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Best way to swap drives? (self.linux)

submitted 1 month ago by Nednarb44 to c/[email protected]

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I'm looking to upgrade drives on two of my machines. My server running ubuntu has a 3.5" and will be getting a larger capacity HDD, while my personal computer running endeavor OS will be going from a 2.5" ssd to an nvme drive. (Not sure if it helps giving the drive types, but can't hurt).

I'm fine with a clean install and reinstalling everything, but to save some time I'd of course like to minimize the effort that goes into it (importing settings etc). Any tips/tricks for either? Thanks in advance

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[–] stuner 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

If you don't want to reinstall the OS, you can probably use Clonezilla: https://clonezilla.org/show-live-doc-content.php?topic=clonezilla-live/doc/03_Disk_to_disk_clone

Maybe you need to update the drive ids for your bootloader (grub) afterwards, not sure about that.

Edit: Maybe the advanced "-g auto" option does that for you.

[–] Nednarb44 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is looking like a good option, thanks!

[–] mortimer 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Try Foxclone. I prefer it over Clonezilla.

https://foxclone.org/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why do you prefer it?

[–] mortimer 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I find the UI pretty slick. No confusion over what needs to be done. All the tools are there plus I had to rely on it recently to get one of my machines back up and running. It worked flawlessly and restored everything from the backup images like my system had never been down.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Good points. I'll have to try it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Clonezilla can also update grub. Last time I upgraded system drive I had to do nothing.