On Sat, Jun 6, 2020 at 2:46 AM Samuel Sieb <sam...@sieb.net> wrote:
> On 6/6/20 12:11 AM, Javier Perez wrote:
> > ├─sda3 8:3 0 28G 0 part /
> >
> > I plan to add a 120G SDD
> > to install the OS on the SDD and keep /Shared_Media's partition on the
> HDD.
> > Eventually I want to convert it to a Raid 1 sysyem. My idea is to copy
> > /Shared media to a new disk, in a degenerate Raid and then repartition
> > the original HDD and add it to the Raid.
> >
> > My question is how to pass the OS to the SSD? I know the easiest way is
> > just install on the SSD from a USB and then add the /Shared_Media to
> > the file system.
> > But I wanted to use this as a learning/game up skills opportunity.
> > Is there an easy way to transfer the OS with the current software load
> > and customizations (/etc/*)?
>
> The / partition is smaller than the SSD, so just boot a live image and
> use gparted to copy the partitions from the hard drive to the SSD. You
> can copy all the partitions except the media one. You will have extra
> space on the SSD so you could also resize the / partition if you want it
> to be bigger now or you could make a /home partition or whatever.
>
> You might need to convince the EFI system that it should use the new
> hard drive though.
>
Wow, I did not know gparted could do that. I'll try it out
Thanks
JP
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