I am currently running PMS on a Windows 10 computer. I am going to install another drive to run Ubuntu 18.10 on and eventually move over and dump Windows. What kinds of headaches am I in for given my libraries are on the same computer on separate drives?

Probably. :slight_smile: He’s got a problem and want to switch from Windows to Linux thinking this will solve his current problem. However there isn’t enough info yet available to know what the problem is. For all we know he could have a failing hard drive that is giving him bad through put. Obv…

If you have any specific tests to run let me know and I’ll run then in the morning

First, Please suppress any blaming and pointing until the problem is diagnosed? This might not be anyone’s “fault”. Second: Basic integrity test of the computer itself. Memtest (memtest86+ on bootable USB) – This is a formality and need not be done first READ test on all media. (S.M.A.…

After using CrystalDiskInfo I got these results. Drive results.txt (29.4 KB) So things have improved since that update. transfer times according to Windows is around 170mbps. With the bad drive it drops to 50-60 mbps. I may be still a little bitter after the Spectre patch(I think that was the name)…

Thanks for the results. I will now detail each drive SPCC SSD You’ve had this a while - 36806 hours. Check the Specs but 26TB written should be well within the TBW value. Earlier SSDs were only good for 50TB, then 100, then 200, now we are routine at 300TB and 600TB. OCZ-AGILITY3 Looking…

I just started to dive in on Linux. I started with Ubuntu 16.04 realizing that it would take a few good months to learn. Then I recently installed 18.10 and noticed it’s much easier for someone in my position to convert to a new way of doing things. That was the reason for the idea to dual boot the …

I’d concentrate first on replacing the drive and moving all the content over to a new drive first before doing anything else. Get that under your belt, then continue the journey if you want to Linux.

Since there are differences in the OS’s I may be thinking this wrong< but I have 2 drives coming. After cloning Windows to the new m.2 drive and moving media from bad drive to new HDD. The questions then become: Can I run both OS’s on the same drive but different partitions? With the different fi…

Answers: :smiley: Yes you can but this is an advanced configuration step. You have to keep Windows from using the entire drive (it loves to take it all). You must partition the drive first Media files are media files. Linux can read Windows partitions but Windows can’t read Linux. …

Moving Plex from Windows 10 to Ubuntu 18.10

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You will want to change the mount location.

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