How to move arch from hdd to ssd

[Turtleinahafshel]

I have a arch installation and I want to move to a ssd how would I do that. The hdd is 100 Gigs and the ssd is 80 but I have 60 gigs of free space so it shouldn't be a problem. 

[Zando_]

Use some type of cloning software. I'd google one with good reviews for Linux. Though if you can, a clean install is always better when moving drives. It definitely a pain though, so don't feel like you have to. 

[SCHISCHKA]

i find cloning is not faster than a fresh install

to get a list of intalled packages

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman/Tips_and_tricks#List_of_installed_packages

 

[Turtleinahafshel]

6 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Use some type of cloning software. I'd google one with good reviews for Linux. Though if you can, a clean install is always better when moving drives. It definitely a pain though, so don't feel like you have to. 

Okay I'll clean install thanks 

[Zando_]

1 minute ago, Turtleinahafshel said:

Okay I'll clean install thanks 

Just make sure and unplug all the other drives except the SSD you're installing to so you don't accidentally install to the wrong place. 

[Electronics Wizardy]

8 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Use some type of cloning software. I'd google one with good reviews for Linux. Though if you can, a clean install is always better when moving drives. It definitely a pain though, so don't feel like you have to. 

not really with linux

 

 

follow this https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/full_system_backup_with_rsync

[Turtleinahafshel]

9 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Just make sure and unplug all the other drives except the SSD you're installing to so you don't accidentally install to the wrong place. 

Okay

[Wild Penquin]

Things like "cloning software" don't exist for Linux, mainly because there already are nice tools in GNU that can do the job. Type 'man dd' to find out about a tool that can clone a whole partition containing a file system (or even a whole disk, but I'd not recommend this except for identical drives because of alignment issues, unless you are sure what you are doing).

 

In the OP's case, a clean install is not a bad option. Just keep your old /home intact somewhere, perhaps also /etc if you've made any modifications by hand (and other directories - if you have any), take the package list (as suggested above) and you are covered (restore /home and changes you have made in /etc after re-installing the bare system).

 

But things may be different depending on the situation; also rsync and cloning a whole FS (with dd) have their use cases.

 

Do read this wiki page for some tips / optimizations regarding SSDs (mainly TRIM) after you have made the switch.

Edited May 26, 2017 by Wild Penquin
TRIM

[vorticalbox]

13 hours ago, Zando Bob said:

Use some type of cloning software. I'd google one with good reviews for Linux. Though if you can, a clean install is always better when moving drives. It definitely a pain though, so don't feel like you have to. 

why use software when the terminal can do this for you?

 

dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb

simple as that.

[Ethann_AKA_CPU1]

my reccomendation would be backup all the important files from the system then do a fresh install which is nice to have