New HDD <Solved>

[Pete Smout]

On 14/10/13 01:56, Ric Moore wrote:
> On 10/13/2013 05:21 PM, Peter Smout wrote:
>> On 13/10/13 22:08, Colin Law wrote:
>>> On 13 October 2013 22:00, Avi Greenbury <lists at avi.co> wrote:
>>>> Colin Law wrote:
>>>>> On 13 October 2013 19:09, pete smout <psmouty at live.com> wrote:
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>> Failing this is there a way of 'cloneing' my current HDD onto the 
>>>>>> new
>>>>>> one so I can then upgrade from 13.04 to 13.10?
>>>>> clonezilla will allow you to clone a disk.
>>>> But only if you can boot the clonezilla media, and if OP can do that
>>>> then he can probably boot the Ubuntu one.
>>> True, I was thinking he had another machine that he could connect the
>>> drive to in order to clone it, but perhaps not.
>>>
>>> Pete: In fact the best solution might be to replace the DVD drive.
>>> They are very cheap.
>>>
>>> Colin
>>>
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>> Thanks Colin! I know they are cheap (£15 online) but it wont be here in
>> time for my couple of days off work (today / tomorrow), and although its
>> been on my mind to upgrade my hand is somewhat forced by SMART errors,
>> and I can spend all day tomorrow playing around to put it right!
>>
>> I wasnt aware that the DVD drive was broken until I go to use it earlier
>> today (hasn't been used since last clean install on this machine in 
>> 2010)
>
> Your SATA cable may be the blame as well. Unplug it from the MoBo and 
> the drive. Plug it back into both, making sure you are using connector 
> zero (or #1) at the MoBo. The connection is sloppy compared to the old 
> IDE connector. Mine will give me a fit at least twice a year. Doing 
> just this puts it right. RIC 

Hi,

Many thanks for all your answers! This is now solved thanks to 
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/ISOBoot and grml-rescueboot I 
was able to boot from the .iso using grub, then install to sdb using the 
installer!

I now have a fully functional 13.10 install without SMART errors!

grml-rescueboot is now on the default apps list to install from now on!

Thanks again

Pete S