stick a new disk in there, remove the raid array, install on the new empty disk. If it works then you can work on moving the new disk to the old, or the old to the new, or whatever.
Yeah, I know I'm answering too late, sorry.
Please ignore the signature,if it shows up.
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Sent: Friday, September 14, 2018 5:58:05 PM
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Subject: Re: InstallFest this Saturday, Sept 15
Rusty,
I am not sure I understand your plan. I only have one system.
I think perhaps the best way to install 18.04 is a complete system erase and install. However, I can't get the drive backed up by tomorrow. I also have to think about stuff like dumping all my mysql and postgresql databases, finding out if I really have to upgrade my insync or if I can download the version I have, etc. Perhaps by the next InstallFest in October, I will be ready to nuke my hard drive and start over.
Thanks for all the good suggestions!
Mark
On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 11:51 AM, Carruth, Rusty <
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mailto:Rusty.Carruth@smartm.com>> wrote:
How about turning your current system into a VirtualBox instance inside your new system, but share the appropriate directories between the VirtualBox instance and the host? (Hopefully that’s enough words to get you thinking along the lines I have in mind. If not, ask and I’ll say more…)
Rusty
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Some great ideas.
One issue for "repaving my hard drives" relates to insync. I have 6 or 7 email accounts that I use insync to update my folders for these accounts to their respective google drives. If I "re-pave"my system, I will have to buy insync plus @ $30/account to set up the same system I have in place now. I still get insync updates, so the software is current, but they have a new license arrangement now as it use to be free before.
My system is working just fine now. I wanted to upgrade because 14.04 will no longer receive security updates starting next April.
Maybe a clone to an external 2TB drive would work, since I would then have all the bits for the new system if I need any of them outside of /home. However, that does not fix my insync problem. Will have to think if there are other issues like insync to confront.
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