[kwlug-disc] Cloning smaller to larger SSDs (Clonezilla/Gparted)

[Doug Moen]

It would be better if you could upgrade to Ubuntu 18.04.

Here's the bug report for Lirc not working in 18.04:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lirc/+bug/1788235

And here's how you fix the problem. It seems to work for a lot of people.
It allows you to do a fresh install of 18.04, then patch it to fix Lirc.
https://twosortoftechguys.wordpress.com/2018/07/24/make-lirc-work-in-ubuntu-18-04/

On Sun, Nov 4, 2018, at 5:29 AM, Charles M wrote:
> The short version:
> 
> I'm planning on upgrading the 120GB OS SSD in our KODI server to a
> 500GB+ SSD. Can I simply using Clonezilla and Gparted to clone and
> resize the data or will I have to do some grub magic? (I assume I will
> because of the UUID system)
> 
> The long version:
> 
> I want to upgrade the 120GB SSD in our KODI server to a 500GB+ SSD.
> 120GB was good when we were only scraping movie data, but now we've
> started using it for Steam and some of those Steam games take more
> than 60% of the current SSD. We don't want to move the /home folder to
> the spinning rust drive.
> 
> One problem that prevents us from simply doing a fresh install of the
> latest Xubuntu and copying over is the fact that lirc is broken in
> 18.04. When I did the upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04 on our current box I
> held back the lirc package so our remotes would continue to work. I
> could reinstall 16.04 and do the same upgrade-hold-back process for
> 18.04.
> 
> I don't really want to add the 500GB as a slave to the 120GB (keeping
> things simple).
> 
> Has anyone cloned SSD to SSD or does everyone mostly backup and reinstall?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Charles
> -- 
> Charles McColm
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