Problem configuring a new 1TB drive on Ubuntu 20.04.3 using fstab

[Bo Berglund]

On Tue, 4 Jan 2022 13:09:44 -0800, MR <mrzenwiz at gmail.com> wrote:

>Boot from a flash drive?
>
>That's what I do when I need to.
>
>You could also just install gparted and run it, but that's trickier
>and might not work when you mess with the root partition.

I rebuilt an Ubuntu server some time ago and then I used a fash drive to boot
from, but it was not easily done on the new Lenovo desktop I had bought...

This machine OTOH is a 10 year old HP Elitebook Workstation 8560w and I interact
with it mostly via ssh (PuTTY) or VNC from my Windows 10 box.

I need to use the laptop monitor to boot from the USB flash (I guess that there
will be a selection done to use the USB). But I have not yet tried it on this
laptop. When I instlled Ubuntu on it I used the DVD drive, which is now removed.

I will try it tomorrow using a GParted USB drive (with just GParted on) and see
how it goes. The system has scheduled jobs lasting for about 9 hours now, which
I don't want to interrupt.


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Bo Berglund
Developer in Sweden