Re: [arch-general] Re-install of Arch on a larger drive
On Sun, 18 Mar 2018 04:03:41 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 18:40:33 -0400, Trey Sizemore wrote: >>On Sat, 2018-03-17 at 23:24 +0100, Jens John wrote: >>> Do not reinstall but migrate your file system contents 1:1 to the >>> new disk using rsync. > >Why using such an advanced tool for a simple copy? > >Run a Linux from a live media and simply do a > > sudo cp -a /from/source/mountpoint /to/target/mountpoint > >>But does the fact that I'm going from a 250GB to 500GB (and different >>partition sized) complicate this procedure? > >It doesn't matter, don't confuse the copy (or any sync) command, with >something like the dd command. > >Since you don't migrate to other hardware, appart from the drive, you >even don't need to fix a graphics driver or something like that, you >only need to reinstall the bootloader after coping all files. Oops, perhaps you need to fix fstab, your bootloader's config and similar files, assuming you are one of those UUID users. If you tend to use labels instead of UUIDs, you even don't need to fix those files. After copying the files just use the same label for the new partition, you used for the partition on the old drive.
Re: [arch-general] Re-install of Arch on a larger drive
On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 18:40:33 -0400, Trey Sizemore wrote: >On Sat, 2018-03-17 at 23:24 +0100, Jens John wrote: >> Do not reinstall but migrate your file system contents 1:1 to the >> new disk using rsync. Why using such an advanced tool for a simple copy? Run a Linux from a live media and simply do a sudo cp -a /from/source/mountpoint /to/target/mountpoint >But does the fact that I'm going from a 250GB to 500GB (and different >partition sized) complicate this procedure? It doesn't matter, don't confuse the copy (or any sync) command, with something like the dd command. Since you don't migrate to other hardware, appart from the drive, you even don't need to fix a graphics driver or something like that, you only need to reinstall the bootloader after coping all files.
Re: [arch-general] Re-install of Arch on a larger drive
On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 05:25:36PM -0400, Trey Sizemore via arch-general wrote: > pacman -Qqe > pkglist.txt > > and then on the new install, I can use the pkglist.txt generated > previously to: > > pacman -S - < pkglist.txt > > In addition, by backing up and migrating much of my /home partition (to > include 'hidden' config files, anything else I could do to make the > process fast and as close to the current install as possible? The trick with pkglist may work, but I never tried it. If you do a fresh install, you can copy over you /home partition and any others that only contain user data and nothing related to the system. To save some download time, and assuming your current system is up to date, you can copy /var/cache/pacman/pkg to your new system after the basic install (just before you do the pacman -Syu and eventually pacman -S - < pkglist.txt). Ciao, -- FA
Re: [arch-general] Re-install of Arch on a larger drive
On Sat, 2018-03-17 at 23:24 +0100, Jens John wrote: > On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 05:25:36PM -0400, Trey Sizemore via arch- > general wrote: > > anything else I could do to make the process fast and as close to > > the > > current install as possible? > > Yes. Do not reinstall but migrate your file system contents 1:1 to > the > new disk using rsync. The advantage is that the file system contents > and > therefore system configuration stay the same and you don't have to > waste > time putting stuff together afterwards. > > I used/recommend a procedure similar to [1]. The principle is > basically > the same as a reinstall but instead of bootstrapping from a bare > bones > system you substitute your existing file systems. I don't see any > benefit of doing it differently unless your existing install is > broken > in some way. > > The most time was taken up by copying 512G of file system contents > over > a SATA<>USB3 bridge to the new SSD. If you can put both the old and > the > new drive on a SATA bus, you'll be done in no time. > > [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/migrate_installation_to_new_ > hardware#Top_to_Bottom Thanks Jens. But does the fact that I'm going from a 250GB to 500GB (and different partition sized) complicate this procedure?
Re: [arch-general] Re-install of Arch on a larger drive
On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 05:25:36PM -0400, Trey Sizemore via arch-general wrote: anything else I could do to make the process fast and as close to the current install as possible? Yes. Do not reinstall but migrate your file system contents 1:1 to the new disk using rsync. The advantage is that the file system contents and therefore system configuration stay the same and you don't have to waste time putting stuff together afterwards. I used/recommend a procedure similar to [1]. The principle is basically the same as a reinstall but instead of bootstrapping from a bare bones system you substitute your existing file systems. I don't see any benefit of doing it differently unless your existing install is broken in some way. The most time was taken up by copying 512G of file system contents over a SATA<>USB3 bridge to the new SSD. If you can put both the old and the new drive on a SATA bus, you'll be done in no time. [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/migrate_installation_to_new_hardware#Top_to_Bottom
Re: [arch-general] Re-install of Arch on a larger drive
On Sat, 2018-03-17 at 17:59 -0400, Dorian C via arch-general wrote: > I'm just curious really, but any particular reason you can't back up > your > personal files and do a clean install? > I will be doing a clean install. I want to mirror the same setup as the current install, just on a bigger hard drive.
Re: [arch-general] Re-install of Arch on a larger drive
I'm just curious really, but any particular reason you can't back up your personal files and do a clean install? On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 5:25 PM, Trey Sizemore via arch-general < arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote: > Hi all- > > I currently have Arch running on a 250GB drive, and I'm going to be > moving to a 500GB drive. > > I'm looking for 'best practices' when it comes to the migrating as much > as possible during the re-install. > > It appears that I can migrate my installed packages (standard and AUR > repos) via: > > pacman -Qqe > pkglist.txt > > and then on the new install, I can use the pkglist.txt generated > previously to: > > pacman -S - < pkglist.txt > > In addition, by backing up and migrating much of my /home partition (to > include 'hidden' config files, anything else I could do to make the > process fast and as close to the current install as possible? > > Thanks! >
[arch-general] Re-install of Arch on a larger drive
Hi all- I currently have Arch running on a 250GB drive, and I'm going to be moving to a 500GB drive. I'm looking for 'best practices' when it comes to the migrating as much as possible during the re-install. It appears that I can migrate my installed packages (standard and AUR repos) via: pacman -Qqe > pkglist.txt and then on the new install, I can use the pkglist.txt generated previously to: pacman -S - < pkglist.txt In addition, by backing up and migrating much of my /home partition (to include 'hidden' config files, anything else I could do to make the process fast and as close to the current install as possible? Thanks!
