Re: gparted reinstall not opening

Hi a and Brian,

It looks like the dd command /might /have worked for partition 1. 
Partition 2 looks like the issue, and it should be fixable with mkswap 
and swapon. However, I'm scared to tell you how to fix it. Since a) I 
think there are more errors than we are lead to believe; b) you can 
still break things.

There are several things I would like to point out.

 1. You're only using ~50% of the SSD.
 2. dd command should *never* be ran on a system where the user doesn't
    grok dd commands. If you can't live without the HDD, then dd is a
    dangerous game.
 3. Did you setup the partitions on /dev/sda? I don't see a boot
    partition. Just odd.

I recently heard on Linux Unplugged about kindd, 
https://github.com/LinArcX/Kindd

Though it probably wouldn't change anything. Maybe having a GUI to dd is 
a better approach(?)

I personally recommend taking out the old HDD to your laptop. Then 
installing the OS (your choice to which OS) on the SSD first. Then mount 
the HDD externally. Then rsync the old drive to a folder in your home 
directory.  Or selectively copy files to that location. Then once you 
have the files, granted no errors from your 'copying', then move what 
.files you may want, and any user data you want to retain. Once you're 
satisfied; delete any extra files/folders from the target (to save on 
SSD space). Then I would place the old HDD in a static bag, just in case 
you need it for something in the future.

^^^ that would be the safest way I can think of. I skipped over some 
steps, so please if you're still confused please consider waiting for 
someone that can sit down with you.

If the old HDD is giving I/O errors, you might want to consider 
ddrescue, or something that has error handling.
*
For you, a.
*I would consider having a lugger help you out in person. Typically I 
never recommend anyone doing this on their own without prior experience 
with data recovery.

You need to maximize the safety with your data. If time isn't critical; 
then I would wait for someone that sit down with you and has done this 
many times in the past.

I agree with Brian. If we have to deeply explain the commands to dd or 
rsync, then you are probably are going to have issues. Testing these 
things in a VM before actually doing it to the data you want to preserve 
is probably the thing to do if you yourself want to do this.

Just my 2¢. I wish you luck at the next Santa Fe meeting. (if this 
sounded harsh, it's not intended to be. Just running out of time today. 
Sorry if I repeated anything!)

Regards,

Jared
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On 6/5/19 2:45 PM, Brian O'Keefe wrote:
>
> Hi a and Jared,
>
> I've never cancelled a dd operation nor had the mounted issue, 
> whatever that issue is here. Fingers crossed.
>
> Below is your last email to me a, so that Jared can review it:
>
> Brian this is where i am at now
>
> Brian
>
> I downloaded to ssd just under two hours got the message invalid 
> partition table on /dev/sdd ----signature  aa74 so i cancelled 
> download because I realized it may not be mounted reason does no show 
> on the file list. so tried to open gparted but will not open. Any 
> suggestions? Thanks a
>
> dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdd bs=1M conv=notrunc,noerror
>
> a@alap:~$ lsblk
> NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
> sda      8:0    0 298.1G  0 disk
> ├─sda1   8:1    0 294.1G  0 part /
> └─sda5   8:5    0     4G  0 part [SWAP]
> sdd      8:48   0 465.8G  0 disk
> ├─sdd1   8:49   0 294.1G  0 part
> └─sdd2   8:50   0     1K  0 part
> sr0     11:0    1  1024M  0 rom
>
> Brian
>
> On 6/5/19 2:35 PM, ABQLUG wrote:
>> Hi a,
>>
>> Are you still able to access other applications?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Jared
>>
>> On 6/5/19 2:20 PM, a wrote:
>>> gparted reinstall not opening
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