Re: Looking for help with switching on the bare metal.

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Hi Didier,


Thanks for that. I am currently preparing for the switch. Flashed the Slint ISO to a USB drive, and am now copying all the stuff I want to keep to an external HD.


Warm regards,

Brandt Steenkamp

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On 8/5/21 3:48 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
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.

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On 05 Aug 2021, at 13:53, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> 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
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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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