[opensuse] New Laptop Hard Drive
I got a new 320 gb hard drive to replace my current 120 gb. The old drive is running OSS 10.3. I know the cleanest way is to reinstall the OS and then restore data, etc, but I'd rather move the installation than reinstall everything. I've tried: Ghost - Bombs at different locations Ghost for Linux + gparted - This seems to transfer everything ok. Then I tried to use gparted to check the file systems and resize them. Problem is this results in: Unable to open /dev/sr0 read-write (Read-only file system). /dev/sr0 has been opened read-only. /dev/sr0: unrecognized disk label gparted - so then I used gparted to rewrite the disk label, which of course blew everything away again. Then I tried to use gparted to copy the partitions, and I end up with the same errors as above. At least it tries to boot now, but it fails. It says: Could not find /dev/disk/by-id-scsi-SATA_ST9120823AS_5NJ061KV-part2 Want me to fall back to /dev/disk/by-id-scsi-SATA_ST9120823AS_5NJ061KV-part2? (Y/n) This is the old drive. If I answer Y it tries to wait for it to appear and then bombs. If I say no it bombs immediately. Both situations end up at: not found -- exiting to /bin/sh sh: no job control in this shell $ I've also tried booting off the installation CD to try a rescue, but a quick error flashes on the screen about no rescue client or something, then it bombs. Any ideas? Thanks, James -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tuesday 05 August 2008 17:58:15 James Pifer wrote:
I got a new 320 gb hard drive to replace my current 120 gb. The old drive is running OSS 10.3.
I know the cleanest way is to reinstall the OS and then restore data, etc, but I'd rather move the installation than reinstall everything.
I've tried:
Ghost - Bombs at different locations
Ghost for Linux + gparted - This seems to transfer everything ok. Then I tried to use gparted to check the file systems and resize them. Problem is this results in: Unable to open /dev/sr0 read-write (Read-only file system). /dev/sr0 has been opened read-only. /dev/sr0: unrecognized disk label
sr0 is a CD writer. It's probably not what you want to run gparted on
gparted - so then I used gparted to rewrite the disk label, which of course blew everything away again. Then I tried to use gparted to copy the partitions, and I end up with the same errors as above.
At least it tries to boot now, but it fails. It says: Could not find /dev/disk/by-id-scsi-SATA_ST9120823AS_5NJ061KV-part2 Want me to fall back to /dev/disk/by-id-scsi-SATA_ST9120823AS_5NJ061KV-part2? (Y/n)
This is the old drive.
Yes. When you copy to a new drive like this, you need to change the entries in /etc/fstab to point to the new drive
I've also tried booting off the installation CD to try a rescue, but a quick error flashes on the screen about no rescue client or something, then it bombs.
This shouldn'ẗ be. Have you tried starting the installation and then selecting the "repair installed system" option? Anders -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 18:42 +0200, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Tuesday 05 August 2008 17:58:15 James Pifer wrote:
I got a new 320 gb hard drive to replace my current 120 gb. The old drive is running OSS 10.3.
I know the cleanest way is to reinstall the OS and then restore data, etc, but I'd rather move the installation than reinstall everything.
I've tried:
Ghost - Bombs at different locations
Ghost for Linux + gparted - This seems to transfer everything ok. Then I tried to use gparted to check the file systems and resize them. Problem is this results in: Unable to open /dev/sr0 read-write (Read-only file system). /dev/sr0 has been opened read-only. /dev/sr0: unrecognized disk label
sr0 is a CD writer. It's probably not what you want to run gparted on
okay, so I can safely ignore those. Anyway, I was able to get this working. I had to edit menu.lst and change the boot partition. Then I had to change /etc/fstab. All appears to be good now. Thanks! James -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
James Pifer wrote:
I got a new 320 gb hard drive to replace my current 120 gb. The old drive is running OSS 10.3.
I know the cleanest way is to reinstall the OS and then restore data, etc, but I'd rather move the installation than reinstall everything.
James, You have already spent more time trying to move the install than it would have taken to put a fresh install of 11.0 on the new drive. Then just connect your old drive via a usb adapter: http://www.gearxs.com/gearxs/product_info.php?cPath=151&products_id=9821 $11 (worth every bit for laptop users with multiple hard drives) Then just copy old-drive/home to new install and whatever other data you have and your done... -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tuesday 05 August 2008 11:34:35 pm David C. Rankin wrote:
You have already spent more time trying to move the install than it would have taken to put a fresh install of 11.0 on the new drive. Then just connect your old drive via a usb adapter:
http://www.gearxs.com/gearxs/product_info.php?cPath=151&products_id=9821
$11 (worth every bit for laptop users with multiple hard drives)
Then just copy old-drive/home to new install and whatever other data you have and your done...
I used a device like that (Appricorn (part of my tools at work, borrow it often)) to copy my existing drive (80G sata) to a new drive (500G sata), drive has 2 hidden partitions (Dell Diag & WinXP Restore) along with an XP install and a OpenSuse 10.3 install. I ran into the drive by Id thing because the drives are different of course, I was hopeing to expand a couple partitions and then add an OpenSuse 11.0 partition, not sure if I can pull it off cause I don't really want to rebuild the 10.3 system. Will probably give it another stab next week.. Mike -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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