airflow? On my Thinkpad ?43, without proper
airflow the internal fan starts spinning loudly.
What do you mean by airflow?
Under the case,
On 2010-03-20 11:49, green wrote:
Ron Johnson wrote at 2010-03-20 09:31 -0500:
On 2010-03-20 09:06, green wrote:
Ron Johnson wrote at 2010-03-19 21:55 -0500:
I'm impressed. What airflow? On my Thinkpad ?43, without proper
airflow the internal fan starts spinning loudly.
What do you mean by
On 2010-03-18 22:52, jeremy jozwik wrote:
On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote:
Do you mean the replace the existing drive with a larger capacity drive
form of beefing up?
yes. exactly that, i am considering installing a larger drive.
What exactly were
On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:52:45 -0400 (EDT), jeremy jozwik wrote:
On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote:
IOW, without telling us what kind of laptop you have, WTF makes you think
that we can help you???
as this is the debian list figured most would
jeremy jozwik wrote at 2010-03-18 22:52 -0500:
i am considering installing a larger drive.
debian linux lenny running on a lenovo thinkpad x61 tablet. hard disk
currently in system is a 80gig slow lil 5400rpm sata. looking to
upgrade to a 7200 160 or 250 drive
what i am hoping for however
Ron Johnson wrote at 2010-03-19 02:24 -0500:
7200RPM (remember, that's 1200RPS) drives get *hot*. I wouldn't put
one in a laptop. (It's one of the tradeoffs you make for buying
something that small.)
ThinkPad T61 here with 7200RPM SATA HD:
# hddtemp /dev/sda
/dev/sda: WDC WD3200BEKT-**:
On 2010-03-19 20:58, green wrote:
Ron Johnson wrote at 2010-03-19 02:24 -0500:
7200RPM (remember, that's 1200RPS) drives get *hot*. I wouldn't put
one in a laptop. (It's one of the tradeoffs you make for buying
something that small.)
ThinkPad T61 here with 7200RPM SATA HD:
# hddtemp
Ron Johnson put forth on 3/19/2010 2:24 AM:
7200RPM (remember, that's 1200RPS) drives get *hot*. I wouldn't put one
in a laptop. (It's one of the tradeoffs you make for buying something
that small.)
Ron, your calculator is borked. A 7200 rpm drive spins at 120 rotations per
second, not
hello list. i am contemplating beefing up my laptops hard drive. i did
a little google search and most of the hits seem to be forum posts.
and those that are not use different methods.
this is a big move so i would like to know the most tried and true,
least down time tutorial for this.
can
On 2010-03-18 18:36, jeremy jozwik wrote:
hello list. i am contemplating beefing up my laptops hard drive. i did
Do you mean the replace the existing drive with a larger capacity
drive form of beefing up?
a little google search and most of the hits seem to be forum posts.
and those that
On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:36:08 -0400 (EDT), jeremy jozwik wrote:
hello list. i am contemplating beefing up my laptops hard drive. i did
a little google search and most of the hits seem to be forum posts.
and those that are not use different methods.
this is a big move so i would like to know
On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote:
Do you mean the replace the existing drive with a larger capacity drive
form of beefing up?
yes. exactly that, i am considering installing a larger drive.
What exactly were your search terms?
something along the lines
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jeremy jozwik wrote:
what i am hoping for however is to more or less mirror the current
drive / instillation over to the larger drive that will be installed.
i would rather not have to re-install debian and all its
configurations to the larger
On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 9:29 PM, ~Stack~ i.am.st...@gmail.com wrote:
Hope this helps!
~Stack~
greatly. thank you.
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