andre@home wrote:Sorry about missing the tech specs that you already posted in #1.
no problem
Dell Inspiron 13-7359 (06FD): Compared to the Latitude or Precision the Inspirons are still nice machines, but much less flexible than the others.
So you likely do not have the option to have a 2nd HD permanently in another bay. Inspirons are built more to be a consumer laptop not a professional type.
Of course with your budget you may already be very glad with what you have now.
As I told before the hardware is a given, I can't afford/don't want to buy a new laptop now.
Still it is pretty easy to change the hard disk with a cheap extra HD, which gives you still the option to find out installing the newest Debian and see if it works as you like.
In this way you avoid the risk of loosing the installation which is on your current disk.
I consider this as a far beter option then taking the risk thats involves also an unpredictable loss of time, to continue with your current system and stubble forwards to some solution with that.
I can't open my pc. I mean: I'm not able to and also I don't want to.
So far you did not show a solid plan to realize that based on all the input given.
So far my plan is: I'll update the kernel when it is possible (definitely not now). If it does work maybe I'll do a fresh install.
In my proposal you at least separate testing the new installation from the problems you have on your original system/disk.
As your original disk is your production system.... and it is called on the forum a > frankendebian or simply a broken system.
In my position I would not sleep very well with that status.
Separation of problem and the route for a solution would be my choice.
As:
Never do experiments to go for a solution on your production laptop....
Or is the cost of a buying a 1 TB hard disk starting at ~ 45 euros, 2 TB starting at ~ 65 euros a problem? An SSD is somewhat more expensive.
I've never heard of production laptops before. Relax, it's just a laptop (not a server nor a commodity machine...).
