Re: [arch-general] Re-install of Arch on a larger drive

2018-03-19 Thread Paul Gideon Dann via arch-general
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 sour

Re: [arch-general] Re-install of Arch on a larger drive

2018-03-19 Thread Trey Sizemore via arch-general
On Mon, 19 Mar 2018 09:17:02 + Paul Gideon Dann via arch-general 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 solu

Re: [arch-general] Re-install of Arch on a larger drive

2018-03-19 Thread Carsten Mattner via arch-general
On 3/19/18, Paul Gideon Dann via arch-general 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 Which aspect is easier/improved with LVM?

Re: [arch-general] Re-install of Arch on a larger drive

2018-03-19 Thread Jens John
On Mon, 19 Mar 2018, at 14:46, Carsten Mattner via arch-general wrote: > On 3/19/18, Paul Gideon Dann via arch-general > 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 reco

Re: [arch-general] Re-install of Arch on a larger drive

2018-03-19 Thread Dan Haworth
On 19/03/18 14:29, Jens John wrote: On Mon, 19 Mar 2018, at 14:46, Carsten Mattner via arch-general wrote: On 3/19/18, Paul Gideon Dann via arch-general 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 usin

Re: [arch-general] Re-install of Arch on a larger drive

2018-03-19 Thread Joan Aymà via arch-general
You can go with the rsync solution if you create your new filesystems with the old uuids. On 19 Mar 2018 3:30 pm, "Jens John" wrote: > On Mon, 19 Mar 2018, at 14:46, Carsten Mattner via arch-general wrote: > > On 3/19/18, Paul Gideon Dann via arch-general > > wrote: > > > I've moved or cloned m

Re: [arch-general] Re-install of Arch on a larger drive

2018-03-19 Thread Eli Schwartz via arch-general
On 03/18/2018 01:08 PM, Doug Newgard via arch-general wrote: > On Sun, 18 Mar 2018 17:46:21 +0100 > Ralf Mardorf wrote: > >> On Sun, 18 Mar 2018 11:33:19 -0500, Doug Newgard via arch-general wrote: >>> On Sun, 18 Mar 2018 17:30:27 +0100 Ralf Mardorf wrote: The "dd" command is inappropriate

Re: [arch-general] Re-install of Arch on a larger drive

2018-03-19 Thread Joan Aymà via arch-general
You can makefs with an arbitrary uuid, or, as been said, switch to labels: >From `man mkfs.ext4`: *-L** new-volume-label*Set the volume label for the filesystem to *new-volume-label*. The maximum length of the volume label is 16 bytes. *-U** UUID*Create the filesystem with the specified UUID Regar