Re: Theoretical drive swapidge.
On 2010-03-18 22:52, jeremy jozwik wrote:
On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@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 of "debian migrate to a larger drive." if
you want to know word for word what i search in my 3 attempts you will
have to wait till tomorrow when i go back to work.
s/debian/thinkpad x61/
[snip]
as this is the debian list figured most would assume this is a debian
question. it is now obvious that is not true.
:)
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
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.)
On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com> wrote:
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which is why i wanted to ask the mailing list for tips and help with the issue.
When you at first did not say what kind of laptop you had, all
anyone on the list could do is give gross caveats and guidelines.
One tool which may aide you in the process is the partman utility
present in the Debian installer. I believe it has the capability
to copy partitions.
Yes. Great for resizing NTFS partitions to make room for Linux
dual-boot.
Whether it can copy between partitions on different
hard drives I don't know.
I'm pretty sure it does.
[snip]
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?
"Only" for speed.
You could put the new HDD into an external enclosure, plug it into
the laptop and then boot the laptop from a Live CD. But that's
pretty slow. Directly connecting the two drives to PC will always
be faster.
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