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From	Davey <davey@example.invalid>
Newsgroups	uk.comp.os.linux
Subject	Re: Here we go again
Date	2025-09-05 02:47 +0100
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<109dff8$24fmd$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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On Thu, 4 Sep 2025 20:07:34 +0100
Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> wrote:

> On 04/09/2025 11:35, Davey wrote:
> > Meanwhile, how am I supposed to mount the PC's partitions when
> > booting from a Live USB? I read various descriptions, but whatever
> > I try does not seem to work. I know that it might not work anyway,
> > as the system is borked, but I would love to know what I should be
> > doing to make this happen. If it still doesn't, then I will know
> > that I have tried the correct procedure, but it has failed.
> > 'Disks' identifies the partitions. but won't let me mount them.
> > (that sounds rude!).  
> 
> Oops! Almost overlooked this bit.
> 
> First: It's usually obvious if the disk is recognized as having a 
> meaningful filesystem.
> 
> I use Debian rather than Ubuntu, but when I boot from a live USB on a
> PC that has an installed Linux system then IIRC there's a desktop
> icon you can just click on to mount that system's partitions.
> 
> Second: You don't want to do that.
> 
> Take the existing drives out of the system. Put the new big drive in. 
> Boot from USB and install onto the new drive. Then boot from the new 
> drive and connect the old drives (one at a time is probably best)
> using the USB adaptors.
> 

Thank you for the information. II didn't see any such icons when I
booted from the Live USB. What you write makes sense, for sure.
I will see if there is any help from the other local guy, but then, I
might end up buying the necessary parts.
Again, wish me luck!

-- 
Davey.

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