Hello tumppiw!

Friday January 04 2019 02:14, you wrote to All:

 > Vince Coen kirjoitti 3.1.2019 klo 8.06:
 >> Hello All!
 >>
 >> A few weeks ago I bought and installed a new computer - a Pi 3B+
 >> I also installed a 1 Tb hard drive connected via a powered USB
 >> Caddy.
 >>
 >> Then I tried to follow the instructions to copy over the NOOBS
 >> system to it which failed badly using my Magiea v6 Linux system so
 >> used the Rasbian CD copier to copy to the HDD and this finished
 >> without any reported errors.
 >>
 >> How ever trying to boot to the HDD did not happen so I guess the CD
 >> copier did not do the job.
 >>
 >> Any one with ideas of how to create a NEW HDD using the SD card that
 >> is no longer as a fresh install as there has been many updates.
 >>
 >> I can install the HDD into my system and have a SD card reader as
 >> well as a adapter for the baby card used in the Pi.  The problem
 >> appears to be the tool to use.
 >>
 >>
 >> Currently the existing usb  HDD is using only two partitions having
 >> clean what was created up a bit, namely a swap partition with the
 >> rest as /home
 >>
 >> I mount it at / where user pi and myself have our home directories
 >> but clearly this is a bit of a bodge as it still boots to the SD
 >> card as near as I can tell.
 >>
 >> Would be handy to speed the thing up as all system tools, libraries
 >> etc are used via the SD card.
 >>
 >> I do want to run the Pi as a backup to my main system as I have
 >> installed a bbs (mbse), apache, samba, mysql servers and yes have
 >> noticed it is not that quick :)
 >>
 >> Could do with more Ram, Sata or two ports, USB 3.x+ ports but I am
 >> guessing I am wishing for the impossible.
 >>
 >> It is a pity there is not a Pi +++ version with these extras even if
 >> it costs more
 >>
 >> Any other minor issue is that the OS is ony 32bit as I could not
 >> find a x64 version any where which I think would help to speed some
 >> process up a tad.
 >>
 >> Any one with any ideas as I have run out.
 >>
 >> Thanks for any help,
 >>
 >> Vince
 >>

 > Have you read:
 > https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/hardware/raspberrypi/bootmod
 > es/msd.md

 > I know it says Rpi 3 but still..?


Thanks tried again from scratch and it work using my real linux system. Now to 
transfer over
my old hdd contents.

Thanks for the prompt.


Vince

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