Rusty, thanks for the idea.

I am 100% certain Ubuntu 18.04 will work on my System 76 Gazelle laptop.

I don't think that I can take one of my internal SSDs out of the raid array
and read it over USB, but I may be wrong.

I think my safest course of action is to backup my internal drive, and then
clean install 18.04. If the the price of 2TB SSDs come down, then I will
replace the two internal drives.

Mark


On Sat, Sep 15, 2018, 12:03 PM Carruth, Rusty <Rusty.Carruth@smartm.com>
wrote:

> 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.
> ------------------------------
> *From:* PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org> on behalf
> of Mark Phillips <mark@phillipsmarketing.biz>
> *Sent:* Friday, September 14, 2018 5:58:05 PM
> *To:* Main PLUG discussion list
> *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 <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
>
>
>
> *From:* PLUG-discuss [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Mark Phillips
> *Sent:* Friday, September 14, 2018 10:42 AM
> *To:* Main PLUG discussion list
> *Subject:* Re: InstallFest this Saturday, Sept 15
>
>
>
> 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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