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deadrabbit

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Registered: 2008-04-26

Posts: 118

Copying Arch install to new SSD

My current Arch install is on an SSD, which is 2 1/2 years old. I'm about to purchase a faster (and larger) SSD to replace it, and reuse the old one in a home server. Is this the best strategy to move my install?

- Do a file level backup of everything to be safe
- dd the entire old SSD to the new SSD (dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb for example)
- Resize with gparted

Anything wrong with that? Are there any performance or stability reasons to use another method? I've been reading over the SSD wiki, and clearly there is a lot more information available on optimizing SSD performance now. I was going on random blog posts when I set up the current install in March 2010.

deadrabbit

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Registered: 2008-04-26

Posts: 118

Re: Copying Arch install to new SSD

Also, recommendations on SSD models would be welcome. I'm looking for something reliable first, fast second, and cheap third . . . so low capacity is fine (everything available now is larger than my current 30GB anyway).

DSpider

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From: Romania

Registered: 2009-08-23

Posts: 2,273

Re: Copying Arch install to new SSD

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fu … with_rsync

Transfer it wherever you want.

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deadrabbit

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Registered: 2008-04-26

Posts: 118

Re: Copying Arch install to new SSD

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fu … with_rsync

Transfer it wherever you want.

Excellent, thanks!