Subj : Re: Linux on old laptop To : Jazzy J From : Boraxman Date : Fri Dec 24 2021 10:18 pm -=> Jazzy J wrote to Tracker1 <=- JJ> @MSGID: <61B4CEB3.233.dove-unix@jayscafe.net> JJ> @REPLY: <618D6F1B.371.dove-unix@roughneckbbs.com> -=> Quoting Tracker1 to Utopian Galt <=- T> On 11/8/21 14:06, Utopian Galt wrote: >> just run windows 10 or windows 7. >> >> by the way, get a ssd and your load time will be very fast. > > Cant. The system cant support the ssd drive i paid for, refused > to boot up. T> Wild... could probably try clonezilla to copy your old drive to the new T> drive. No idea on how/why it wouldn't boot though. (2.5" Sata SSD?) T> -- T> Michael J. Ryan - tracker1@roughneckbbs.com T> -!- T> ­ Synchronet ­ Roughneck BBS - roughneckbbs.com JJ> I've got a host of laptops running *buntu 20.04, and my servers. I JJ> have a sole laptop that dual boots with Windows 10 (will be 11 when it JJ> is allowed to upgrade.) JJ> With server management and programming, IMHO, the *nix environment JJ> rocks. Couple that with an installation of VS Code and you'll have JJ> quite a system for a few more years. JJ> Working with Windows, SafeBoot or whatever they are calling their boot JJ> protection scheme must be disabled. JJ> SSDs are the way to go. YMMV, but you JJ> can boot to a live Ubuntu 20.04 USB drive, attach the SSD to the system JJ> and do a dd if= of= and it will JJ> copy the image of the old drive to the new. Just make sure the new JJ> drive is larger than the original. JJ> Once dd is finished, open gparted and expand the partition to fill the JJ> drive, using ntfsresize -- I believe that gparted will ask you if you JJ> want to run it -- to resize the ntfs information to match the JJ> partition. JJ> Once you boot into Windows, run a chkdisk on it and you should be good JJ> to go. JJ> Good luck and happy computing! JJ> Jazzy J JJ> * AmyBW v2.16 * JJ> ... You can logout any time you like, but you can never leave! JJ>  JJ> --- JJ> = Synchronet = BayouBBS.Net, Ports 23, 6401 and 6402 My Laptop is a Thinkpad T43, and I'm running Debian Bullseye. Works Ok, except the HDD doesn't start properly when cool. Can't find an IDE SSD for that machine. Linux is a great way to get extra lifespan out of an old machine. .... MultiMail, the new multi-platform, multi-format offline reader! --- MultiMail/Linux v0.52 þ Synchronet þ MS & RD BBs - bbs.mozysswamp.org .