Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2016 10:28:21 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com>, User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Anything special to do moving to SSD? Message-ID: <20160615102821.3621f8ce.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1606142010400.58507@wonkity.com> References: <VI1PR02MB097476EA28325B53239D0E05F6540@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <20160614191900.c70ccf60478738d0a8b0e44f@sohara.org> <VI1PR02MB0974C37334CBAD5D2AFA44ABF6550@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1606142010400.58507@wonkity.com>
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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 And it saves you a lot of trouble getting "drivers" for hardware that has been considered "outdated" and isn't supported anymore by "Windows" or by its manufacturer.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, ...
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