Looking for help with switching on the bare metal.

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Hi Brandt,

Basically after Slint installation, plug-in the USB drive, wait a few 
seconds,
then use this lsblk command to know how the external drive and its 
partitions
will be named:
lsblk -lpo name,size,type,fstype,mountpoint
then, mount the partition where the stuff is stored as root, like for 
instance:
mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt

after that copy your files stored in /mnt to another directory in Slint. 
using
the cp command.

Cheers,
Didier

Le 05/08/2021 à 14:48, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit :
> Hi Didier,
> 
> I am not going to dual boot my system. I am fed up with windows. If I need a more conventional OS, I have my MacBook. I will probably install Windows in a virtual machine anyway, simply because I need it for my work.
> I would appreciate the help with copying all my stuff from an external drive to my Slint installation.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On 05 Aug 2021, at 13:53, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Brandt,
>>
>> Slint can't be installed in an NTFS partition but can read and write the files
>> in it, no add-on needed. We can help you doing the needed settings after
>> installation.
>>
>> Maybe you would consider a dual boot installation?
>>
>> If yes but you have only one drive, read how-to prepare the drive in:
>> https://slint.fr/doc/HandBook.html#make_room_for_Slint
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Didier
>> --
>> Didier Spaier
>> Slint maintainer
>>
>>> Le 05/08/2021 à 13:34, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit :
>>> Thanks for that. I am very strongly considering installing Slint, but before I do, I need to pull my stuff off of my windows installation. Will Slint by default deal with NTFS, or do I need to install a utility to do so?
>>
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