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Alfix

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Registered: 2026-02-06

Posts: 3

[SOLVED] *I did it myself :)

I have switched from Windows to Archlinux, but I didn't erase my nvme (with windows) so I installed it on my external harddrive.
But now I want to get rid of Windows and replace my nvme with my Archlinux installation.

Things I want to do/happend:
1. My nvme should be wiped and partitioned (1/2GB boot partition)
2. All of my data from the hardrive should be copied to my nvme.
3. When I have successfully booted into my nvme and all of my data is in there, then I should wipe my external harddrive.

Important information:
External harddrive:
NAME                   FSTYPE      FSVER            LABEL       UUID                                   FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
sda                                                                                                                   
├─sda1                 vfat        FAT32                        7750-F173                               896.4M    12% /boot
└─sda2                 LVM2_member LVM2 001                     UtJoeD-LgJw-SwnI-QdiB-VfC5-m2pH-P2HZAm               
  └─ArchinstallVg-root ext4        1.0                          cd927ba6-a993-49c1-bf3b-613a95b0f2cd    402.1G     7% /
Internal Nvme:
NAME                   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
nvme0n1                259:0    0 238.5G  0 disk

I got swap on zram enabled, I have my kernel and boot files signed using sbctl so secure boot can be enabled, my root partition is an lvm, I got 2 kernels (linux and cachyos), my used storage in root is 34.1 GB, my disk isn't encrypted, I have an archinstallation media.

Last edited by Alfix (2026-02-07 09:14:29)

cryptearth

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Registered: 2024-02-03

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Re: [SOLVED] *I did it myself :)

don't double post https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=312053 - use the report function to request actions by a mod

Alfix

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Registered: 2026-02-06

Posts: 3

Re: [SOLVED] *I did it myself :)

oh sorry