[mythtv-users] MythTV BackEnd system HDD to smaller SSD Ubuntu

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Mike,

Thursday, December 24, 2015, 2:22:41 PM, you wrote:

> Hoi Mike,

> Thursday, December 24, 2015, 1:59:23 PM, you wrote:

>> On 12/23/2015 07:23 PM, Mike's JdJ wrote:
>>>
>>> Goal:  replace existing BackEnd 976 GB system drive with
>>> 240 GB SSD.
>>>

>> Wow, thank you Jerry, Hika, Tom, and Simon.

>> Excellent solutions.  I will think about which is safest for my 
>> skill level.

>> Mike

> It is in essence how you install Gentoo! But I forgot one important
> part on chrooting. You also have to remount proc, dev and sys into the
> new system. This is the script I use for chrooting:

> #!/bin/bash
> declare mntPath=$1
> echo $mntPath

> if [ "$mntPath" == "" ]; then 
>         exit 
> fi

> mount -t proc none $mntPath/proc
> mount --rbind /sys $mntPath/sys
> mount --rbind /dev $mntPath/dev

> chroot $mntPath/ /bin/bash

> You call the script with the mount path as parameter and of cause with
> root rights.

> Tot mails,
>   Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

Oh, and a good distribution to use to boot from is:
http://www.sysresccd.org/SystemRescueCd_Homepage

It has all tools you might need on board.

Tot mails,
  Hika Alina Maria van den Hoven                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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