[Swlug] Time to switch laptops

[Dave Cridland]

You possibly want to look at rsync.

On Sat, 31 May 2025 at 00:42, Rhys Sage via Swlug <swlug at mailman.lug.org.uk>
wrote:

> I just checked my laptop (6/7 year old Asus e203ma) running Mint.
>
> eMMC Firmware Version: 109099  AS
> eMMC Life Time Estimation A [EXT_CSD_DEVICE_LIFE_TIME_EST_TYP_A]: 0x08
> eMMC Life Time Estimation B [EXT_CSD_DEVICE_LIFE_TIME_EST_TYP_B]: 0x05
> eMMC Pre EOL information [EXT_CSD_PRE_EOL_INFO]: 0x01
> Command Queue Support [CMDQ_SUPPORT]: 0x01
> Command Queue Depth [CMDQ_DEPTH]: 32
> Command Enabled [CMDQ_MODE_EN]: 0x00
>
> It looks like the emmc is coming to the end of its useful life. It has
> been a bit funky for weeks if not months with freezes and my having to do
> frequent fdisk /dev/mmcblk0p2 -f operations. Twice it has gone read only
> while I was writing emails.
>
> This laptop runs Mint 20.3. I have another laptop running Debian that's
> pretty well brand new. How do I transfer the documents and settings easily
> between the two. I can always do it with memory sticks but is there an
> easier way. The big question - can I do it betweemn different accounts. For
> example if my account on Mint  was Orenoco and my account on Debian was
> Tobermory, how would I achieve this? I think it should be possible via SSH.
>
> Rhys Sage
>
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