Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 14:49:44 +0200 From: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> To: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> Cc: FreeBSD - <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Replacing Drive with SSD Message-ID: <CAE63ME6mDXpyB7tuRvOr3sDL532fR-BGOD1swY1GoWXXxaAm=w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <55E047DC.40800@qeng-ho.org> References: <CEAD84AD-341A-4FB9-A3A1-D0D5A550AFFD@lafn.org> <55E047DC.40800@qeng-ho.org>
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> On 28/08/2015 07:59, Doug Hardie wrote: > >> I am having to replace a drive with a SSD. Normally if I were >> > > replacing it with another drive, I would hook up the new drive > > to the computer and 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? This is a boot drive (i.e., the only drive > > in the system). The system is currently working fine, but the > > drive temp is starting to go up so I want to replace it before > > anything bad happens. > > Any reason you're not using dump/restore ? Now that would skip empty blocks :) That would allow you to expand your partitions, in the process. Warren Block has a very good guide over there : http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/backup.html
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