Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 12:30:53 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> Cc: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org>, FreeBSD - <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Replacing Drive with SSD Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1508281230100.74312@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <CAE63ME6mDXpyB7tuRvOr3sDL532fR-BGOD1swY1GoWXXxaAm=w@mail.gmail.com> References: <CEAD84AD-341A-4FB9-A3A1-D0D5A550AFFD@lafn.org> <55E047DC.40800@qeng-ho.org> <CAE63ME6mDXpyB7tuRvOr3sDL532fR-BGOD1swY1GoWXXxaAm=w@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 28 Aug 2015, Damien Fleuriot wrote: >> 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 Thank you! This might also be useful: http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/ssd.html
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