Just rsync /* as suggested, chrooted, installed the bootloader and bam! Here we have a snappy Arch installation.
Thank you guys!
Not forward to set up a windows partition for gaming
]]>I will also set up a windows partition for some games. Is there anything I need to consider when installing Windows 7 after I set up Arch? I guess Windows will fu** up the bootloader(at least this was the case with my first linux experience ten years ago). Is this still the case?
Also i want to encrypt my system, so I flew over the wiki yesterday. This should not be a serious problem regarding my setup, or shoult it?
thx
I'll keep you updated as soon as i migrated the files next week.
]]>Worst that can happen...
It won't. I have written this article based on it, and it works even going to a different system (emulated hardware). Linux is awesome.
]]>In addition to those suggestions above, I've often used Clonezilla or FSArchiver for restoring or cloning an HDD system to SSD, and both worked quite well. You do of course still need to tweak the new SSD system to suit your own requirements.
]]>Worst that can happen that it fails and i have to do a clean install.
]]>i recently installed Arch on my MacBook, to move away from OS X.
Overall, my impression of Arch is very positiv, so I'm planning to go Linux all the way. My current installation of arch is on the HDD, OS X is installed on the SDD and Data also is stored on the HDD.
HDD:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 409639 204819+ ee GPT
/dev/sda2 * 409640 599406431 299498396 af HFS / HFS+
/dev/sda3 599406592 972838911 186716160 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 972838912 976773119 1967104 82 Linux swap / Solaris
SDD:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 409639 204819+ ee GPT
/dev/sdb2 * 409640 498848615 249219488 af HFS / HFS+
/dev/sdb3 498848616 500118151 634768 ab Darwin boot
Of course I want to use the SDD as system drive when I remove OS X, use the HDD for data(pics, music etc.) and for the logs.
So my question: Would it be possible to simply move my Arch installation to the fresh formated and partitioned SDD(and update Grub and so on), or would this completly mess things up, so a clean new install would be the better choice?
Thanks
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