On Mon, 19 Mar 2018 09:17:02 +0000 Paul Gideon Dann via arch-general <arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote:
> I've moved or cloned my general-use Arch system between disks more > times than I can count. This is what LVM is for. If you're not using > LVM (or BTRFS), I recommend you start, but in the meantime, the > simplest solution when moving between systems is to dd the contents > of each partition from the source disk to the destination disk, and > then expand filesystems as necessary: > > sudo dd if=/dev/sdx1 of=/dev/sdy1 bs=1M oflag=direct > sudo fsck -f /dev/sdy1 > sudo resize2fs /dev/sdy1 > > Paul > Thanks. I'll give it a try and also go back to using LVM. -- Cheers, Trey ---- There is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has not yet occurred that they, too, might be admired some day. --Friedrich Nietzsche Linux mint-desktop 4.10.0-38-generic x86_64 06:43:24 up 17:12, 1 user, load average: 0.10, 0.32, 0.75