Woo hoo! On Jul 17, 2011 11:55 AM, "Mark Phillips" wrote: > I took a look at clonezilla again, and found an amd64 iso in clonezilla > testing. I tried that one, and it worked on my laptop. I will try a clone > tonight (I like to make my laptop work while I sleep....;) ), so I will let > you know in the morning. Perhaps the ubuntu version was not amd64 and that > may be why it barfed? I tried the CD on a another machine (i386) and it > booted up OK. > > As of right now, it is humming along nicely on the old drive. > > Thanks! > > Mark > > On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Mark Phillips > wrote: > >> >> >> On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Mark Phillips < mark@phillipsmarketing.biz >> > wrote: >> >>> I tried the alt media and it did not work. - 20110530-natty, >>> >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Stephen wrote: >>> >>>> I have never seen that. It has run on a wild array of hardware. Try >>>> thealt media based on Ubuntu. You might have better results >>>> On Jul 17, 2011 8:46 AM, "Mark Phillips" >>>> wrote: >>>> > On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Stephen wrote: >>>> > >>>> >> Honestly I suggest clonezilla for this. It will get everything windows >>>> >> Linux grub etc. >>>> >> >>>> > I forgot to add that I first tried clonezilla, and it would not run on >>>> my >>>> > laptop. All I got was a black screen and a gray box. >>>> > >>>> > Mark >>>> > >>>> > >>>> >> On Jul 17, 2011 7:48 AM, "Mark Phillips" >>>> >> wrote: >>>> >> > I purchased a larger hard drive (~750 GB)) for my laptop and want to >>>> >> clone >>>> >> > my current laptop drive (~320 GB) to the new one. The new drive is >>>> >> connected >>>> >> > to the laptop via usb - I can mount it and read/write to it. This is >>>> what >>>> >> I >>>> >> > did, but it didn't seem to work out... >>>> >> > >>>> >> > 1. Boot laptop using latest Knoppix >>>> >> > 2. umount both /dev/sda(old drive, internal to laptop) and /dev/sdb >>>> (new >>>> >> > drive connected via usb) >>>> >> > 3. I was going to use dd, but read that dd_rescue is a little better >>>> >> (read >>>> >> > error handling, reporting progress), so I installed that and fired >>>> it iup >>>> >> > >>>> >> > knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ sudo ddrescue -f -n /dev/sda /dev/sdb >>>> >> > >>>> >> > >>>> >> > Press Ctrl-C to interrupt >>>> >> > rescued: 320072 MB, errsize: 0 B, current rate: 29753 kB/s >>>> >> > ipos: 320072 MB, errors: 0, average rate: 29513 kB/s >>>> >> > opos: 320072 MB, time from last successful read: 0 s >>>> >> > Finished >>>> >> > >>>> >> > 4. I thought, time to use gparted to expand the Linux partition for >>>> my >>>> >> new >>>> >> > drive to the full size, and install the new drive.....but wait, >>>> there are >>>> >> > problems! >>>> >> > >>>> >> > knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ fdisk -l >>>> >> > >>>> >> > Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes >>>> >> > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders >>>> >> > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes >>>> >> > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes >>>> >> > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes >>>> >> > Disk identifier: 0x81d6785f >>>> >> > >>>> >> > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System >>>> >> > /dev/sda1 1 5 40131 de Dell Utility >>>> >> > /dev/sda2 * 6 1918 15360000 7 HPFS/NTFS >>>> >> > /dev/sda3 1918 7017 40963092+ 7 HPFS/NTFS >>>> >> > /dev/sda4 7018 38913 256204620 5 Extended >>>> >> > /dev/sda5 * 7018 37615 245778403+ 83 Linux >>>> >> > /dev/sda6 37616 38913 10426153+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris >>>> >> > Note: sector size is 4096 (not 512) >>>> >> > Warning: ignoring extra data in partition table 5 >>>> >> > Warning: ignoring extra data in partition table 5 >>>> >> > Warning: ignoring extra data in partition table 5 >>>> >> > Warning: invalid flag 0xbfbb of partition table 5 will be corrected >>>> by >>>> >> > w(rite) >>>> >> > >>>> >> > Disk /dev/sdb: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes >>>> >> > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 11400 cylinders >>>> >> > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 4096 = 65802240 bytes >>>> >> > Sector size (logical/physical): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes >>>> >> > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes >>>> >> > Disk identifier: 0x81d6785f >>>> >> > >>>> >> > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System >>>> >> > /dev/sdb1 1 5 321048 de Dell Utility >>>> >> > Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary. >>>> >> > /dev/sdb2 * 6 1918 122880000 7 HPFS/NTFS >>>> >> > /dev/sdb3 1918 7017 327704740 7 HPFS/NTFS >>>> >> > /dev/sdb4 7018 38913 2049636960 5 Extended >>>> >> > Partition 4 does not start on physical sector boundary. >>>> >> > /dev/sdb5 ? 82628 130208 3057478824 48 Unknown >>>> >> > knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ >>>> >> > >>>> >> > It appears that dd-rescue did what I expected it to do....copied sda >>>> to >>>> >> sdb >>>> >> > bit by bit. I am not sure what the warnings are for sda, but it >>>> looks >>>> >> like >>>> >> > dd_rescue did what it was supposed to do. However, What do I do >>>> about the >>>> >> > errors on sdb? GParted does not recognize the partition table for >>>> sdb, >>>> >> and >>>> >> > reports 698 GB of unallocated space. >>>> >> > >>>> >> > Thanks for any suggestions you may have to solve/explain what is >>>> going >>>> >> on! >>>> >> > >>>> >> > Mark >>>> >> >>>> >> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> >>> >>