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Date:      Fri, 28 Aug 2015 05:33:34 -0400
From:      Quartz <quartz@sneakertech.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Replacing Drive with SSD
Message-ID:  <55E02AEE.9090409@sneakertech.com>
In-Reply-To: <CEAD84AD-341A-4FB9-A3A1-D0D5A550AFFD@lafn.org>
References:  <CEAD84AD-341A-4FB9-A3A1-D0D5A550AFFD@lafn.org>

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>just use dd to copy everything (system would be
> quiescent).  Can I do the same with a SSD or does it need to be setup
> differently?

dd doesn't care what kind of drive it is (as long as it's not a cd/dvd).

Remember though that if the new SSD has a higher capacity than the old 
drive, dd will not automatically expand any of the partition info for 
you- you'll have to tweak it later.



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