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The Computer is an AMD 64 x 2 CPU, Graphics is Gallium 0.4 NVAB, OS 64 bit, Disk 15.4 GB, ubuntu 16.10 Wish to move entire contents of OS to a 320 GB, unpartitioned clean wiped HDD using DBAN. Downloaded GParted and YUMI, but unable to launch either one. Present OS has restricted extra package installed and working. When installing ubuntu 16.10 from a Live DVD to the new disk. it does not install the restricted extras package, regardless of my checking said box during the install. The restricted extras package can be accessed on the present small HDD ubuntu OS. Is there a terminal procedure where I could copy the restricted package to a flash drive, and then copy same to the new larger HDD after installing the OS from live DVD?

Cosmo
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  • 16.10 is past End Of Life, and is no longer supported here. Consider installing a supported release of Ubuntu. – user535733 Feb 19 '18 at 01:31
  • The default 'release-upgrade' path from 16.10 was to 17.04, then 17.10 then 18.04. 16.10 & 17.04 are both now EOL, so I'd really consider taking note of your packages/programs, then do a clean install with a supported version of Ubuntu. Standard releases are only supported for 9 months, so stick to a LTS (long-term-support) version if you don't want to release-upgrade every 9 months. – guiverc Feb 19 '18 at 01:33
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    because 16.10 is EOL the repositories have moved. I recommend installing 16.04, or waiting 2 months for 18.04. – ravery Feb 19 '18 at 01:34
  • Possible duplicate of https://askubuntu.com/questions/91815/how-to-install-software-or-upgrade-from-an-old-unsupported-release – guiverc Feb 19 '18 at 01:37
  • Without the restricted extras package, ubuntu is of very little use for my purposes. Thank you very much for your advice – Cosmo Feb 19 '18 at 01:43
  • You can also create backup of your important data and then use it in your new installation. – pandafy Feb 19 '18 at 02:44
  • Issue solved. I have chosen to reload ubuntu 16.04, and continue until 18.04 becomes available. Many thanks to those who responded to my question. – Cosmo Feb 20 '18 at 16:15

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