The goal is to install Trisquel 7 to a 1TB external SSHD through a USB port.
I managed to set up a 30GB ext3 partition for the root files, 8GB linux-swap,
and 894GB (xfs) for /home with GParted. I also managed to initiate
installation of Trisquel 7 from the live DVD, but the process stalled for
hours with multiple instances of errors, every 120 logical blocks, punctuated
by 110 suppressed callbacks and then ten I/O errors, meaning that nothing was
getting transmitted successfully to the SSHD in sdb1, the ext3 partition.
Examples of the error messages:
> lost page write due to I/O error on sdb1
> USB 2-1.2: reset high speed USB dev. #4 using ehci-pci
> Buffer I/O error on dev sdb1, logical block nnnnnnn
When I shut down the live Trisquel installation, the drive light for the SSHD
continued endlessly with the same repetitive pattern as during the
unsuccessful installation. I then had to manually turn the notebook off.
Will I have more success if I initiate installation directly from my Lenovo
T420 and not from the live DVD ?
Once I get Trisquel working on the external SSHD, I want to swap it for the
T420's internal 320GB HDD, thereby greatly increasing my data space in /home.
I'll also contact Sabrent, the maker of the external SSHD's case and USB
adapter ...
