[D-Dan]

I’m pretty sure it’s just a tweak of grub.cfg. Guess I’ll find out.

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

I have to be honest, my biggest worry is migrating from BIOS to UEFI, but I guess I’ll figure that out.

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

I have a damned good 850W Corsair hybrid PSU, and don’t see the point of buying one for the sake of it.

EDIT: My current system is very much “Trigger’s Broom”. I built it in 1992, and until 2006, it had the same floppy drive, and that’s about as much.

I can handle re-building it.

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

I’m waiting until pay day (next Friday), but I think I’m going for another self-build based on those specs. The advantage that way is I can either re-use my existing chassis, or wait, which will also save me £50 – £100.

Pretty much made my mind up that I’m retiring this one.

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

You look to have copied everything successfully. To get TB working with the new drive, you simply need to make the new drive/home, which is done via an fstab entry

 

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

This is how my link looks. This is to an NFS drive.

 

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

Oh, and rsync can be used instead of cp. cp sometimes has problems with larger files, which rsync shouldn’t.

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

If you cd to the mount point of the destination and then ls, you should see all the files. The mount point won’t, by default, be on your desktop.

And yes, -r means recursive, so all directories including contents.

How did you create the link on the desktop?

I just did a quick test in a VM with Mint. On the desktop, right click create launcher, and then in the command, select thunar path/to/new/home

NB. I use xfce4, and so it may vary between desktop managers, but that got me a working link.

 

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

I should add, you can possibly achieve it more reliably with rsync:

sudo rsync -a * /spinner/home

Which will not choke on larger files.

I am bothered, however, that files in your /home are owned by root. They shouldn’t be.

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

I’ve added to your “two into one” thread, which may assist.

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

Just checked with Palicomp, and I can do the CPU, MB and RAM for £560 ish.

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

I may give them a look. I had a bit of luck yesterday when I walked into CeX, to find a GTX1060 6Gb on sale for £240, which shaves between £30 and £100 off the build price (depending on which you buy). THis is an EVGA dual fan model, and having put it in to the current rig, graphics tests put it a chunk ahead of the 680. CUDA tests are less impressive, but the extra 2Gb VRAM will definitely be useful.

Starting to think maybe just a MB, CPU and RAM bundle, and a new chassis. Should be able to do the 2700 with 16Gb for around £600. How do you find the 2700 for performance?

 

EDIT: The advantage with buying from CeX is that they offer a two year warranty, and once I know I’m happy with it and it isn’y going to die, I can potentially offload the 680 on them. I can definitely offload the AMD, though I’ll probably get peanuts for it now.

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

You should be able to do a complete copy using sudo via the terminal. To preserve all the permissions:

sudo cp -rav * /spinner/home

Assuming that you cd to your existing /home directory, and you will of course have to modify the destination to suit your system. “r” means recursive, “a” means archive (which should preserve ownership etc.) and “v” means verbose. You can leave “v” off if you don;t want to see progress, but I guess given your problems you probably do.

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

Damn. Why does this forum not support [code][/code] tags?

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

If you can make a boot (even via the CD), can you post the contents of /boot/grub/grub.cfg and /etc/fstab

EDIT: So as not to make the post too long, examine /boot/grub/grub.gfg and just post the section that boots mint (you’ll need to scroll past the initial stuff until you find a section that looks like:

 

menuentry ‘Arch Linux’ –class arch –class gnu-linux –class gnu –class os $menuentry_id_option ‘gnulinux-simple-f333c31e-b315-4d8f-aacb-68a03f08512b’ {
load_video
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root=’hd4,msdos1′
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search –no-floppy –fs-uuid –set=root –hint-bios=hd4,msdos1 –hint-efi=hd4,msdos1 –hint-baremetal=ahci4,msdos1 3a4bd46a-058f-4f23-bc8b-c7dc1e0512da
else
search –no-floppy –fs-uuid –set=root 3a4bd46a-058f-4f23-bc8b-c7dc1e0512da
fi
echo ‘Loading Linux linux …’
linux /vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=f333c31e-b315-4d8f-aacb-68a03f08512b rw vga=795
echo ‘Loading initial ramdisk …’
initrd /initramfs-linux.img
}

Ignore that the entries are different from mine, I’m on Arch.

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

Have to be honest, in Maplin’s closing down I picked up a pair of Phillips BT earbuds for peanuts (£25 approx), which are awesome. No noise leakage that I can detect, let just enough sound through that I can hear when Northern rail is cancelled/delayed – or at least when I should take one out to hear it (why don’t Northern Rail save time and money, and just announce when a train is on time?), and excellent sound quality.

I like my rock, so a good dynamic range with a decent bass is mandatory, and these fit the bill. Nor do they interfere with my hat (which over the ear phones would).

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

Let me expand on my last reply. Imagine a tree without roots and leaves, just placeholders for them, and that’s your filesystem. There’s nothing to it except names.

Separately, you have some roots and leaves. You mount the leaves to the placeholders on the tree, and you mount the roots to the placeholder on the tree. Suddenly, as far as everyone and everything is concerned, you have a tree.

Then you decide it should be a different tree. You can unmount the leaves, and mount different leaves. New tree, job done, and the old leaves are perfectly fine if you want them back.

I probably just confused you :/

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

If you don’t do a destructive mount (i.e.  copy, and not move) you don’t even need a full backup – just one file – /etc/fstab. Back that up, and if it all goes pear shaped, provided you can get to the filesystem (Which you can do with a liveCD) then you can just write the old fstab back, reboot, and nothing has changed.

I should clarify – if you mount a device to an existing directory, the new device takes over the address. Nothing will be written to the “physical” directory on disk. If you want to test before you proceed, create a directory in /home, copy some files to it, then mount a device to it. The files are gone and whatever is on the device is there instead.

Reboot (or sudo umount) , and whatever was there before will still be there.

The Linux filesystem (usually ext4) does not see the hardware, just the mount points pointing to different hardware.

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

Finally got some relief at the community dental clinic. I’m advised the tooth may need to be removed, but its a lonely molar, and I’d rather it didn’t go the way of its neighbour. I’ll see how it goes on, and see if I can get back to at least some kind of upgrade before all my windfall goes on my nuggets (though I have to say, at £21.60 – it was cheaper than expected. Of course, a dental course could run to £100s).

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[D-Dan]

You will probably still find, if you dig in to /etc/fstab that setting home to the spinner will just do what I suggested, without you having to do it yourself.

You could even disconnect the spinner, reinstall mint, and then reattach the spinner, remount and reset the link, which will preserve /home as it was in its entirety. This may not, however, yield the desired result, since there are several personal config file in $USER (/home/username) that you may not want.

Having said that, I’ve carried /home with me for maybe 15 years, through different distros, and expanded by adding drives and making further links to specific directories (Music, Videos etc.) without issue. Having said that, I know what to disregard (You need to examine dot files/directories in /home to decide what to keep)

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

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