From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Jun 15 08:28:31 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1D8AA09AA1 for ; Wed, 15 Jun 2016 08:28:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8B585123D for ; Wed, 15 Jun 2016 08:28:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-96-188.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.96.188]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0BFCB3CF2F; Wed, 15 Jun 2016 10:28:21 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id u5F8SLUa002032; Wed, 15 Jun 2016 10:28:21 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2016 10:28:21 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Warren Block Cc: Manish Jain , User Questions Subject: Re: Anything special to do moving to SSD? Message-Id: <20160615102821.3621f8ce.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: <20160614191900.c70ccf60478738d0a8b0e44f@sohara.org> Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2016 08:28:31 -0000 On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 20:16:53 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wrote: > On Wed, 15 Jun 2016, Manish Jain wrote: > > >> Provided the existing filesystems will fit on the SSD a migrate in > >> place is quite easy. I have done this quite recently based on the > >> excellent write up here > >> http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/ssd.html - don't treat it as > >> a step-by-step adapt it to your setup (not hard). > >> > > > > I am bothered by this thought. Let's say my old SATA disk is da0 and I > > attach the SSD as da1 for copying the filesystem via dump+restore. Next > > I remove the SATA entirely and reboot. Now will the SSD still be da1 ? > > If not, then I have no way of knowing how to configure /etc/fstab for > > the SSD. > > Use GPT labels. Or UFS filesystem labels: > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/labels.html A very important advice. Labels make it easier to recognize the purpose of partitions by name (instead of number), and they also "survive" if a disk gets moved from system to system. > Even on single-disk systems, labels make it easier to deal with > partitions. Even on single-disk systems, device names might change due to a system update: A disk that has been known as ad4 could come up as ada0 after an improved "controller" has been introduced to the kernel. :-) > Yes. But unless you have a strong requirement to run XP on bare > hardware (like for games), install VirtualBox and run it as a VM. That > makes it easy to transplant elsewhere when the need arises. And it saves you a lot of trouble getting "drivers" for hardware that has been considered "outdated" and isn't supported anymore by "Windows" or by its manufacturer. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...