Hello, In the Message; Subject : Re: T470-w10+Tumbleweed/Slowroll Message-ID : <20240121052502.8d7ac812e879b3bd158928e2@trixtar.org> Date & Time: Sun, 21 Jan 2024 05:25:02 -0500 [BTF] == "Ben T. Fender" <slowroller@trixtar.org> has written: BTF> Sun, 21 Jan 2024 12:30:58 +0900 BTF> Masaru Nomiya <nomiya@lake.dti.ne.jp> : [...] MN> > BTF> - is the above a workable arrangement? MN> > MN> > If you are asking if it is possible to backup and restore ssd with MN> > Windows and Tumbleweed using the dd command, the answer is "yes". BTF> That's the good part. The rest.. I ran into some problems. BTF> First I installed TW on a sata ssd using a usb adapter and the same BTF> partitioning scheme as for my desktop, then I stuck all my fingers up my BTF> stack all the way to my armpit; I don't know what I did but it cost me BTF> many hours to recover and it wasn't even surgery. But all is well now, BTF> all back to normal, I'm starting the T470 rodeo almost from scratch. BTF> I made a dd copy of my entire 1tb identical ssd. Either ssd boots with BTF> grub any one of my 7 Linux systems on my desktop, the two ssd's are BTF> identical, there are no problems. BTF> When I plug the one of the ssd's into a T470 usb port and start the BTF> alternate boot method both the on-board 256gb pci-ssd and my BTF> external 1tb e860 plugged into the usb port via a usb adapter show up BTF> in the alternate booting menu. BTF> ATA HDD0: SK hynix SC311 SATA 256GB BTF> USB HDD: Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB BTF> But... selecting MY ssd doesn't load the grub menu from it, it does BTF> nothing but relight the laptop's alternate boot menu above. [...] BTF> The EFI partition is there for future use but is inactive. I wonder if BTF> it's mere existance is in the way and tricks the T470 into expecting to BTF> find a boot menu there? I think this might be helpful for you; https://bjm.me.uk/blog/thinkpad-t480s-ssd/ Best Regards. --- ┏━━┓彡 野宮 賢 mail-to: nomiya @ lake.dti.ne.jp ┃＼／彡 ┗━━┛ "Maddox hopes that empowering users to pick their own algorithms will get them to think more about what’s involved in making them. " -- Bluesky's Custom Algorithms Could Be the Future of Social Media --